Just a girl with goals

It's almost the end of February, is everyone still sticking to their New Years resolutions? I don't call mine resolutions. I call mine goals. Every time I've set "resolutions", I've given up on myself. This year I decided I would call mine goals and for some reason, this year I gave myself more than one goal.

First goal was to read more. To unplug from the computer, TV and to put down the iPhone and pick up a book is what I wanted to gain this year. As of right now, I am 2 books down and on my 3rd. I've learned all about Mindy Kaling from "The Mindy Project." Pretty good book, a super easy read. I really enjoyed reading it. The 2nd book I've read is by Jenna Wolfe and it's titled "Thinner in 30." Totally great book. It is a book of 30 changes. The goal of the book is make one change a day to become a healthier you. I really took to the book. I enjoyed it and now I'm passing it off to a new friend of mine. The book I'm currently reading is #Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso. She went from checking ID's in an Art School to becoming a millionaire by selling vintage clothes on Ebay. I'm only on chapter 2, so I got nothing for you on that one. :)

My second goal is to change all of my attempts at being healthy into a permanent change. I faithfully take my supplements every morning with my Spark. Once I have that, I bust my butt and do a workout that Kristi tries to kill me with daily and then drink my delicious meal replacement shake. Then throughout the day, I make sure I get 10,000 steps. If I go to bed at 11:00pm and I see that I didn't get all my steps in, you bet your butt I'm up jogging or walking in place to get there.

Besides the physical part, I am really focusing on my food. I bet Kristi gets 10 pictures a day of what I'm eating and I ask her 20 questions about what I can eat, how does she do this, should i do low carb or high carb today, etc. And don't get me started on macros. But I really enjoy it and every day I wake up ready for the next challenge. When I complete a workout that she gives me or if I make an amazing healthy meal, I really celebrate and I take it in. Because I did it.

Third goal is to really utilize essential oils. I've always diffused and used an oil here or there for headaches, back aches, energy boosts, etc. But this goal is to insert the oils more into our daily lives. So far I've used some in my cooking (lime, cinnamon and nutmeg OH MY!) and I've made a sleepy cream that we rub on Andrew's feet every night after his bath. It helps him relax and gets him to not throw such a fit when it's bedtime. Cos my kid can throw a freaking fit.  Now I have everything I need to make my own homemade laundry soap! All natural laundry detergent is on my "will do list" for tomorrow. I don't make "to do lists". Because I never get them done. But a "will do list" in front of me, makes me do it! So weird how changing one word changes your perspective.

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Xoxo