The year of Change.

Recently I've been thinking a lot about my life and my future.  I tend to look towards the future more than the present, and have had the attitude 'I'll stay more on top of ___________ when _______ happens' or 'I'll do it later.'  However I've decided to start making those changes in my life now, nothing major in itself, just lots of little habits, adding up to major change.   The things I want to change range from eating healthier and exercising, to keeping up on 'chore' type things more.

When looking at all the changes I want to make I discovered they fall under 4 main categories:
1. "Chores"- basically house work and yard work,  I tend to let clutter add up, laundry get behind, toys get piled up, paperwork laying around, my house isn't dirty per se, just not as organized and picked up as I'd like it to be.  And I want it to stay that way (often I'll get on top of things then let them slide again).
2.  Health- all areas of health, physical, eating, spiritual, mental, when I get off in one area, the others quickly follow! 
3.Time Management- I tend to spend lots of time doing unimportant/unnecessary things, and if I manage time better, it will be easier to stay caught up on other things!
4.  Budget- While I spend more wisely than before, I need to work better on various areas of my budget, evaluate my spending more and find those areas I waste money in.

How am I going to do it?
Each week I am going to set very small, very obtainable goals to start, on the weekend get the rooms clean, the prep for other goals done, and then on the Monday start working on the daily goals, each week adding on to the new goals, slowly making all the changes I want. 

Why the blog?
Over the years I've read things, watched things, realized things I've wanted to change, (nothing like an episode of 'Biggest Loser' to make you want to eat healthier etc.) but after a few days when the motivation begins to wear off, the memory of whatever triggered the desire to change has faded, I quickly forget and go back to old habits, so that's where you all come in, to help me be accountable, to remind me to stay motivated.  It'll be a lot harder to forget or to go back to old habits when I know I have people reading this!  I won't be blogging every day, but my goal is at least 2 or 3 times a week, to share the success and struggles along the way!

So here goes, It'll be a long, sometimes frustrating, yet amazing year!