New Year's Resolutions (Of a Sort)

Hopes & Dreams

Jan 4

Written By Kristen

Hi Everyone! Happy Friday!

I've been debating whether or not to do New Year's Resolutions.

I love the thought of having fresh goals in mind to work towards.

But also, there is SO MUCH happening for us in 2013.

And with big change comes excitement, but also some fear, which I'm trying to squash as much as possible.

So, instead of resolutions per se, I thought it would be good for me to imagine my life the way I WANT it to turn out this year.

Everything--every single thing--could go very, very right, you know.

So here's what things look like (when everything does go perfectly right):

1. We move to a great new city (so excited to be in a city again!), and find and move into our dream home:

2. Our first FET is a big fat success, and towards the end of the year we welcome a new baby (if the first FET doesn't work, we're going to try one more):

3. I cut down my work hours, so I'm truly working part time (right now I'm working a little more than I'd like, but that will change once my husband starts his new job). And, I'll be working from a new office--fun! I'm SO ready for some sort of refresh to my work space:

4. I make lots of new friends. Local friends who I can see in person:

5. I finish my San Francisco book. (Wednesday nights are going to be for me to write):

6. I make holidays etc. really special for my family. (My husband thinks I'm ridiculous, but I'm already planning the twins' first birthday party, which will happen in March):

7. Everything works out great with my mother-in-law coming to live with us and help with the kids--she's happy, we're happy. (And I'm so excited about the fact that she likes to garden...I wish I liked to garden, but really, I don't. But I do love being surrounded by the RESULTS of gardening):

8. We see my parents and my brother and his family lots and lots and lots (we're not sure where we're moving yet, but the choices are both just one state away. They'll visit, we'll visit...it'll be good):

9. Everyone is happy and healthy. (I've been having a LOT of anxiety about people I love dying lately. A LOT. And everybody's fine, so it's not at all rational. I need to figure out a way to get a handle on it):