Pretty much every health and fitness blog does a year-end recap, and I’m just going to follow along. 🙂 Let’s see how I did with my goals for last year:
- Eat more vegetables. I ate a lot of vegetables in 2013, but I don’t know whether it was significantly more than in years past . . .
- Cross train more. I did a lot of yoga in 2013, and I just love it! It’s definitely my cross training workout of choice. I’ll take fun strength training over lifting weights any day. Haha. I also tried other classes at my gym. Yoga’s the one that stuck, but I hope to try others in 2014.
- Run 3 half marathons. Well, I ran two: the Thanksgiving Point Half and the Hobbler Half. I didn’t run any others because of my plantar fasciitis. Bummer.
- Improve my 5k time. I finally ran a sub-30-minute 5k! Next stop, 27 minutes.
- Run a few 10ks. I ran one–and it was hard . . .
- Grow the blog. Kind of let this one go. I just need to work on it more. Right now it’s more of a hobby and a “when I feel like it venture.” I want to be better in 2014.
- Go on a kick-awesome trip. We went to Boston in May. It was so much fun, and I really want to move there. It was my dream trip–so much so that I cried when we left Massachusetts and cried again when we landed in Utah . . .  I LOVED that trip with all my heart.
- Get ahead at my job. Yeah, like this would actually happen . . .
- Cook more. We kind of did the opposite and ate out way more. Go us.
- Have fun! Though the year had its highs and lows, I had a ton of fun in 2013. Let’s see what happens in 2014.
I’ve been thinking about goals I want to set for 2014, and some are pretty big. Here goes:
- Get into shape. I need to lose a few pounds and tone up, so this is the obvious first goal.
- Run a marathon. My goal is to run a marathon in October . . . and not collapse. I’d also like to run a few more races.
- Do a handstand. I’m hoping that as I continue to practice yoga, I’ll be able to do this. We’ll see!
- Go on a kick-awesome trip. This will be on my goal list every year. Â I have a few lined up.
- Do a runDisney race. I’m going to try my darndest to get into a Disney race–and hopefully run it with my sister.
- Try not to let the stress of my job get to me. After a year full of migraines and tension headaches–and breakdowns and so on–this would be great. Maybe I’ll try more meditation.
- Move across the country. The Engineer is almost done with grad school, so this in inevitable, but the goal with moving comes with streamlining my house, organizing a move, and trying to successfully make the transition to living in a new place.
- Spend less. When I’ve been stressed, depressed, frustrated, etc., I tend to go shopping . . . not a great idea. So I need to stop spending and only buy what I need or budget for.
- Cultivate a new talent. Self-explanatory–now to think of the talent . . .
- Have fun! And be happier.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!