Simplifying Life in 2013

The end of the year brings reflection and this year was no different. With so much to balance working full time, raising a little one and trying to manage a household both Jonathan and myself had lost focus of what was really important and what we are truly working toward. In the past we pretty vigilant about following a budget and keeping financial goals in mind. We were even pretty good at keeping on top of housework, eating well and staying active.

Our time in the NICU had clearly thrown a wrench in our normal habit, for obvious reasons. It was closely followed by moving our life to another state, into my parents house and within a few into our first home. Throw in starting a new job for me, Jonathan transitioning to a new position in his career and having a little one growing leaps and bounds each month and becoming more active by the day and  it’s safe to say we’ve lost our groove. Until now of course! This year will be about balance for our family. And here are a few of our changes so far.

We’ve signed up for Mint.com and thoroughly assessed where we are spending our money (FOOD), where we can cut back (cable) and how we can fix it. So, we have implemented meal planing and in just a few days we will be cable free in our house! I’m still a little on the fence about this last one but I’m committed to giving it a shot.

To get ourselves moving again, we’ve signed up for a 15k run in March. This will be my first big race since my half marathon, pre pregnancy. This will be Jonathan’s first road race…ever and we have signed up Sofia for the kids fun run so, this is a big family first and we are excited. I want to be able to set a good example of staying active and healthy for Sofia so she has a good foundation for her future.

I’m sure I’ll have more to share as we go through the process but I can honestly say, at this point, it’s really nice to have refocused our goals. Next on the journey organization!