Audrey and I, last week, when we went out for sushi with friends.
I would certainly love to get back to my normal exercising self, but I don't feel like I'm in any rush to increase the amount of activity I am doing right now. I can't tell if my nonchalant attitude is because I am not ready to increase the intensity of my workouts or if it's because I'm lacking motivation. Either way, I decided to journal for motivation.
I started by listing my current interests, and I made goals and jotted down notes on how I can reasonably achieve them. I suppose you could say these are my resolutions for the new year. (In your own journal, you can easily do what I did. Use my notes below as your template.)
Interests:
Here are my current interests. (These interests are things that are impacting my daily life. You can certainly see this if you check out my Pinterest! )
- Birth
- Natural Parenting
- DIY
- Health and Wellness
- Feminism
- Spirituality
Goals:
Here is a short list of goals I want to reach during the course of 2014.
- Learn to sew (and sew well.) Make prefolds, clothes for Audrey, and Christmas and birthday presents for the next year.
- Become a birth doula.
- Blog more often.
- Workout, and get back to my pre-baby weight.
Steps:
Here are the reasonable steps I am going to take to achieve the goals above.
- I received a sewing machine for Christmas from my parents. I already have that! Since I haven't sewn in about 7 years, I am going to be taking free classes from a woman in my community. This is a hobby that will be practical for my family, cheap for me to do, and will allow me some alone-time.
- I blogged about this in an earlier post, but I am currently perusing my training options. I will talk more about it once things are official!
- Blogging more often has always been a goal of mine. Now that I am gaining inspiration once more, I think this will really be a possibility in the upcoming year.
- I think this will come with time. I do have a Y membership. The Y is very family-friendly, so I think it's a great facility to help me get motivated. Also, with spring and summer *slowly* approaching, I am going to sign up for some 5K races with a couple good friends of mine. They're short races, but they give me just enough incentive to jog; plus, I have the opportunity to support some great causes. Furthermore, I do have a Groupon I purchased for Aikido. I might not get much of a workout from that, but at least I will get out of the house and moving around!
That's all for now!
- Samantha Nichole