So 2021 was pretty abysmal for setting, remembering, and meeting goals. I didn’t have them out where I could see them, and I didn’t review them, so only two were reached. This year I’m setting goals in seven areas and I’ve printed them out and hung them up where they will haunt me daily. I’ll…
For me, every December is practice month! I try to work on just one new habit (or two) that I want to implement in January. I figure this gives me a bit of a head start with developing the habit, and if I miss a day or two, I don’t beat myself up about it…
My first November challenge was to finally shred the rest of our old bills and bank statements. My second challenge was to organize my recipe binders. I needed to get rid of recipes we haven’t made and put in the new ones I’ve been making and using for over a year now that are just…
How did you guys do on your first week of the challenge? I had quite a few of you commit to join me and I would love an update on how it went for you! Here’s how my first challenge (shred old papers) started: how it went… …and how it stands now! After all that…
Can you believe it’s already November? Did you set goals in January? How are you doing on those? (I completed EIGHT goals. Which may sound amazing. Except that I had 61. SIXTY ONE. Because Kari in January thought future Kari would be an entirely new person. January Kari always means well, but she’s dealing with…
UPDATE 3 YEARS LATER: I’m still off of Instagram and Facebook completely. It was rough at first, but man, it’s been incredibly freeing too. I don’t know the latest happenings with all my friends, and I don’t get the photos and updates and miss that, but it gives me something to talk about with my…
UPDATE 8 YEARS LATER: When I originally wrote this blog post, it sat on my blog without much interaction. Then it got picked up by Money Saving Mom and got pretty popular for a while. But through it all, it is still a list that has stood the test of time! Since we’re heading into…
You know how exciting it is in January when you think about all the things that you could do and how awesome you will finally be in the new year… and then how you realize that you entered into the new year with the same old you… and your goals seem like a crazy person…
Looking over my habit trackers for January, February, and most of March, I can see two areas I could use some focus and growth. One is physical: working out. The other is spiritual: prayer.
Week 11 brought in some sunny days and more rain here in Oregon. But on the sunny days we got to work on the garden expansion for Zombie Bottoms Garden (started in March 2020, when it seemed like Zombies could be a legitimate threat).