Yap you read it right. This year I am doing something totally different. I am not making resolutions. I am giving God a Year, But changing my life forever. I am reading a book called Give God a Year, Change Your Life Forever. And it has inspired me to not do resolutions like I do every other year because in the long run I always seem to fall short of my resolutions and then I am disappointed in myself.
So I have given myself to God for the next year and we are going to work hand in hand to accomplish five things.
- Getting my weight to 160 lbs. (35 lbs in a year totally do able)
- Build a closer relationship with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
- Create and follow a morning routine and an evening routine.
- Live a healthier lifestyle
- Be debt Free… (Yap you read it right and I know we can do it)
Now I know you have to be wondering how I am going to accomplish these things. Well I have set up a few things that I call My Part. These are things that I plan to do to help me get where I want and need to be by the end of the year.
- Quite time with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit every morning
- Exercise 4 days a week
- Follow my morning routine
- Write in my planner and make a to do list every evening
- Incorporate From Zen to Done into my Life
- Read at least 30 minutes each night
- Less TV
- Spend more time with my family
- Pray and Obey
- Clip coupons, put all bills on auto pay, create a budget, become as frugal as possible while still enjoying life
As you can see all of this is totally doable and something that I can know I can keep up with.
I also wanted to share my routines with you
Morning
- Make Jim’s Coffee
- Laundry
- Quite time
- exercise
- Feed indoor dogs
- Check Meal Menu for the day
Evening
- Counters, stove, and dishes
- Shower and brush teeth
- Bible reading with Haylee
- Read at least 30 minutes
- Get to bed before 11 pm every night
I am pretty excited about this and I know that God is with me every step of the way. If you have time and this sounds like something you would be interested in doing I would suggest that you check out the book, Give God a Year, Change Your Life Forever.
I will try and keep you updated on Fridays but no promises here.
This week I went grocery shopping yesterday because Jim was getting ready to head out for work and I needed to get it done before he leaves. Because of all the snow on the ground I am still not comfortable driving on the road. So off to the grocery store we went. I of course had my coupon binder in hand. But before I went I checked the pantries to see what I had that we could make meals out of. I had a lot of stuff in the pantry so I was excited because I knew that this weeks grocery bill was going to be low.
My monthly grocery budget is $400.00 a month. So that is about $100.00 a week. This week I did have to get dog food, and dishwasher soap so those were my two highest items. Jim also picked up some frozen burritos, chips, soda, peanuts, and m&m’s. I did pick up some things that were not nessesity but the coupon was about to expire and I knew that I would need or be purchasing that stuff anyways in the next couple months so do it now while one it was on sale and two I had a coupon for it.
So my total before coupons was 68.82
After coupons 64.86
I know not a lot saved in coupons but it was savings one way or another.
How did you do grocery shopping this week?
Menu planning helps me be frugal and this year I am all about being frugal so here is the first of many Menu Plan Mondays.
Monday ~ Mac and Cheese
Tuesday ~ Baked Chicken and rice
Wednesday ~ Beef Stroganoff and corn
Thursday ~ Pork ribs and mashed potatoes
Friday ~ Spaghetti
Saturday ~ Chicken Ranch
Sunday ~ Not sure yet…….
I am feeling full of motivation this week. With it being a short work week for me I have tons of things I am looking forward to getting done. Many plans I have for the new year I have already put into place but I have many more that I am putting into place. I have just a few things I want to share with you that have totally motivated me this week.
My Weekly Cup of Motivation ~
- Lynn Terry wrote an amazing post that has motivated me up one side and down the other. You can read it HERE!
- Nicole Dean wrote an great post just today that you have to read about New Years Resolutions for a Internet Marketer. It is such a great read and Nicole is so laid back and makes you feel like one of the girls just sitting around chit chatting.
- From Zen to Done ~ This ebook is amazing.. And no it is not an affiliate link. I just want to share…. I have read it from front to back and I am truly putting it all into action. My days are already becoming easier.
- I seen @rockonmommies tweet today about being motivated and she totally motivated me to write this post… Thanks Theresa (you can read more great things about Theresa HERE.
- I also took time this week to file away all 2009 papers, and declutter my office so that I can start out with a clean new office. All folders are labeled and a system is in place.
Are you feeling motivated this week. What is in your weekly cup of motivation?
The Lost Hour
By Karen White
Piper Mills returns to her grandparents home after a near death accident while chasing her dreams to become a Olympic equestrian. Not only is she depressed from no longer being able to ride but now her depression deepens with the loss of her grandfather and not being able to reach her grandmother who is lost deep in her own mind due to Alzheimer’s.
Piper is given a beautiful but mysterious charm, a charm that once belong to her grandmother. Curiosity gets the best of her and Piper begins running into many more unexplained objects, including a letter begging for forgiveness and a photo of three girls, her grandmother and two of her grandmother’s childhood friends. And if that is not enough she finds a secret room in her grandparents house.
Piper decides to dig up a box that her and her grandfather buried 10 years before. There she finds even more unexplained mysteries.
All these mysteries lead piper to Asphodel Farm and Lilian Harrington-Ross, the last of the three best friends that can actually answer Pipers questions. There she opens doors to secrets and pain the three best friends buried deep in their hearts. While Piper is solving mysteries, she also might just be reclaiming her life.
Yes I will admit I did not write out day four but that does not mean that I did not do day four. First I did something I have not done in a super long time. I took the night off the computer. Yes no computer all night. It was so super nice I totally loved it. I wanted to do it again tonight but I decided I better get back onto this accountability thing. And the only way to get back on it is to blog about it here. See I am holding myself accountable.
Day 4 and 5 Complete
Personal ~ Read both books. Did not go out to eat with Haylee. Although it was very hard still did not go out to eat. Drinking lots of water. I have started walking up the drive to get Haylee off the bus. Might not sound like much but it is a little hike with a small hill.
Business ~ I have two articles ready for next week. Monday all my outsourcing ecourse will be in my autoresponder. Have a plan of attack of what I want to work on tomorrow.
Little Hand Big Heart ~ Blog post for the week done. Have a list of plans for the site. Move the recommends from sidebar to the recommend page. Got rid of all recommends that were in that page.
VA Start up tools ~ waiting to get wordpress updated then will be working on the site more. Can’t do much to the site until I get that updated.
Declutter ~ Moving one of my site over to new owner.
Passive Income ~ Ok I did not do anything with this today or yesterday.
Slow and easy wins the race. That is what I always tell my kids. Slow and easy slow and easy. Even though sometimes you want to go fast. Sometimes you want to do get things done so you can be done and over with. Well some of the things I am working on I just want to be done and over with. I want to be done with some of this stuff but I know I can’t rush it. I have to go slow so that I can get it all done but more importantly so that I can get it done right and feel good about it.
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Well here I am on day to and that is one day further then I was yesterday. I feel good about getting things done and going. It feels good to start to push things off my place and not replace it right away like I normally do. But I can tell this is going to take everything I have to keep this going and do this everyday. It is so hard to put something off until the next day but if you do that you are not holding yourself accountable. And if you do it everyday for at least 30 days you are forming new habits (good habits in this case).
Day 2 ~ Complete
Personal ~ Read week 1 day 2 ~ worked out for 25 minutes, read some of my bible, and drank nothing with sugar in it all day.
Business ~ Started putting together a list of articles that will be posted on timesaverva.com and also started jotting down notes for the newsletter.
Passive Income ~ I did day one of accountability on the www.ChrisFarrellMembership.com site. But besides that I did not do too much with my passive income. (oh but that is a wee little affiliate link to Chris’s site)
Declutter ~ I have a total of 6 sites to get rid of. I have two sites that I would like to give to the people I think they belong to so I contacted them and offer them the sites of they want them. I have three other sites if anyone is interested contact me and we can talk. www.helpinglittleones.com, www.keepingthefaithfriday.com, and I am still deciding on www.raggedydesigns.com but if you like it let me know and we can talk. You could probably talk me out of it pretty easy lol. I also finally redirected www.gardnershavethebestdirt.com back to this site. Took me long enough huh.
VA Start Up Tools ~ I already received 5 articles back from the write and will be sending five more. Nan and I started out working on this site and Nan and I are getting back together. So with the two of us you better watch out this site is going to be amazing. We are in the works of deciding what kind of report we are going to give away to our subscribers.
Little Hand Big Heart ~ Posted a blog post about Haylee meeting someone else who was effected by Amnotic Band Syndrome.
Today is day one of the next 61 days of my life. A life that I am building up not only for myself but also for my family. A life that anyone would be proud of. Don’t get me wrong I am proud of my life but I could be doing so much better and I know that. I know what kind of woman I could and am meant to be so why have I been riding that silly failure ship for so long. The success boat is moving full speed ahead and I am the captain.
I need to make sense of it all. Make sense of what I want to do. Where I want to be in 1 year, 5 years and 10 years. I am in control of my future and it is time to make it happen. I have so many hopes and dreams but why have a waited so long to make them happen? So today I wanted to just sit down and make sense of it all. Make sense of what all I am going to in each area and how I am going to get there.
- Personal ~ I have began reading a book called Becoming the Woman I Want to Be by Donna Partow. I also joined Donna’s 90 day renewal that goes along with the book. This book is going to help me with my Spirit, my Soul and my Body. I am going to be tracking every step of the way.
- Business ~ Time Saver VA ~ post two business articles a week ~ Submit one article to directories every two weeks ~ Create Time Saver News to go out monthly starting the first of January ~ Have two months ready by Jan. 1 ~ Create a portfolio page ~ Update services and rates
- Little Hand Big Heart ~ Post one video a week ~ Post 5 blog post, articles or images a week ~ Create back links from other abs sites ~ Work on optimizing site to move it up on Google
- VA Start Up Tools ~ Release to Public Jan 1 ~ Add adsense to site ~ New report come out every month (2 in hopper ready to go Jan. 1)
- Declutter ~ Get rid of extra sites I am not doing anything with ~ Figure out if I really want to keep them and if they are truly what I want to be doing. If not sale or give away sites
- Passive Income ~ I have joined www.Chrisfarrellmembership.com and am joining in the 30 day accountability that they have going on so that I can start creating a passive income ~ Adsense – make sure they are all working on my sites and keep content fresh on sites.
Oh just a little secret. The two links I posted above are both affiliate links. See working on passive income already.
Day 1 Things I have done ~
Passive Income ~ Signed up for two affiliate programs that I very much believe in and am including in my 61 day accountability
Personal ~ Read Week 1 Day 1
Declutter ~ List of all sites I own and have decided if I am going to keep them or get rid of them. There is a total of 16 sites.
VA Start Up tools ~ Hired a couple writers to start writing and rewriting content for site
Little Hand Big Heart ~ Blog post Halloween
