January 1, 2026 - Thursday



HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! Let's take a look at last year's resolutions and see how I did. It looks like I didn't set the bar too high!

1. Date nights with Ben. 

2. Build muscle. 

3. Be more adventurous! 

4. Read the Bible every day. 

Truth be told, I didn't do great with these. I barely read the Bible at all in my own, personal time. We read a lot of Bible in homeschool, but I need to have my own routine set. I was relatively adventurous, but by November/December, all I wanted to do was be at home, doing nothing, and seeing nobody. I'm still feeling like that, sadly! I did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to work towards building muscle. I honestly don't think I worked out once! haha oops. But Ben and I did do date nights very consistently. Nearly every weekend, all year! And some weeks we went out twice. Gooooo us! 

Okay, for this year, here are my half-formed thoughts: 

1. Read the Bible every day. haha If at first you don't succeed...? 

2. Get more active/build muscle! I was thinking maybe yoga, but I feel like I'd also really like pilates. I don't know if I want to stay in the house or leave the house. Maybe a combo of both? Maybe neither? But this is a thing I should really do! I think if I keep neglecting my health, I'll suffer for it eventually.

3. Allow the kids to be involved in more activities - especially Jonas and Clem. Jonas wants to do a martial arts thing, so I need to look into that, and Clem has such a natural talent for song writing, singing, and acting that I feel like I need to get her signed up for some kind of theater so she can see if that's a path she wants to go down. I don't want to stifle her God-given gifts. 

I don't have much else right now, but I'll update if I think of anything.


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