New Year's Resolutions!!!!

Last year I made just one New Year's Resolution and, I'm proud to say, I completed it!!!  My New Year's Resolution was to stick to my workouts and complete the St. George Marathon!  Booyah!  Check that off my list!!!!

This year I've decided to made a New Year's Resolution for different aspects/areas of my life.  Here they are:

1. PERSONAL:  I am going to focus on no comparing myself to others.  I do this CONSTANTLY! Anything from hair, body size, voice, makeup, shoes, clothes, hobbies, mom-skills, etc.  And then I pick myself apart, how I should be more like that person!  Then I find myself trying to down-play someone else's positives to make myself look and feel better in my head.  I know this is wrong and is my weakness.  If someone is better than me at something it means they are someone I can learn from. That is why we are all different, so that we can learn from one another.  We all have something to offer.  I'm also going to surround myself with people that are positive, care about me, and that have the right outlook on life and how to live it.
2. SPIRITUALLY:  I am making a goal to get back to reading my scriptures daily and saying my morning and evening prayers, on my knees.
3. PHYSICALLY: I am working towards having a breast reduction done.  I am already approved and could do this surgery this month.  However, after discussion with my Dr. and what he thinks would be best, I am going to wait until after July.  This is for 2 main reasons.  The first and main reason is because I want to be closer to my goal weight.  In order to do this, I need to lose anywhere from 50-70 more pounds.  The 2nd reason is that I want to run the Dogtown 1/2 Marathon (in February), the Spectrum 10k (in March), and the Bryce Canyon 1/2 Marathon (in July).  The surgery has a 6 week recovery time.  If I did the surgery now, wouldn't be recovered/healed enough to train for those races.  So, after the Bryce Canyon 1/2 Marathon, I will go back to the Dr. and get scheduled and get those puppies chopped off!
4. MENTALLY:  I definitely need to be better at telling myself things like: "You are beautiful!", "You can do this!", "You're worth it!", "You're a good Mom!", etc.  Then I need to believe in those statements! 
5. MARRIAGE:  I want to make a goal of putting down my phone and focusing on the time with my hubby.  Especially at night, when the kids are in bed, and we're just hanging out.  Even if we're not doing a dang thing.  Just focusing on being with him, rather than taking up the same air.  I also want to do my best to not tell Mike every little problem and concern I have.  
6. CHILDREN:  I want to make more of an effort to sit down, play, and read with my kids.  I've never been a good hands-on Mom.  Sure, I am EXCELLENT at taking my kids places and letting them go crazy.  I just have not been good at sitting down, playing, and goofing off with my kids.  I struggle enjoying it but, I know my kids need it and it's about them, not me.  I will also be making FHE, scripture study, and family prayer a priority. 
7. HOUSE:  I want to make a cleaning routine/schedule.  It won't be a minute by minute schedule but, it will be something to where I clean/organize certain things on certain days.  I hope this will be me feel less overwhelmed and scatterbrained.  I also plan to do this so that I have Saturday's more open to spend less time cleaning and more time chilling with my family.

This all may seem like a lot.  It is a lot.  These are all changes that really need to be made though.  If I take them on, step by step, I can do these things.  Will I fail sometimes?  You betcha!  The great thing is that I can pick myself back up and start all over again!  Here's to an amazing year!!!!!!!