41 in 14

Resolutions work for some people. In fact, resolutions probably work for many people.

However, I am not one of those people.

If I make broad, sweeping resolutions, it won't be pretty: "Hmm, I know I said I'd eat clean every day this year, but what's one day of nothing but nachos/ cake/ wine/ all of the carbs? I'll get back on track tomorrow." And then (spoiler alert!) I never get back on track tomorrow.

I've always been bummed about my bad track record with resolutions, because I do like bettering myself, so I was super excited when I got an idea from Our Life On a Budget. Stasia wrote "65 Things 365 Days," or 65 things she wanted to accomplish in a year, and the list-maker in me got super excited.

It was the perfect plan: come up with a list of things I wanted to accomplish at some point in the year. Personally, that seems way less overwhelming than standard resolutions, and I'm so excited to accomplish all 41 of these goals!

Home

1. Stick to a weekly/ monthly cleaning schedule

2. Organize my file folder of important files/ pictures

3. Back up/ organize my computer

4. Move to a town-home in the fall

5. Make gallery wall in said town-home

6. Create a budget and stick to it!

7. Create recipe/ meal planning binder and use it!

8. Clean my closet/jewelry, organize it

Blog

9. Put a Pinterest button on my pics

10. Establish/grow relationships with other bloggers

11. Post my 5 on Friday on Friday (and all other link-ups) on time!

12. Reach 50 followers (AKA ten times what I have now!)

13. Join more weekly linkups

Clemson

14. Make the President’s List again both semesters. (That involves three more 4.0s! Eek!)

15. Walk to class every day- unless it is torrentially pouring down rain

16. Attend Ain’t Patty’s Day bar crawl

17. Find a church to attend regularly (kind of tired of our old one...)

18. Watch at least one game per season in the major sports (soccer, basketball, football, volleyball, baseball)

19. Host my younger cousins to a Clemson visit

20. Go to one class at Fike (Clemson's gym) per week

21. Do family dinners once a month (living with my brother and cousin next year should help!)

22. Get together with school friends outside of school

Personal

23. Read a daily devotional each day

24. Get a summer job

25. Save up for a DSLR camera

26. Learn how to use said camera (and possibly Adobe Photoshop...)

27. Get into the best shape of my (almost 22 year) life.

28. Run a half marathon!

29. Learn to use my Wilton Cake Decorator and make pretty things for friends and family

30. Be a bridesmaid!

31. Run at least 1000 miles!

32. Read 12 books

33. Write Team in Training donation letter, exceed fundraising goal!

34. Find a volunteer group to participate in regularly at school

35. Complete the March of Dimes walk in honor, and in memory, of my preemie cousins

36. Keep a balanced checkbook so I don’t overdraft (a bigger problem than one might think!)

Relationships

37. Email my grandparents once a week and Charlotte once a month (on the first!)

38. Visit Michigan with my family

39. Go on at least 1 date per month with John

40. Shag the night away to a live band

41. Take a long weekend trip this summer with John

Ta-da!  There you have it! I even plan on making a tab at the top of the blog so I can hold myself accountable, and you can keep up with my progress throughout the year! (Update: here is said tab!)