New Year, New Positive Outlook!
2016 has come to an end. And all I have to say is that it is about time! 2016 was just a very rough year on me and my whole family. Starting out with watching my Mom be horribly sick and then going from that to watching her die, was the most awful, painful thing for us to go through. And since saying goodbye to her, it has been such a rough journey of learning a new normal and learning to do life without her. It has been incredibly difficult and was not something I had in mind for 2016. But there has been some good things that have happened this year as well.
As far as my goals I had last year for myself. The first goal I had was to continue to work to make money so I could be even more independent. And that goal I for sure succeeded in. And in fact, I ended up saying goodbye to my old job as a before and after school child care worker and started a new job as a Preschool Teacher's Assistant at an actual daycare and it is full time instead of part time. I love my job and I am making even more money and getting even closer to being able to be totally independent. I am even working on getting my CDA(Child Development Associates) so I can get a raise and make even more money.
I also had a goal to continue on in my weight loss journey. I had hoped by the end of the year I would be out of the 200s and into the 100s, but I JUST missed that. My current weight is 203, so I only have 4 more pounds to lose! But, even though I didn't quite make that goal, I still lost close to another 100 pounds in this last year, which is amazing! I feel so good and so proud of myself. I definitely accomplished my goal to continue on in my weight loss. I also said I wanted to do more exercising so I could tone up and strengthen up more. Unfortunately, I didn't do near as much with the exercising as I would have liked. I started off really good, but then my Mom died and I got off the bandwagon, and it has only been in the last month or so that I have started to get back on track with that a little bit. But I still say I have done pretty well.
The last goal I had was to start dating. Well, that didn't really happen. Again, mostly because my Mom died and I felt it wouldn't exactly be wise for me to start dating when I was in the middle of grieving because I didn't want to end up falling for the wrong person just because my emotions were leading me in the wrong way. Again, it has only been just recently that I have actually even had a couple guys even show interest in me and I have started feeling like I could potentially dive into the dating world more.
So, now, what are my new goals for 2017. First and foremost, I am bound and determined to make this a really good year. After having a very rough, hard, difficult year, I want to just have a really good year. We are going to start our year off being in our new condo. So we are going to start off in a new place with a fresh start, so that means a good positive year is going to be ahead of us. I am going to work hard to be happy and think positive and continue to work hard to achieve my simple dreams for my future. The next big goal is to continue in my weight loss journey. My weight loss is starting to slow down a lot, but that is ok because I am getting really close to an "ideal weight". In all honesty I only want to lose maybe about another 30 pounds or so. I want to be around 170, because then I am hoping I will be at a good weight where I will be able to start talking to my doctor about getting referred over to a plastic surgeon to have my access skin removed. My goal by the end of the year, is to at least be in discussion with a plastic surgeon about having my loose skin removed. Because I want to overall feel completely confident in my own body. So that is my big goal for this coming year regarding my weight loss. As far things go job wise, I want to stay where I am working, but I want to complete my CDA and get my CDA. Because then I will get a big raise at work and be able to get even more on top of my finances so I can get closer to being able to live on my own. That is my only goal, get my CDA. Lastly, as far as dating goes, I really want to start dating. I feel confident in my looks and feel like I am more appealing to guys. So I really want to step into that dating world, especially since I have come along farther in the grieving process, and I feel it is more ok for me to date. So, my other big goal is to start dating.
Overall, I have feel I have some good goals, and I just want to make 2017 a really good and positive year! I am going to continue to trust and lean on God and grow my faith even more, and have him guide through this year. Good bye 2016, I am glad you are done, and hello 2017, lets make this an amazingly good year! Here I go! As a good friend of mine would say, Go God...Amaze us again!
As far as my goals I had last year for myself. The first goal I had was to continue to work to make money so I could be even more independent. And that goal I for sure succeeded in. And in fact, I ended up saying goodbye to my old job as a before and after school child care worker and started a new job as a Preschool Teacher's Assistant at an actual daycare and it is full time instead of part time. I love my job and I am making even more money and getting even closer to being able to be totally independent. I am even working on getting my CDA(Child Development Associates) so I can get a raise and make even more money.
I also had a goal to continue on in my weight loss journey. I had hoped by the end of the year I would be out of the 200s and into the 100s, but I JUST missed that. My current weight is 203, so I only have 4 more pounds to lose! But, even though I didn't quite make that goal, I still lost close to another 100 pounds in this last year, which is amazing! I feel so good and so proud of myself. I definitely accomplished my goal to continue on in my weight loss. I also said I wanted to do more exercising so I could tone up and strengthen up more. Unfortunately, I didn't do near as much with the exercising as I would have liked. I started off really good, but then my Mom died and I got off the bandwagon, and it has only been in the last month or so that I have started to get back on track with that a little bit. But I still say I have done pretty well.
The last goal I had was to start dating. Well, that didn't really happen. Again, mostly because my Mom died and I felt it wouldn't exactly be wise for me to start dating when I was in the middle of grieving because I didn't want to end up falling for the wrong person just because my emotions were leading me in the wrong way. Again, it has only been just recently that I have actually even had a couple guys even show interest in me and I have started feeling like I could potentially dive into the dating world more.
So, now, what are my new goals for 2017. First and foremost, I am bound and determined to make this a really good year. After having a very rough, hard, difficult year, I want to just have a really good year. We are going to start our year off being in our new condo. So we are going to start off in a new place with a fresh start, so that means a good positive year is going to be ahead of us. I am going to work hard to be happy and think positive and continue to work hard to achieve my simple dreams for my future. The next big goal is to continue in my weight loss journey. My weight loss is starting to slow down a lot, but that is ok because I am getting really close to an "ideal weight". In all honesty I only want to lose maybe about another 30 pounds or so. I want to be around 170, because then I am hoping I will be at a good weight where I will be able to start talking to my doctor about getting referred over to a plastic surgeon to have my access skin removed. My goal by the end of the year, is to at least be in discussion with a plastic surgeon about having my loose skin removed. Because I want to overall feel completely confident in my own body. So that is my big goal for this coming year regarding my weight loss. As far things go job wise, I want to stay where I am working, but I want to complete my CDA and get my CDA. Because then I will get a big raise at work and be able to get even more on top of my finances so I can get closer to being able to live on my own. That is my only goal, get my CDA. Lastly, as far as dating goes, I really want to start dating. I feel confident in my looks and feel like I am more appealing to guys. So I really want to step into that dating world, especially since I have come along farther in the grieving process, and I feel it is more ok for me to date. So, my other big goal is to start dating.
Overall, I have feel I have some good goals, and I just want to make 2017 a really good and positive year! I am going to continue to trust and lean on God and grow my faith even more, and have him guide through this year. Good bye 2016, I am glad you are done, and hello 2017, lets make this an amazingly good year! Here I go! As a good friend of mine would say, Go God...Amaze us again!
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