Showing posts with label new year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new year. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

My 2015 Goal

For the next year, I have a handful of little goals that I'm going to be working on.
Most of them are pretty personal, and I don't feel like sharing them here.
But I do have one big goal for the year.

It is to play more and be on my phone less.
This is something I've been working on for a long time,
but I've decided to do even more to make this change in my life.

I've moved ALL my technology things up to the kitchen at night to charge and be put away.
I hope that this will help me get better sleep at night, and all that.
And during the day, I leave my phone in the kitchen. 
In the past, I usually leave my phone on silent during the day,
but now I'm leaving the ringer on and keeping it in the kitchen. 
That way, I can hear it if I need to, and I can always walk in there if I need to.
Blah, blah, blah.
I don't need to go into all the details. hahaha

Part of the reason I made this goal, is because of Piper. 
I've been pretty sick over the holidays with bronchitis and the flu and other crud,
so our tech-time has gotten a bit out of control. 
I'm trying to reset things and get back into playing and teaching her instead of sitting around 
and playing with technology and things.

The first few days were rough. She just wanted to play games on my phone 
or tablet, but its going  better now.
We are limiting our tech-time to an hour a day now. 
I usually let her play on my phone for a bit in the morning when I jump in the shower, 
and them some more time in the evening when I'm trying to get dinner on the table.

She has a few games that she likes, mostly puzzle ones,
but usually she watches something on Netflix. 
She finds some weird things on there, but I feel like she still learns from these silly little shows 
she watches. 

But, that's kinda it for today. 
Nothing too exciting!
Sometimes I like posting this kind of thing online, because it holds me a 
little more accountable. 

Sorry for the long, wordy post. haha

Happy New Year to everyone! 
Good luck with setting your goals, but even more luck keeping them!

 

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

2014

2014 is going to be a big year for me! 
I'm really looking forward to some of the things that are coming up in my life and 
can't wait to share them all with you.

I have a lot of goals and things that I'd like to accomplish over the next year,
as I'm sure most of you do.
But, my major ones revolve around my personal health and my music. 

I really, REALLY want to lose the rest of my pregnancy weight. 
Like everyone else, I'm starting the new year renewed and ready to crack down and really get this weight off. 
Mostly, I'm motivated by the fact that this is a family beach year and I only have 
7 more months left to get going! 
haha
 I don't know if I'll say much about my weight loss and things on this here blog, 
but who knows....

With music, I will probably be posting a lot more. 
I've decided to start doing more with my violin.
I am planning to audition or join an orchestra.
There are a couple in our area that would work out with my schedule.
I have a few new students starting over the next week (wish me luck!) 
and I'm starting to work on building up my repertoire and all that good stuff. 
I'm also going to start posting a recording of a tune a week.
Just for fun and to keep me motivated to keep learning and growing musically.
Look forward to my first video in the next couple days! 

 

I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday and are ready to welcome the new year!
I know that I am!