*New Year Resolutions*

I'm joining Jayme at Teach.Talk.Inspire and Diana from My Day in K for their New Year's Resolutions linky party. What better way to hold yourself accountable for you resolutions than making them public for others to see? I'm at least thinking I will start out strong, but hopefully with continual goal setting at the beginning of each month I can achieve these resolutions!

I set five goals, three personal and two professional.

1.) To Forgive: To forgive myself when I don't accomplish everything on my list. I think this is most important for me because I know I put the most pressure on myself and I have to learn that sometimes I just can't do it all. This is also something I will learn quickly once I have a newborn to take care of too!

2.) Read 52 books: Okay, so this is one that I set every year and it is always achieved. This year I fully expect for that tradition to continue, but we never know what life has in store for us! Writing the resolution down makes it more real.

3.) Cook at home, eat out less: I'm always a busy bee and fast food is my go to. I want to change that this year, not only with the idea of being healthier, but also helping out my bank account. Eating out so much puts a hurting on my poor wallet!

4.) Welcome my students at the door: This is what happy classrooms do. I always start out so strong at the beginning of the year and then it tinkers off as I get bogged down with the day to day paperwork of teaching. The paperwork is not what is important, my students are and I want them to feel that even more in this last half of the year!

5.) Blog 3 Times a Month: This is a struggle. I started my blog over the summer and once again started strong, but as life got busy I struggled to blog. This year I'd like to make it a priority!

I hope these resolutions have given you some ideas or inspired you in some way! Cheers to a wonderful 2016!