january

JANUARY 2016

$ FISCAL $
1. Do not buy any. First step to ending a bad habit is to lose the temptation. fail.
2. Pay car insurance in full: pay at least $100, preferably 1/2 from 12/18 paycheck & pay remaining balance from 1/15 paycheck. Paid minimum payment 12/31. Paid $100.00 1/15. There's almost enough to pay the balance. I'll probably make another $100-200.00 payment and leave the rest for March (<$150).
3. Snowball #1: make $200 payment
4. Snowball #2: make $200 payment (minimum from 12/18 paycheck, secondary payment from 1/15 paycheck - amount should total at least $200) Paid minimum +/-$75.00 (balance from return) 12/31. Paid $153.00 February minimum 1/15
5. Bills, bills, bills: rent $843.00, water/sewer/trash ?? since complex is under new management, they were just approved to charge for utilities which means no payment due but also means february's payment is going to be huge!; cell phone; electric; snowball #1; snowball #2
6. Money for DC Road Trip: Hotel/Valet +/-$175.00; Gas/Food/Etc. +/-$150.00 (hoping to stay under $300 for this trip)

PHYSICAL
1. Sleep Challenge: Sunday - Thursday - Go to bed by 10:00 p.m.; Monday - Friday - Rise at 5:00 a.m. I did really well going to bed at 10:00 p.m. but rising at 5:00 a.m.? Not so much.
2. Sweat Challenge: 5,000 steps per day minimum; 5 days/week: wake up at 5:00 a.m. to work out Started off strong, then the work week got in the way
3. Food Challenge: 31 days of no crap: no hfcs sodas, limited/no gluten, no processed crap; eat dinner by 7:30 p.m. every night
4. Oral Care Challenge: Floss/brush/Act after every meal; coconut oil pull 3 nights/week before bedtime FAIL

FUN STUFF :)
1. Read Book 1 as part of 12 for 12: I Am Malala FAIL...let's call it 11 for 12 :)
2. Trali on 1/15, 1/29
3. Send my thoughts to Michigan and let it go! Confession mailed. Can't promise I'll let it go...just gotta stop listening to Adele.
4. Beginning of the Year Purge: sort/organize/shred; file; be selective
5. Rearrange furniture, change art arrangements, etc.(this will also help with the 1st purge of the year!)
6. DC Road Trip 1/9-1/10
7. Top-down, inside-out clean in kitchen (minus the oven - i just did that a couple weeks ago) 1/15-1/18 Rescheduled for 1/23-24 :)8. Begin looking at new opportunities and begin the process to achieve them

EIGHT TO FIVE
1. Office closed: 1/1, 1/18
2. PFC 1/5
3. Town Council 1/7
4. Town RAC 1/11 Rescheduled for 1/25 Rescheduled to 2/8
5. SET 1/13
6. Planning Board 1/14
7. County RAC 1/19
8. SW Utility 1/26
9. UNRBA 1/27
10. Board of Adjustment 1/28
11. CWEP 1/29

goals for 2016

Goals for 2016

12 for 12 
(read at least 1 book each month)
Quit
Debt Free in 2016
(pay off credit cards; close 2nd, larger account)
Pay Car Insurance in Full
(at renewal periods: January, July)
Get Physically Fit
Get Emotionally Fit
Get Healthier
(consistent workout, sleep, meal schedules)
Get a Massage 4x/Year
Take Golf Lessons
Go to the Gun Range / Go Bowling
Give at least $100.00
(LLS, ALS, IMB, etc.)
PURGE!
Play Keyboard at least 1x/Week
Gossip Less at Work
(< Gossip & B.S. = me less stressed, more focused on my work)