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Priorities in the New Year

December 20th, 2019 at 01:48 pm

It's been a busy month, with the restaurant opening soon. It'll get even busier as it gets closer to the beginning of February. Sheesh.

With Christmas this month, I ended up spending more than I intended, but I'm not in trouble by any means, and I finished all of my shopping and wrapping last weekend. The only thing I have left to do is purchase a white elephant gift under $5.

Other than that, my spending has been pretty decent. A few purchases here and there, but nothing major. I did sign up for a gym membership where I used to work. I have a fitness center in my apartment building, but I spend so much time in Lou that I haven't been able to get into a routine. So it made sense to make the investment.

Made an extra payment on my student loan, about $500. I'm always motivated when I can see the number in the thousands drop. I'm down to $25,995.73. Just barely under $26k, but under nonetheless! I'm determined to get rid of it all by the end of 2021. I think particularly once I make the move and my expenses are lower it'll be absolutely doable.

Took some time last week to prioritize and set goals for the new year. Feels good to have it all organized and on paper. I didn't do much goal planning in 2019. It was supposed to be focused on letting the chips fall where they will and exploring who I am in this new chapter post-divorce. It's absolute insanity to think of how much has changed and happened in the course of a year. The chips certainly fell, and I'm so happy for it. But this coming year I want to bring more intention to my days, weeks, and months and start working toward some more concrete objectives.

Among some of the priorities:

- Deepening my relationship with BF and the kids
- Getting the house in order
- Getting 2 months ahead at work
- Finishing and filming a feature
- Making time for my friends and family
- Debt reduction
- Self care
- Travel (I have one big trip in March and a few smaller planned)
- Health
- Potentially teaching a writing workshop

My plan is to pick 5 of these per month to really focus on, understanding that not everything can be a priority if any thing is to be. Not to say that everything else goes completely by the wayside when others are a priority. They just wont be the main focus.

So that's what I've got so far. Tonight we don't have the kids, which we are both looking forward to. Going for a movie date night. Then I'll head home tomorrow and it will be work work work through the weekend.

Hope you all are enjoying the season, and having a great week!