health + home.

Hello friends :) With the new year, I'm focused on some fresh goals. Right now, My Kate Spade planner is a blank canvas--and I love it. Though I've penciled in a few important dates, this year is one that {cv} and I have deemed the year of health and home. Back in November, I shared our plans to design a house and become key-holding, house-owning grown-ups. With that goal in mind, we've pledged to dial down our expenses and make that plan a reality. Here are just a few of the things on our docket for the year...


So many of our goals for 2012 relate back to our primary endpoint: the house. 
-Eating better means paying more attention to what we actually put in our pieholes. By making more meals from scratch and eating fewer meals at restaurants, we can also reign in spending!
-After injuries kept me from running two marathons in 2011, I have high hopes that this will be the year I conquer the marathon again. Having that in my sights will certainly keep me on top of my workouts!
-Spending less money may mean fewer trips to visit friends and family, skype and phone calls will help keep them close--bonus: they're {relatively} free and super fun!
-As for my creative juices, I have big plans to make this 2012 which will forever shape my life.


There you have it, friends. I share these goals with you to make myself accountable--and to humbly ask for your support. Living on a budget isn't easy, but I know it will be totally worth it in the end. I'll keep you posted on the progress and how we're making it work. {cv} and I are excited for the challenge!


Any suggestions for little ways you keep yourself encouraged are most definitely welcome. I am beyond grateful to have each of you {yes YOU!} in my life. Thank you in advance for making 2012 so great!

33 comments:

  1. These are great goals Alison, and they actually look a lot like mine! It's so exciting that you're going to be buying a house, and while saving may not always be fun (I'm right there with you sister), it's nice to know that it will help us achieve our goals this year and in the time to come!

    I'm hoping to run my first marathon this year. Exciting, but also a bit nerve-wracking!

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  2. Happy New Year, my dear! You've set out some great goals and I know you'll work hard and meet them all!

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  3. yahhh! i cant wait to see your dream home :) and im looking forward to LOTS of skype dates :) xo

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  4. Happy new year! Wonderful list of goals :) Mine have been floating around in my head, so I'm going to write them down today! Can't wait to see the updates on the house!

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  5. Happy New Year! Good luck with your budget - I'm a college student, and I know how not fun they can be sometimes! But you can do it! I can't wait to hear about some of your big plans later in the year!

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  6. I love your 2012 goals and the focus on health+home. It will all be worth it when you score that home! Good luck in the new year and wishing you all the best!


    XO,

    Sam
    www.ThePeakofTresChic.com

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  7. These are some great goals. :) I have some similar ones on my list.

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  8. Happy 2012! I think those are some great goals and while simple, they sound harder to keep than most would think!

    PS I am totally jealous of your Kate Spade planner! I think I need to get one for myself!

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  9. I love reading about everyone's goals!! Health and Home is a great goal. Happy New Year!

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  10. great goals! husband and i want to be key-holding home-owning adults this year too.

    sounds like its gonna be a big year for both of us. keep us posted on your home planning/building/owning :)

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  11. What a great list of goals! I am striving for those too! :)

    Happy New Year!

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  12. Great goals for 2012!! I love the idea of prioritizing family and friends...so important!

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  13. I am so impressed by marathoners! This is gonna be a great year for you. Good luck in 2012 :)

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  14. can i be on your skype date list?? :)
    so excited for your new home, and i know that you will be a great saver! it's not easy at first, but when you know that you have something so great to save up for, it makes it actually kind of fun! (have you seen mint.com? my friends use it to stay within a monthly budget!)

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  15. I love how you added "with the right goals". This is so important! Love your list- I know you will accomplish them all!

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  16. love these goals Alison! I'm also trying to save more and spend less. happy new year to you and your family! thanks for your friendship this year. I've enjoyed participating in FF and following along with your blog
    xx

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  17. Great resolutions! And it will be totally worth it! I'm a freak when it comes to budgeting and finances, so my advice to you is this...keep a spreadsheet with you budget and track your spending and I've found that totally eliminating spending money never works, so find a reasonable amount that you think you can manage each month and stick with it! Good luck and let me know if I can help with anything! Kelli

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  18. These are some great goals! I want to eat better, too.

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  19. Loving your goals! My hubby and I drafted up a budget plan and while it doesn't sound exciting now, paying off loans will be a huge success! Good luck girly!

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  20. Sounds like the start of a wonderful new year-so excited to see what you're up to in 2012!

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  21. i love your goals. i think financial health as well as physical health are so important but sometimes so tricky! i'll be working on very similar goals as you. and a new house in your future, so cool!

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  22. Great resolutions! can't wait to see what this year has to bring!

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  23. Those are fantastic goals! I actually share the spend less goal with you. It really makes a difference and I'm happier too

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  24. I love your goals! They're fantastic and actually, quite similar to mine :)

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  25. Your goals are awesome!! Good luck with accomplishing them!

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  26. Best of luck with your goals. I have no doubt in my mind that you'll accomplish them :-)

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  27. These are just wonderful! I'm with you on the spend less / save more goal. [ And all the others, for that matter! ]

    Here's to a happy & healthy 2012!

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  28. So great to meet you in 2011! Here's hoping we see each other more in 2012!

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  29. My husband and I are also making more meals vs. going out...as fun as it is to go out and try new places. So far the first week is going great!

    xoKylee

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  30. Fabulous goals!! Spending less is also one of my goals. I just finished my Friday's Fancies post and a Celine bag is involved. Sigh... Happy 2012!

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  31. love these goals -- thanks for sharing and for encouraging too!! i definitely plan on cooking more too, excited about lots of healthy new recipes :)

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  32. I am waiting for your home. And i want to see your whole home like bedroom, dinning room etc. Which kind of color and furniture you have installed. I have also construct my new house and i have installed very nice furniture i buy all furniture from online furniture stores because we can get discount from them.

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