After a good creative brainstorming session with my husband over martinis on Friday (read: I’m classy), I have come up with my New Year’s resolutions.  First, I thought about the last couple of years to figure out what works for me.  From there, I just talked it out with J and came up with a few things for 2014.  Let’s look back first.

In 2012, my resolution was kind of funny, kind of serious.  I wanted to become more classy and eat more vegetables.  That was the year I stopped eating meat and really started blogging.  
In 2013, my resolution was to become more worldly (because I wanted to go to Iceland… but moved instead), continue to eat more vegetables, GRATITUDE and getting Call Me Maybe out of my head.  
I have read many blogs in the last month that talk about one word.  That one word really worked for me last year, but there’s no way my indecisive mind can come up with just one word again this year and not get bored.
In 2014, I will have four words.  I will stick with each word for 3 months and really try to embrace it (think Happiness Project style).  Each word is pretty general so I won’t get bored.  I can split them up into smaller goals and knowing my love of lists, I will feel amazing to check them off.  And it is very cheesy, but they all start with the same letter.  On top of these 4 words, I want to travel more, cross some more things off my 30 before 30 list, continue to be grateful and keep working on that classy thing.
CLEAN:  January – March
– Think twice about what I’m eating.  Less boxed meals.  Using the new juicer we got.  Only buying food with expiration dates and then eating it before it goes bad.
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– Keep our apartment clean.  Get on a schedule.  Don’t leave clothes in the dryer… or worse, the washing machine for too long.  Clean my floors.  Wash my sheets regularly.  Replace my pillows when I should.  Basically, just take care of our home and get into a better routine.  Pretty much, follow any cleaning advice that Steph gives out.
– Mail.  Paperless billing, auto bill pay and unsubscribing for junk mail.  Organizing finances, magazines and fun mail so nothing gets lost.  It sounds so easy, but it just hasn’t been in our household.
– Yoga.  Maybe you don’t think of it as clean, but this girl is working through her 30 day yoga challenge and it feels good.  
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– Declutter.  We did so much of this when we were preparing to move, but it’s easy to let things pile up again.  I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve been to Target and haven’t bought anything for me in the last 2 months, however things keep appearing and it MUST be a constant battle. 
– Take good care of my skin.  I’m blessed with pretty good skin, but that doesn’t mean that things will always look like they currently do, so finding good moisturizers and cleansers is important.  Better to start now then wait until the damage has been done.
– My Internet space.  It is time to clean up my email accounts – personal and work – and then keep them organized.  It’s time to clean out my social media accounts.  I spend a lot of time scrolling through things I don’t really care too much about (sounds harsh, but you know what I mean) and I have to remind myself that it’s quality over quantity.  
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I won’t keep you in suspense for the other three words.  Connect.  Create.  Chill.  I’ll get more into the specifics when we get to that time of year.  In the meantime, any articles, books or ideas you have on being “clean” – please share it with me.