2012 New Years Resolutions

Well, there's the post everyone has been waiting for... ok, that's probably an overstatement, but I have been thinking about what I'm going to write in this post for awhile now.  After the last two years, I've really enjoyed making untraditional New Years Resolutions.  There are lot of things that I'm hoping to do in the next year, so I'm going to list some of my goals first.

• Have both my credit card and car paid off.  I hope to reach this goal by August.  I am hoping to move into my own apartment around that time too depending on money/savings.

• Bring lunch and stop eating out as much.  I think I'm going to limit myself to two times out per week.  I'm going to clarify here that this particular goal is about me saving money, so if other people are paying it doesn't count in the two week total.  I'd also like to give myself some wiggle room, so I'll add like two flexible times out a month... I think that sounds good... I may need to re-evaluate that, but I would really like to start saving the money.

• Going along with above, I am going to start budgeting more.  I have spreadsheet developed, I'm not exactly sure how it's all going to work out and what particular goals I want to set to go along with this, but I guess the overall goal is to be more aware of where my money is going and hopefully set realistic and good limits for everything.  I will hopefully keep you posted on that once I get into a groove.  Just because I'm taking about it now, I've know I need to budget more but after I moved out there was just so much stuff that's just not normal.  So I decided to start fresh in the New Year.

• For my health - I want to get into a workout routine and eating healthier.  I know eating out less will really help.  The working out will be what I really need to add.  I would love to lose 20 pounds (at least) but right now I just want to add in being active.

• While this isn't so much a goal, but something I am looking forward to... I'll be done with my master's degree in May... holla!!

• Finally, I would like to continue the blogging trend.  Here will be my measurable goal for 2012... I want to blog more in 2012 than I did in 2011.  Like I mentioned, I had 176 in 2011... I'm going to set the goal of 180 posts... that averages to 15 posts a month

So, I'll bold it and make the text bigger here to make it more official:

My New Years resolution is to post a total of 180 posts or 15 entries per month.

What are your New Years Resolutions?