Goals for a Happy Life

 

 

I found this quote today and it feels so fitting,

Minus the "space of my own" part... It's more like "ours" now.

So, Dan and I have been talking a lot lately about our future.

We will be married in a few weeks and we will be on to our new journey.

Knowing what that journey consists of is the tough part...

 

Everyone has goals for themselves but, when you realize that your life will now be shared you have a new set of goals and they consist of goals for your marriage, your family and your future together. I now find myself brainstorming and writing my own personal goals, which are way different now that I have my daughter than they were before, my goals for myself in my marriage and my goals for me, my future husband and our family.

So many things to think about...

 

What school will our children go to? How far apart will our kids be? Where will we be living? What is our 5 year plan... 10 year plan... retirement plan?

 

My life has been fun, silly, filled with laughter and love and family time!

I will always continue to have fun, be silly, laugh and love and spend countless, precious hours with family but now I will be doing those things with my husband and daughter, and future children. We will build memories together, create traditions, and build a love that I have been taught by my family.

 

My goals are simple...

 

For me

live healthy & simple. eat clean. love life always. smile every day. tell my family I love them every day (at least 1 million times). be a stay at home mom. get a college degree. have healthy children. read more. write more. paint more. inspire creativity in my life and within my children. inspire someone. help others. publish a book. find God. be a strong woman. be the "cool mom". be the kind of mom my mother is. love myself. never try to be anything else.

 

For my marriage

be happy. be encouraging. always kiss my husband goodnight. travel together. take a beautiful honeymoon someday. go on dates. have fun together always. kiss when we clean (like my Great Grandmother always says). kiss whenever, wherever. fall more in love every day. be romantic. never argue over small things. never forget the way we felt when we fell in love. appreciate the small things. respect each other. pray together. go to church together. love. love. love.

 

For my family

go on trips together to the lake, the beach, sledding, vacations. kiss my children goodnight. tell my children how much they mean to me. set good examples. always show my children how much I love their father. read books together. have movie nights with popcorn and bologna sandwiches. never forget to look at the scenery. be a role model. create traditions. instill value and morals. save money. create dreams for my children. never make promises I cant keep. always make Christmas morning fun. never make anything more important. work hard and play harder. focus on my children. never miss a second of their lives. go to plays, soccer games, ballet, and all events.  love. love. love.