Either way, here we are, I have so many plans for this year. NOT resolutions, I don't believe resolutions are a good idea, I think it puts too much pressure on you, which is why so many people don't last more than a few months, weeks or even days. I am just laying out some fairly reasonable goals for the year.
I think they are reasonable anyhow...maybe for a normal person..that's where I mess up generally. I forget or ignore that I am definitely NOT a normal person. I need to exert so much more energy just to get through daily life than most people it's scary. I think it scares me the most because I see it in my kids too. My 13 year old daughter especially. I feel like she has gotten the worst of both of our gene pools..she has my propensity for depression and her dads side has given her other quirks..and not the good ones like in My Hero Academia.
This year has to be a changing year for us. We really need to turn things around this year. I think a lot of that depends on my husbands job getting things in order there, but hopefully I can pull some magic out of the air even if they don't come around and get their shit together.
Here's my list:
- Pay off bills (I'm sure this is on everyone's list right? We don't have very many so I'm hoping to ditch all of them except the car.)
- Grow my shop so that it is helping to pay bills, even small ones
- Buy list of items for my shop and for Hubby's hobby (It's a long expensive list, it carries over year to year, so we'll see how much progress we make)
- Get my oldest to finish HS and get his diploma.(Tourette's makes this a bit of a push, but I really think if we work hard he can do it.)
- Buy a house by Xmas '19 (this is a really really loose goal..it may very well not happen)
- Make and KEEP all appointments for the kids specialists.( This is just hard because going anywhere can be a hassle, and being on time is virtually impossible!)
- Get my car fixed. (Not really in my control, but still a goal I'd love to mark off. I love my Volvo and it's just sitting there needing the engine swapped, new engine sits in my garage staring at me while I work on my sewing/embroidery every day)
- Buy Hubby a car. (He's very picky, wants 1 of maybe 5 cars...soooo picky)
All of these really depend on LG getting their shit together and working up a fair pay scale for the workers. They just built this plant last Spring, and they only started working in the plant in August/September, but there are regular operators making more than my hubby who is a supervisor. Yea, it sucks. We went from his last job bringing home about $1000 a week to this job where he brings home about $600 every 2 weeks...I don't know how we've survived but we are still here...we are behind on rent, and a few bills have fallen 30 days behind at some point, which is really hard for me to accept since we were really hoping to be able to buy a house this year. We really need a bigger house. The kids are always squished up, never have any time apart from their siblings, and I think that's hard for them..I was an only child, so I don't necessarily understand it..
We've worked really hard to keep the bills paid on time and I had not had a late payment in 3 years until this mess..I really understand how people can get behind and it's hard to come back..I only hope I haven't ruined our chances of buying a house this year. I guess we will see how it goes if they ever fix his pay and we make enough to have a mortgage.
Today I'm working on some new project bags for my shop. I hope to keep my shop running and hopefully have it start making enough to help pay a few small bills, just to keep things on time and not late.
So there it is..most of my major goals for the year. Do you do resolutions? Do you do goal setting? Or do you just keep going like it's just another day? It really is right? Just keep breathing, just keep going..I will :)
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