E17: Mom and Family New Year’s (or No Year’s!) Resolutions

How does a Mom set realistic goals for all that a new year (especially post 2020) will offer? Erin and Sarah talk about the fresh start of a new year by looking back to find joy and making plans to build on those positive (and negative) feelings in the new year. “2020 was an absolute crap show. But, we did learn a lot from it!”-Erin

High hopes for 2021, what are the possibilities for the new year?

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Research says 50% of the Western world comes up with a new year’s resolution and 10% keep it for more than a few months. What is the reverse of this? Do you make worse goals for yourself just to keep the goals and be better than the 10%?

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Start this year by making a pros/cons list of what had an emotional attachment to your life last year. What brought you joy in the year and what had negative emotions?

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Planning for the future can generate joy before the event or activity actually happens. The act of looking forward to something can be a positive experience before it actually happens!

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Moms aren’t planning just for their own future, they have others to motivate or hold them accountable. Try setting personal and family goals that everyone is on board with in the new year. Erin shares her family’s 2,021 goal!

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Moms Unschooled New Year’s goal setting tips:

1. STOP pressuring yourselves to what others say you “should do” and find your own joy.
2. Don’t buy a gym membership in January. Get creative with what works for you.
3. Keep going! Practice makes progress.

“Don’t throw the whole stroller off the cliff tomorrow... you can start with something else.”-Sarah

Resources shared in the show:

Tim Ferris Blog “Forget New Year’s Resolutions and Conduct a ‘Past Year Review Instead.”

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Erin and Sarah are moms who enjoyed each other’s unique cul-de-sac “mom perspectives” so much they want to share their thoughtful and sassy ponderings with other moms around the world. Collectively they are moms to 4 school-aged kids, and world travelers in their journeys as United States Marine Corps spouses. Erin is a homeschooling mama of three munchkins that loves running (slower than most people walk), traveling, and can recite the alphabet backwards while opening a bottle of wine. Sarah is a curious minded mama of one small human, enjoys writing, takes forever to read a book for leisure, and can order McDonald's at a Japanese and German drive through.

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