2016: My Brutally Honest Goals

2016 Goals 

As 2015 comes to a close, I gladly welcome 2016 even though the past year was an exciting time in my life. I moved from Houston to Austin, got married to my best friend, and found out we are having a baby all within the last twelve months. Talk about whirlwind – I’m exhausted just thinking about it. Now with a baby making its debut in May 2016; it’s time to make goals and get serious. Here are my 2016 goals!

In college, I was taught about the art of goal making – S.M.A.R.T Goals:

S – specific
M – measurable
A – attainable
R – relevant
T- time-oriented

I broke my goals up into four different categories: Personal, work, spiritual, and family.

Personal:
Be back to my pre-pregnancy weight (132 lbs) by December 31st, 2016.

Seeing as Baby Shuman is due in late May that gives me seven months to drop whatever weight I gain.

Work:
Be featured on three other blogs by July 4th, 2016.

I am already ahead of the game seeing as I will be a guest contributor to His Endless Love. I want to grow my blog outreach as well as make new relationships with like-minded women.

Spiritual:
Begin a Bible study that I can take notes on and share with my readers at least once a month.

I want to grow my Biblical knowledge and at the same time share it with my readers.

Family (family goals are ones that my husband and I share and work on together):
Pay off all of our medical bills by December 31, 2016.

Currently, we have roughly $1,400 in medical bills from the pregnancy because I had a scare in my 5th week and we made a trip to the Emergency Room at midnight. A trip that was well worth the hefty price tag.

Finances:
Have at a minimum $3,000 in my savings by June 1, 2016.

This goal is in the spirit of preparation for Baby Shuman being born and me being out of work for 4-6 weeks. (Yes, my husband and I keep our finances separately even though I know Dave Ramsey is highly against it. It’s how we were both raised, and it genuinely works for us. However, there are no money secrets between the two of us. I know how much he makes and what’s in my bank account and vice versa.)

Pay off my two credit cards by June 1st, 2016.

I have $1,176.17 on one and $700.00 on the other for a total of $1876.17. To achieve this goal, I have to contribute roughly $312.00 monthly depending on interest added each month.

All right, I have just been brutally honest with my goals, money, and even weight. Hopefully these will all be achievements by the end of 2016. I wrote this post to keep me accountable. I will be more likely to achieve these goals knowing they are public for everyone to see. What are your 2016 goals? Do you even believe in New Year Resolutions?