- had a baby
-my sister had a baby 5.5 weeks after I had Adeline
- learning to be a housewife
-starting a new job at the church, learning and adjusting and finding my groove with it all. I honestly feel like I am JUST- like this week- finding my stride and groove and starting to excel at my position with my church. I have never been happy with myself and my church work, I just knew I could do better with upkeep in the computer, and really putting my all into it.
-watching my niece part time
-watching my niece unexpectedly went to FULL TIME!!
- NOT watching my niece at all ( my sister opened her own daycare!)
- adjusting to being a mother and balancing it all
- I had roughly 60 photography sessions in 2013, that is awesome! Considering I didn't take any clients for a few months with having Adeline!
2013 was amazing. I became a mother! My niece was born! So many amazing things! This year has truly been a blessing! However it was a hard year for me... SO MUCH ADJUSTING. I have not been the wife I envisioned I would be, or the domestic goddess I thought I could be. I have been struggling to stay on top of laundry, and keep the floors mopped and swept. I struggle to provide a hot meal when it is needed to all of my family members (daughter, husband, dog, me) I have really just started feeling more on top of things and like I may be able to conquer the world soon! ( I am guessing when I get to that level another baby will happen and make me start all over again! haha)
here are my goals I made in the beginning for 2013
"(so these are probably a given, but I want to write them down)
- be the best Christian I can be
- be the best wife I can be
- be the best mother I can be
- learn to have more patience
-be better at household things
-save our family as much money as possible by doing things myself,learning things, such as gardening, making our own laundry soap, breastfeeding, etc.
-grow my photography business by double.
-lose 60 lbs "
Honestly I read these.. .and laughed a little bit. I know exactly what I was thinking and expecting of myself... and I can tell you I was definitely expecting too much! But Something I have learned this year is to learn to not be so hard on myself.
here is my evaluation of my goals
patience: I do believe i have made great strides in my patience!
Household things: I have gotten better at them! But the challenge has been upped with adding a child, so you can't really tell I have improved! :)
Save money gardening, laundry soap, breastfeeding, etc: The saving money I have done pretty well at!
Growing my photography business: I am actually really happy with my 2013 business! It has been great!
lose 60 lbs (this is where I laughed): UMM DIDN'T HAPPEN!! AT ALL! haha! This doesn't surprise me. well it does a little because I THOUGHT FOR SURE I would be AT LEAST at pre baby weight.. but I guess losing weight is harder than I thought. :)
I am no where near where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be - Joyce Meyer.
COMING SOON 2014 GOALS!
Hang in there, it's hard learning to do all the house stuff, there is stuff that just doesn't get done, whatever. As long as everyone is alive and healthy, I think that is a huge accomplishment. Anything else is gravy. Merry Christmas!
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