Hi guys, Melissa here.
Welcome back to CloudMom.
So, New Years Resolutions are really a sort of strange thing.
Actually, I kind of make resolutions during the course of the year, and I'm always trying
to think about what I can do better, how can I have a better balance as a mom, as a mom
who works, as a, how can I be a better wife?
So I'm always sort of thinking about these things, but I do always try to take time with
each new year and think about what my resolutions are.
So here are my 5 main resolutions for this coming year.
And please comment below because I would love to see yours, because I'm sure they're going
to give me a lot of inspiration.
My number one resolution is to stop bickering with my husband.
I wouldn't say we're the biggest bickerers, but there's been a lot of stress this year
because he's been looking for a job, we've had some stress with some of our older kids,
and we've been very tired.
And we just sort of get in this thing where it's like 'meh, meh meh' and it's really sort
of unpleasant.
And it kind of just adds stress and unnecessary, you know, angst to every day.
So I'd really like to try to make an effort just to keep things cool, to be kind and respectful
of my sweetie who I love more than anything, and to stop bickering.
Um, I think this can happen, I mean we've been married, now, let me figure it out, uh
13 years, and so over time you can sort of get into this bickering thing almost like
a habit, and we've gotten into it a bit, not terribly but definitely a bit, and I'd like
to sort of try to pull that one to a halt.
Ok, my second resolution is to have more time with my girls.
When they are getting home from school, taking their bath, getting ready for bed, it's usually
my crunch time with my boys so I'm helping my boys with homework, it's some, you know,
rushed thing over a math assignment or English and every day I'm like pulled away.
Well I want to try to get my boys to a point where they're more independent with their
work and be able to spend more time with my girls.
Annaliese is now reading and Marielle is learning to read, it's such a special time, and I want
to try to devote at least a half hour every night to them and just putting them to bed
and being able to read with them, talk to them about their day.
I do talk to them but it's always in this rushed rushed thing where mainly I'm concentrated
on my older kids.
Resolution number three is to work more.
I have been keeping up with my weekly wrap-up, we did a ton of giveaways on CloudMom over
the fall which I was so proud of and so happy to be able to do, um and I did have a lot
of sort of reflections in my different posts, but I really would like to stick to our every
Tuesday how-to video, you know, our weekly fashion post on Wednesday, the weekly wrap-up,
and then ideally one other post which is sort of reflecting on motherhood, life, how to
do things better, all that kind of stuff.
Which is, gets my juices flowing and is such a great outlet for me, and it's great because
it sort of gets me out of my every day worries and lets me feel productive and I really enjoy
doing it.
I love interacting with you guys that follow the site and the YouTube channel, thank you
so much for being loyal and following me and weighing in on the shows and on the posts,
I really appreciate it.
So anyway, that's resolution number three.
Resolution number four is more time with family and friends.
I adore my parents, I adore being with them, I adore my friends, and there's so many people
that I really want to get to know better, and I just want to devote the time to scheduling,
you know, a quick coffee with them or whatever just to sort of keep up to speed with them.
And I know it's such a great start to the day because when you start your day seeing
someone who is really cool, really warm and really lovely, spending time with them, learning
about them, you're going to have so much of a better day.
So I really want to try to have a little more time both with my family and with friends.
And resolution number five, which is something I'm constantly battling, and I know I'm not
alone, and I can't wait to look back to prior year resolutions because I'm sure this is
not the first time, is really to limit my internet, computer, and phone usage at night,
it hurts my sleep.
This happened to me last night.
I was very busy working on a video that had to get out today, I was online, if I'm on
that computer til 10 o'clock, I cannot go to sleep at 10:30, I can't go to sleep at
11:30, I think I was up until past 12:30 I was like drinking hot milk, reading a book
in the kitchen, my whole night's sleep is totally off.
The next day, I'm much less productive, much less crisp, I'm much less get done what I
need to get done.
So, I really want to have a rule, like 9 o'clock, done.
No more phone, no more computer, down time, time with my sweetie, reading, getting to
bed earlier, not having the light of the phone or, you know, the technology platform in front
of me.
Sleeping better and then just feeling fresher and better in the morning, because so often
I'm just like dragging my way to the coffee maker, feeling so tired, and I want to sort
of keep working on that because I know it's so important for how you feel, and also so
important for your health, and so important as a mom because it's when you're tired that
you tend to get upset more and lose your patience more with your kids.
So anyway, those are my 5 new years resolutions.
I can't wait to hear what you guys' resolutions are.
I'm wishing you the happiest, happiest of new years.
Thank you so much for watching CloudMom, God bless you guys, all of you.
And I will see you very soon on cloudmom.com.