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Have You Given up on Your New Year’s Resolution?

January 31, 2014 by Beeb 4 Comments

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I attended the Kenmore Blogger Summit last year.

It’s the last day of January, and predictably, many people have long since written off their New Year’s Resolutions – according to a new survey by Harris Interactive on behalf of Sears, 53% of Americans have already given up the ghost on their resolution. To help keep you motivated, Kmart and Sears have teamed up with frugal expert Andrea Woroch for some fast tips for staying on track with common goals, along with some product recommendations from the ShopYourWay “Resolve to Redeem” New Year’s Sale:

Eating Better: To save time, Andrea recommends picking one night per week to chop up healthy vegetables and fruit in advance so it’s ready-to-go through the week, thus reducing temptation to hit the drive-thru for a quick fix. 35% of those surveyed stated that getting a new kitchen appliance motivates them to cook healthy – if this sounds like you, then you can save $20 on this Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Juicer at Kmart; ShopYourWay Rewards members get an extra $5 off.

Exercise: Working out at home, either by following fitness videos online or using home gym equipment, is one way to stay on track. Try DailyHiit.com for free workout videos – or if you fall into the 38% surveyed who said that a new treadmill would motivate them to exercise more, use your ShopYourWay Rewards points to save on a new NordicTrack T6.1 Treadmill.

Togetherness: With Valentine’s Day coming up, it’s a great time to get on that resolution for keeping date night going! Andrea suggests looking at afternoon movie matinees or restaurant happy hours as an inexpensive but fun way to get out of the house.

For more tips from Andrea on how to keep New Year’s momentum going, click here! For more product suggestions, visit ShopYourWay Rewards’ “Resolve to Redeem” page for more 2014 deals.

Filed Under: New Years Resolution Tagged With: Kenmore, new years, tips

Making New Years Resolutions and setting goals for next year

December 26, 2009 by Momstart 19 Comments

 

As I have been going through our Christmas Photos I see some things that I’m just not happy with. I have lost a little weight since my surgery but have come to realize that everything that I have lost has just been my muscle mass. Not doing anything makes those muscles go away fast. See all those round spots, tummy, hips, and thighs. And here I am eating milk and cookies for a bed time snack, it’s a great way to lose weight don’t you think. My excuse is that it’s not the first yet.

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My goal is to get back into shape and I’ve got some blogging help to do it. One, I’m going to get back into the Fitness Friday Posts with the Wii Fit Mommies. Writing about my journey every week should help. Another thing I have to help with it is a set of four giveaways that are for me to review and to share with all of you. I’m very excited about sharing with you guys. My goal is 20 pounds before BlogHer2010.

 

I need to refocus my heart and give it back to God. I’m terrible about posting about Him because I’m afraid of offending my readers, but that’s not how I should act. So I’m going to try to have a devotion once a week, and not just for me but also for my children. My kids are understanding everything so they need to get to know their Maker too.

I need to get more organized. Since my blog took off this past year, I’m hoping that it will continue to grow. With growth comes a need to get organized again, I got behind with the madness of advertising and Christmas. I just completely lost my blog focus these last few months. I need to return e-mails in a more timely manner and be more choosy. I need to organize my blog as well. I need to also figure out how to organize my time better. Sometimes I wonder how some of these successful mom bloggers get all this blogging done and raise their family. I’ve been able to post about four or five posts since my surgery because I can’t do anything else other than be on the computer. When my husband goes back to work and I’m left alone with the kids I’m going to have to make time come out of thin air to get everything done. Which is another reason I’m going to need to be choosy on what I do and do not blog about.

I need to be more personable. I want to comment on more blogs. I want to try and visit more people and comment more and be more thankful of what all of my readers provide to me. I know that I give you guys a lot with the sheer amount of giveaways but none of it would be possible if I didn’t have any readers.

I hope to reach 2,000 RSS subscribers and 10,000 twitter followers in the next year. I know that if I write more interesting content I’ll have more subscribers and followers. So I’m going to try to make a few new weekly articles. Like cooking with the kids and bring in more information for Mom Start Saving.

I need to save more money with coupons and monetize my blog. I currently use Juice Box Jungle and highly recommend it. I also write the occasional sponsored review for Sponsored Reviews and Blogvertise. I also like to sell some advertisement space. I know that I’m barely tapping into the potential that is there but my kids come first so we’ll see how much actually changes over the next year. But using coupons and saving money can be just as lucrative as having another job and I’ll show you that this year.

So to Summarize:

My New Years Resolutions are

Lose Weight

Focus on God

Get Organized

Be more Social

Increase Blog Stats/Improve Content

Save/Make money

Filed Under: New Years Resolution, NYR, personal Tagged With: personal

New Years Resolutions

December 28, 2008 by Momstart Leave a Comment

My New Years Resolutions are stacking up on me. With the holidays and my daughter’s birthday here my diet flew out the window. So number one is getting back on the diet. My diet is mostly eating healthy with more protein and fewer cookies. I have a tendency to eat a dozen at a time.

My husband bought me a pocket bible, well it’s a little bigger than a pocket size but it is still small enough for me to keep on me. So my resolution is to carry it with me and read it. He also bought me a new devotional bible so I hope to be able to do a devotion at least three times a week with the goal of every day. I have learned that I need to make obtainable goals or I’ll just give up.

I need to get more organized so that I can get more done. Sometimes at night when I have posts I need to write for different sites; I completely forget what I was going to write about. For example tonight. I was going to write a post for Props and Pans, but I just can’t remember what I was going to write about. I was going to submit a Monday Must Have, and I forgot what it was that I can’t live without. Ironic isn’t it. I also need to write some posts for my best friend under Freebies over at Mom Giveaways, but now I just want to crawl into bed and it is only 8. I’m getting old in my young age.

Now, as part of my first resolution, I need to go out and walk every day. No matter what the weather is. It will be good for my kids to get the fresh air as well. We need to walk to the mail box and not get in the van and drive. I started driving to the mail box as soon as the rainy season hit. Yep, I’m lazy!! It’s a mile there and back.

Oh, and I want to write better posts to help you save money. Where to you shop? I need to write my meal plan too.

I also need to stop procrastinating every month in writing my MOMS CLUB Newsletter every month. I have so many pages left. I better go work on it.

What are your New Years Resolutions?

Filed Under: Diet, MOMS Club, New Years Resolution

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