The older I get the more I appreciate New Year’s. I love the opportunity to reflect and think about all that has happened and what I want to be different.

Joe and I started a new tradition of writing down what we consider top priorities to help us stay focused in the coming year. We finished the sentence; “Any time spent _______ is not a waste of time.” Suprisingly we each wrote three and they matched one another. So it was kind of a like a game. Now it is framed, in our bedroom, near our mirror where we will both see it regularly.

Every year we want to save more and so we are trying a new, visual and idea. We will put money in the jar each week, to match the number of weeks. So we are in week two, we put two dollars in the jar. We will practice saving more and watching it multiply. According to Joe’s calculations we will have over a $1,000 in a year. Yay!

So I guess these are like new year’s resolutions.  I am just excited to for the new year.