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16 Realistic Baby Steps I'll Be Taking in 2016

...because when I'm overly ambitious, I tend to sabotage myself and completely shut down.

1. Open my eyes when I log into my bank account. Who knows what I've been accidentally clicking as I guess where the "log out" button is before I catch sight of the pitiful digits next to the word Balance. Face the fear, Caroline.

2. Walk into the yoga studio across the street. You don't even have to take a class, girl. Just walk in and walk out. "It's too much effort" is starting to sound really sad when the dang place is literally twenty steps away from your front door.

3. Go grocery shopping more than once every six weeks which is your current average. It's so exhausting to hate yourself as you eat a tortilla for dinner thinking, if only I had an egg to go with this tortilla. Or some cheese. Anything, really.

4. Allow your friends to drag you out for one night. Netflix isn't going anywhere, I promise. 

5. Cut down your daily latte count to 2. Or maybe 3 on days when it feels like an emergency.

6. Do something on your HELLA LONG commute other than liking Instagram photos for a full hour. Download a podcast. Write the next NYTimes bestselling novel. Whatever fits your fancy.

7. Say "learn to budget" without rolling your eyes. And then maybe consider the concept.

8. Make your walls a little less bare. Just order the frickin' print or I don't know, go to town with some Crayola markers and call it modern art. Just do something.
9. Figure out a skincare routine, like saying yes to SPF and washing off your makeup every. night. (I know, I know.)

10. Figure out a hair routine, like scheduling that haircut you've been needing for a whole year.

11. Leave the floor a little less covered with clothes and junk. All I ask is to see even a sliver of the rug.

12. Stop justifying Lyft rides with "but I'm cold." You live in San Francisco, it's always cold. Brave the Muni or use your legs.

13. Understand that vegetables aren't poison. Salad is not the enemy.

14. Balance those indulgent cheeseburgers you refuse to give up with a few 1 minute PopSugar exercise videos that you refuse to acknowledge. Maybe even some 10 minute ones if you're feeling particularly crazy. 

15. Get educated about the presidential election through something other than SNL, although of course that's compulsory learning material as well.

16. Say yes. To the plane ticket. To the donut. To the happy hour. To the weekend getaway. To the tough new project. To a new KITTE–– okay, I'm getting cut off.

What are some realistic baby steps you'll be taking in this brand spankin' new year?

17 comments

  1. The best part about walking into the yoga studio is that you can wear yoga pants and you don't even have to shower first! Good luck!

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  2. haha i love this. the grocery shopping one- nailed it.I need to get my hair done SO bad. help.

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  3. I LOVE this! It's so easy to avoid huge goals, but these are all totally realistic! You GO girl!

    Emma | Seeking the South

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  4. Cracking up over number five, glad I'm not the only one who thinks 2-3 lattes a day is actually acceptable. I can also relate to the aversion to the word "budget". The concept makes me shudder...but I know I need to do it. I hope your new year is off to a great start pretty lady!

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  5. These are great goals! I like how you made them realistic to actually fit your lifestyle. Good luck!


    xo, Liz
    http://lipstickandconfetti.com

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    1. Hehe thanks... let's see what I'll have to say about this on December 31, 2016 :)

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  6. This totally cracked me up!! Also, I didn't know there were 1-minute Popsugar exercise videos! That may be all I can handle today lol

    Lauren :)
    ohhey-ilikethat.com

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  7. I'm probably a decade older and still need these baby steps in my life ;) Keep at it, girl! Xoxo, ganeebab

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  8. The grocery shopping one is totally me, but the other end of the spectrum. I basically go to Trader Joes every single night, but as we all know what a trap that store is for good finds I walk out every time with a "ooh I'm just gonna try this item..." I need to cut my grocery shopping down to once a week. Not once a day.

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  9. OMG these are great! I love your sense of humor. #4 is so me!!
    Annie
    Miscellannieousannie.blogspot.com

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    1. It's sad, I'm now requesting a "24 hour warning period" for the days they'd like me to go out, ha!!

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  10. Literally the best list I've read. You HAVE to go into that yoga studio and eventually take a class. You won't regret it! :)

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  11. High five on the year overdue haircut. Baby steps... Try using that kindle you HAD TO REPLACE when you lost the first one... because it's been unopened since June. WHY. Try taking ONE WHOLE DAY OFF.

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  12. I love this! I just kept saying "yep, oh gosh I do that too, yeah, amen, preach girl" the entire post! You hit the nail on the head. Maybe since you're committing to baby steps I should too! :) Love this post.

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    1. We're all in this together! Glad we are on the same page :)

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  13. Such a great list! I highly suggest audio books for your commute and find a grocery store that once you shop will deliver for free!

    xx Kelly
    Sparkles and Shoes

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thank you!

xx Caroline