{"id":1648,"date":"2013-01-02T01:30:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T06:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2013-01-03T11:42:15","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T16:42:15","slug":"major-moms-back-to-basics-campaign-getting-control-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2013\/01\/major-moms-back-to-basics-campaign-getting-control-back.html","title":{"rendered":"Major Mom’s Back to Basics Campaign: Getting Control Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This isn’t my house. But this is how I feel like my life becomes at times. Messy, chaotic, out of control. I resolve to do better this year.<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s 2013 and resolve to get my life back under control.<\/p>\n

Since when do I actually abide by those resolutions? “Lose 20 pounds.” “Save more money.” “Eat out less”. “Bake my own bread.” “Run a half marathon every season.”<\/p>\n

Have you ever had “training” on how to set goals? I remember getting some training on it in AFROTC many years ago, back when we had an ENTIRE SEMESTER on Quality Air Force<\/a>, which was the Air Force’s adaptation of Total Quality Management<\/a>\u00a0in the mid-1990s. Part of the training was about how to set meaningful, reasonable goals.<\/p>\n

Feel free to Google “Goal setting” or “how to set reasonable goals”<\/a> and you’ll see all sorts of tips. What I remember is \u00a0the following:<\/p>\n