Well, today is the second day of the second month of the year. that makes it a good time to check in on how you are doing with your new year's resolutions. (This is why you write them down."

As you may recall, my resolutions for 2015 focused around the tag line: "Fit. Focused. Frugal." So far, I'm doing pretty well with the focused part. I finished the re-organization of my kitchen in January and I took care of a few other things I've been meaning to do. I have a good plan in place for February as well. I've been keeping daily task lists and weekly lists for menus and work dress. My dishes are done promptly and I don't have stacks of unread newspapers. I've made some good headway on a research project. Getting up early two mornings has made a big difference. On the downside, I'm not keeping up with my filing and the Christmas decorations still haven' been replaced in the attic.

I'm doing an automatic transfer into savings each payday and I've kicked up my retirement savings. I'm trying to be careful about what I spend, but it's more challenging than I expected. I am getting better about using up what I have rather than buying more.

Fit, well, that could be a lot better. I think I'll give that a renewed emphasis beginning Ash Wednesday.

How are you doing with your resolutions?