S2E10 - S02E010: New Year’s Eve Family Fun: Competitive Games and Setting 2024 Goals Together
📅 Episode Release Date: December 31, 2023
HEY OTHER PARENTS - S02E010: New Year’s Eve Family Fun: Competitive Games and Setting 2024 Goals Together
🎙️ In This Episode: ✨ Pointing Towards Midnight – New Year’s Special
In this New Year’s Eve showdown, we’re revisiting last year’s resolutions to see who crushed their goals and who… didn’t. As we plan for 2025, it’s winner-takes-all! If 2024 was all about BBP (Be Better People) then 2025 is all about JGUADI (Just Get Up and Do It!).
What We Cover:
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🎯 Reviewing Our 2023 Resolutions – Who followed through, who barely survived, and who forgot their goals by February?
🛠️ Planning for 2024 – Setting fresh resolutions with a competitive twist. This year, there can only be one winner!
🥄 Taste Test Consequences – The losers face a mystery flavor punishment, while the winner gets to choose a family food adventure.
🏆 Winner’s Circle Choices:
🥡 Michael Heit: Flushing Chinese Food Crawl
🎃 Sara D: Halloween-Themed Burger Joint
🍛 Mike Levine: Bodega Crawl
✨ Key Takeaways:
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✨ Reflecting on Last Year’s Wins and Fails – Honest (and funny) reflections on how we approached personal and family goals.
✨ Turning Resolutions into Family Competitions – How a little friendly rivalry can make goal-setting more fun and engaging.
✨ Goal Setting for 2024 – Each of us shares 8 goals across personal growth, parenting, and family bonding.
✨ Family Adventures by Year’s End – Why monthly family outings are becoming a non-negotiable part of our plans.
✨ Taste Test Twist – How adding fun (or gross) consequences can keep resolutions light-hearted but motivating.
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🎯 Goals for 2024 – New Year, New Adventures!
✨ Mike Levine’s Resolutions:
- Celebrate small, meaningful moments as a family.
- Help Lucas show resilience in 3 challenging situations.
- Recognize Ellie as the “Glue” of the family with 3 special shoutouts.
- Encourage Hayden to adapt and minimize complaints in 3 scenarios.
- Operation Lucas Makeover – Assemble 3 stylish middle school outfits.
- Build a Family Achievement Wall – Display accomplishments and pictures.
- Run a 5K by year’s end.
- Monthly Family Adventures – One new adventure each month!
✨ Sara D’s Resolutions:
- Volunteer 4 times throughout the year.
- Meal prep 3 meals per week for 3 months.
- Cut down on doom scrolling – Screen time detox!
- Help Juju become more aware of his medical needs.
- Juju will cook 3 meals independently after a 6-month learning phase.
- Teach Sophia to drive to 3 new locations.
- Plan 2 full-out date nights (start to finish!).
- Monthly Family Adventures – One outing every month.
✨ Michael’s Resolutions:
- Put the phone down by 8 PM for 6 nights a week.
- Read more – Aim for 0.5 books per month.
- Play through the game backlog before buying new ones.
- Encourage Ethan to try 2 new foods each month.
- Help Jacob cook 3 meals independently after a 6-month learning phase.
- Enroll Noah in a structured activity by mid-year.
- Prioritize spouse time – 15-minute talks 2-3x per week, seated dinners, and regular date nights.
- Monthly Family Adventures – 12 months, 12 adventures.
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📞 Join the Conversation: What are your resolutions and goals? Call us at 559-LES-KIDS (559-537-5437) or email us at [email protected]. We might feature your story in a future episode!
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❓Question of The Week
What goals did you set for yourself this year?
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⏰ Time to Unplug
Michael: What We Do In The Shadows Finale (Hulu/FX)
Sara: Telepathy Tapes (Podcast)
Mike: Arcane (Netflix)
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S02E10 | Series Episode 40
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