New Year, New...don't say it!

It is THAT time of year again. Time to make self assessments and determine what to do in this following year to make it better.
I for one do not think I could have had a better year than in 2011. I did many things in 2011 that working in a traditional setting had restricted me from in the past. I spent six weeks (in total) travelling, near and far to OBX, DC, New York, Miami, Belfast, Kilkenny, Nice. I took field trips with Pierre, took an English class and a Philosophy class. That's a lot to squeeze into my previous 2 weeks vacation time and nine holidays, restrictions I do not miss.
All in all, it has been great.
But I can do more.
One thing I've noticed in my at-home, sometimes hermitizing, state, is the demise of my daily activity. It is true that an object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest stays at rest. It does not just affect my motivation for working out but it spills over into other aspects of my life. There was a time when I would get up just before six, do yoga, shower, get kids off to school get to work by 8:30, get off work at 5, pick up kids, go for a run and make dinner and still have a couple of hours in the evening for household chores or family/personal time.
Now I get up at 7 sometimes 7:30, shower once every 2-3 days, don't workout, take Pierre to school, get home to start work at 8:45, pick Pierre up at 4, get home and sometimes make dinner. My evenings consist of my going back and forth between working, reading, and homework. All rather sedentary activities so that when opportunities arise to actually DO something, I lack motivation to do it.
So, for this year, I aim to get back on track with my daily life, something I lost in the workplace to work at home transition. I found a program through my Y that I'm hoping will motivate me to put movement back in my day. It is the Conquer the Appalachian Trail program, a 12-16 month program where you earn trail miles through different activities, whether it be classes at the Y, walking the dog in the park, cycling or yoga, or even eating your fruits & veggies, all hold a mileage value for the trail. The goal is to reach the end of the 2,181 mile trail within that 12-16 month time frame.
If I aim for 12 months, it works out to 6 trail miles a day. If I eat my fruits & veggies everyday that will earn me 2 points a day, so that leaves me just 4 miles a day to conquer. Sounds easy enough, right? I thought so, until my husband, Tooba, informed me that last year he ran 1600 miles to train and do 2 marathons. Yikes! I have my work cut out for me!