I usually don't do New Year's Resolutions but this year I am going to do things differently. One is I am going to write almost daily if it kills me. Although it is already the 3rd and I didn't write January 1 or 2nd. This is exactly why I don't do resolutions. I can never keep them and then I feel bad.
Life is fleeting. My oldest is now 14 and I feel like the years she will be home are almost to an end. That it pains me a little. She starts high school in this calendar year! Be still my heart. Time is a funny thing because I also feel like there is no way on this earth I have been married for 19 years this February. Most important to me is I have a family that needs my attention and I don't want to sacrifice my time with them. These things have lead me to change some habits.
Lately I am forgetting things. Meetings and appointments. Maybe we are too busy. Maybe I am a tad unorganized. Maybe I am losing my mind. I have got to figure out a system other than writing it on the calendar to remember all that needs to be done in this so called life because I really don't like being that person that doesn't show up for a meeting even if it wasn't "important". It still wasted someone else's time and I hate to think they might feel like I don't value them enough to remember. (Deeply sighs). I hate lists because I don't like the feeling of not doing something on the list hanging over my head. No list = bliss.
Another area of concern for me is mostly Facebook but social media in general is a time warp. Where do the hours go? Pinterest at least gives me ideas for homeschooling, dinner and writing. Although I find myself reading way too many memes. When we first moved away from home and 650 miles north to live in the deep south (Florida to N. Alabama) it was a great thing for me. I got to be "home" even though I wasn't local anymore.
Eight years later it is a problem for me. I tend to go to the computer to renew a library book or look something up and end up scrolling through the news feed, walking away and not doing what I sat down to do at the computer. I am not going to be the person to announce that I am taking a break from social media because I am not taking a break just changed my password to a randomly generated password and I logged off. There are other things I would rather do with this time. Reading and writing to name two. I really don't need to see all these cute dog and cat videos and all the articles of propaganda are a waste of valuable time. I read once that time is valuable to us enough to exchange it for money. We need money but we also value our time enough to exchange one for the other.
Another thing I am going to dive into is my healthy and no so healthy habits. I wish this was something that was taught to me as a child and not just learning at 40 but it's never too late. My husband is trying very hard to help our kids find an activity they love to do that they can do for a life time. I was never into sports or physical activity (or my parents) and this had lead to a lifestyle that is not active enough for my eating habits. I like food and food + 40 + low activity = a very unhappy me.
Life is fleeting. My oldest is now 14 and I feel like the years she will be home are almost to an end. That it pains me a little. She starts high school in this calendar year! Be still my heart. Time is a funny thing because I also feel like there is no way on this earth I have been married for 19 years this February. Most important to me is I have a family that needs my attention and I don't want to sacrifice my time with them. These things have lead me to change some habits.
Lately I am forgetting things. Meetings and appointments. Maybe we are too busy. Maybe I am a tad unorganized. Maybe I am losing my mind. I have got to figure out a system other than writing it on the calendar to remember all that needs to be done in this so called life because I really don't like being that person that doesn't show up for a meeting even if it wasn't "important". It still wasted someone else's time and I hate to think they might feel like I don't value them enough to remember. (Deeply sighs). I hate lists because I don't like the feeling of not doing something on the list hanging over my head. No list = bliss.
Another area of concern for me is mostly Facebook but social media in general is a time warp. Where do the hours go? Pinterest at least gives me ideas for homeschooling, dinner and writing. Although I find myself reading way too many memes. When we first moved away from home and 650 miles north to live in the deep south (Florida to N. Alabama) it was a great thing for me. I got to be "home" even though I wasn't local anymore.
Eight years later it is a problem for me. I tend to go to the computer to renew a library book or look something up and end up scrolling through the news feed, walking away and not doing what I sat down to do at the computer. I am not going to be the person to announce that I am taking a break from social media because I am not taking a break just changed my password to a randomly generated password and I logged off. There are other things I would rather do with this time. Reading and writing to name two. I really don't need to see all these cute dog and cat videos and all the articles of propaganda are a waste of valuable time. I read once that time is valuable to us enough to exchange it for money. We need money but we also value our time enough to exchange one for the other.
Another thing I am going to dive into is my healthy and no so healthy habits. I wish this was something that was taught to me as a child and not just learning at 40 but it's never too late. My husband is trying very hard to help our kids find an activity they love to do that they can do for a life time. I was never into sports or physical activity (or my parents) and this had lead to a lifestyle that is not active enough for my eating habits. I like food and food + 40 + low activity = a very unhappy me.
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