1. Master Hula-Hooping and do it almost every day.
2. Read more chapter books aloud with my children.
3. Walk outside more.
4. More Sunday dinners, home-made, in the dining room on the good dishes.
5. Pare down various things in my life and house, to try and have a simpler life. Get rid of excess things.
6. Try to start a small internet and flea market business.
7. Continue in my weight loss and fitness, it'd be cool to lose one full clothing/dress size by the end of the year.
8. Focus on the women's and girl's ministry ideas I have been given.
9. Do art daily - sketch, draw and even paint.
10. Canoe more often.
3 comments:
Enjoyed reading your goals ~ best wishes on each of them. When you have a plan for #5, please share with me. I'm serious -- I really struggle with this and often feel like clutter is claiming me. I'm not a good organizer...have a hard time making decisions about what to keep/throw away and so, anything you can share is welcome!
#9 I look forward to seeing...
and I wish I could join you for #10 !
The TV show Clean House has taught me so much in regards to this. For me, some of my clutter is/was a form of mentally clinging to the past. For example I held on to a sewing machine for years because it was a gift my Dad gave me. Thing is I don't sew. I tried, but it never took hold, I never "got around to it" or enjoyed it enough to maintain an interest. I realized there could be a wonderful artist out there - a seamstress or tailor who could be making amazing things on it. It dawned on me: I was preventing someone else's blessing because I was clinging to a thing I rarely used or enjoyed! That does not honor my Dad's memory or the spirit of the gift. I try to apply this to everything around the house now. If I don't use it or haven't used it in a long time - it needs to go. If it doesn't fit - it has to go, no "what ifs." I am trying to remind myself that there are only 7 days in a week so I don't need 40 shirts or skirts or whatever.
I am not a good organizer either, but I am trying to learn. I think sometimes 85% of my clutter problem is procrastination. If I say current in going thru things, be it mail/papers, children's outgrown clothes, even the number of Gladware/Tupperware I ACTUALLY need and use, it helps. I used to wait until I had a big bag of hand-me-downs to share. Now I get rid of things as I go. Hope some of these things help. I still have a long way to go!
Oh and one more thing - it'd be very, very cool to have you as my canoe buddy Amy!
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