resolute!
January 6, 2008 at 11:59 PM i stand resolute in my decision for this new year:
in 2008
i will
ELIMINATE WASTE!!!
i have felt my life becoming cluttered all around me. there are so many good things to be doing with my time, that i forget that i should only be spending my time on the very best things. so i'll probably be doing less things, but seeking for only the very best things to be doing with my time.
i cleaned my room for the first time since we moved here 2 1/2 years ago. people, it was bAD. i was shocked that i had allowed myself to live like that through TWO pregnancies. i still had boxes that i hadn't unpacked. i'm realizing what a procrastinator i am. i'll find a stack of children's drawings in my room and i'll think to myself, *i'll take those upstairs later...* and guess what? it never happens. i pulled out 2 bags of trash, a large bin of children's toys, and FOUR bags to haul off to charity...all on the floor of my room. but do you know how much easier it is to keep a clean room clean than to try to clean a cluttered room?
since starting the process of having children my number 1 on the new years agenda was to lose weight. in 7 years my weight has vollyed between 111 and 172 pounds, a size 2-14, and every size in between (children will do that to you!) so the race has always been on to get rid of all of that baby weight. but i've always neglected the other waste in my life. this year i'm going to give myself a break in the weight department. not that i don't want all of my cute clothes to fit, but this year it's time for some new goals. and maybe this it the crazy coming out it me, but i actually feel like as i declutter my life and eliminate waste...my waist will also eliminate. i think that all of the stress that i've been under has kept the weight on, despite all of the days at the gym that i've racked up.
e chilling out while getting a flouride treatment at the dentists office
my last order of business under my new years resolution is to eliminate the relationships in my life that suck me dry. i feel like i have always been a very loyal and good friend and relative. i've always been the one that is reaching out and staying in touch. i make friends extremely easily. to the point that when i call to set up a chiropractor appt, a trip to the dentist, etc. all i have to say is, "this is jenica" and a warm voice greets me on the phone asking a million questions about my cute kids. the hubs tends to think that i'm crazy because i invest so much energy in the people around me. but again, keeping with the theme, i think it's time to seek out only the very best relationships. it is time for me to set some fairly firm boundaries with the people in my life who seek to rob me of my personal peace and energy.
i think that this one mantra for the year will allow me to feel a greater peace in life and bring me greater happiness that trying to continually make my life into a marathon of *stuff*
how bad could life be when you've got uber-pink cowgirl boots?
so what are your new years resolutions?
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Reader Comments (6)
Sounds like some great goals to me! Best of luck!
Happy new year!
Ahh...to be the age again where you can get away with reading a book wearing nothing but boots...
Your New Year's resolution sounds perfect--I love that one sentence can incorporate so many of your goals for the next year.
I hope it goes well.
What a great resolution. I'm trying the same thing, and I'm realizing that it's probably going to take all year to get organized again. Good luck!
**And wouldn't it be nice if we could run around in nothing but pink boots?**
beautiful list mama! i can learn so much from you....i especially like the part about eliminating waste, and waste will eliminate...! :) happy new year.
and i'm pretty sure we should all we pink cowgirl boots (nakie or not nakie!)
are you breathing better? I felt while I was reading that I could breathe. I like those resolutions. less is more. that's what my art teacher used to say all the time, and I've watched and noticed that he was right.
De-cluttering. OH, I could use help with that. Maybe I'd better plan to follow your footsteps and do it myself. Enjoyed your post and the adorable pictures. I didn't even know cowboy boots came in pink. :)