I used to be totally super-psyched to make resolutions every year, but it seems as I get older I get less organized, less motivated, and less interested in these silly promises we call resolutions. And yet I cling to the idea that this year will be different than the last, that this will be the year I take action and accomplish lasting change.
I’ve been following along with Michele’s 2010 Intentions Plan at Scraps of My Geek Life. I love her plan to create intentions and pick a word to help you focus on them. I’ve decided on “Zen in Ten” (props to @wbgookin for suggesting this 2010 mantra). Here are my intentions:
- Focus on one thing at a time. I’ve always been a fan of multi-tasking and in some cases it works great. But when it comes to blogging, designing, creating, teaching, and spending time with my family, multi-tasking can ruin me.
- Lose 40 pounds and develop a healthy lifestyle. I’ve got lots of support here — family, friends, and online. Check out Bookie Boo and Shredheads if you’re looking for online motivation.
- Stop yelling. I’m with my kids nearly 24/7 and we get on each others’ nerves. Sometimes I feel like my house is a battle zone. I want peace. Zen. And that’s gotta start with me.
- Develop my blog design business. Take a graphic design class, learn more about PHP, and create a few themes for WordPress. I also want to continue growing this blog, comment more on blogs I enjoy, and try vlogging.
It’s all about focus for me this year. No more plowing along, deepening the rut I’ve been in. 2009 gave me quite a few eye-openers. People close to me (as well as me myself) have experienced illness, stroke, cancer, accidents and death more so than in any other year of my life. If there’s one thing this year has taught me, corny as it may sound, it’s this…
Everything in your life can change in an instant. Make the most of now.
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This is my first time visiting your blog, I found you on the Sistahood blog.
I’m not a mom, I am a care giver to my mom who’s got Alzheimer’s. Most days, I feel like our roles have reversed. A lot of what I read on the mommy blogs can apply to folks with a demented mind.
What have I learned as my mom’s care giver and reading the mommy blogger sites?
Kids appear to have dementia too!
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April 24, 2010 at 2:55 pm
My resolution this year was also to find more peace with myself. My motto is probably “keep moving forward.” Thanks a lot Meet the Robinsons, lmao. I really enjoyed reading your post, it’s hard not to yell at your kids, but I always try to make those “I won’t yell at them anymore” self-pledges as well. Just don’t let them know that!
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