I am 36 years old and I stopped making lists about 5 years ago. I made a promise to myself when I moved away from Harrisburg and into my own house, left my crazy life behind, that I would stop making plans and then forgetting them for other plans.
I remember once, being a young woman, and making lists, until one day, I woke up and realized that my life has fallen down around my ears and my lists were only a reminder of what I hadn't accomplished. I spent 6 years trying to help someone else along with their list. I forgot about my own.
Now, with God's grace, some of those things on my list, have fallen into place. Maybe not the way I planned or what I planned, but they are here...a wedding, a husband, a baby.
And, I have been blessed by losing my job....and starting my own business. It may not be 6 figures a year or train trips to NYC, but it's mine all the same. I may have built the house of my dreams and had to sell it to make room for my new life. But I built that house and someday I will build a new one that isnt even close to being the same dream house, maybe, someday.
I need a new list. My friend Jason and I made a list of 100 things to do in one year, so many years ago, and we looked at it everyday. I got alot of my dreams done in one year.
When I had that list in my hand, I felt secure. I felt accomplished, check something off, done!
I felt like I had accountability. I felt like I had a roadmap. I felt like I had dreams ahead of me. I want to see dreams ahead of me, I want to grab hold of them.
So here goes, nothing like accountability on the world wide web. What i will do in 2012:
1. Simplify my life, get rid of old things and things I dont need.
2. Organize the things that I do have.
3. Be more diligent about daily devotionals
4. Get Audrey potty-trained
5. Be quick to praise and slow to anger as a wife and daughter
6. Grow my business to 4 customers per week minimum
7. Use a structured schedule for work, 1 weeknight, 1 weekend day available( 2 each)
8. Go on a date night with my husband once a month.
9. Try a new restaurant once a month.
10. Do something new and special with Audrey each month
11. Take Audrey to Library hour once a month, Tuesday
12. Read one new book a month. Exchange books with friends.
13. Cook a new recipe each week for Sunday Night dinner
14. Stop working on Sunday and enjoy church.
15. Walk 30 minutes everyday.
16. Go camping at the beach for a week.
17. Exercise for 30 minutes a day on Wii
18. Get to a healthy weight( goal before cruise 35 weeks 199 lbs)
19. Scrapbook and craft more often
20. Be the best wife and mom and daughter and friend I can be.
21. Less Facebook
22. Host 2 dinner parties for friends throughout year
23. Throw a 90th bday for grandpa
24. Throw a 45th anniversary luncheon for nana and pap
25. Do something adventurous.
Things I hope will change:
1. Easier to get my shoes on.
2. Better BP
3. Able to get my wedding ring off and other rings on
4. feet shrink
5. better veins
6. Healthier skin
7. ride a bike.
8. Ski
9. more energy
10. less backache
11. lighter on my knees
12. easier and more enjoyable dancing
13. flexibility
Places to go:
Catocin
Hershey Park
Sesame Place
Lake Tobias
Land of Little Horses
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