Resolutions
I never did a resolutions post this year... I know I've been slacking all around on posting, but that wasn't exactly it. It's just that last year I'd hit upon the jackpot of resolution lists, and it remains my resolutions for 2010, the Year of the Tiger:
1. Get organized.
2. Think positive.
3. Don't just think, DO.
4. Be greener, healthier, more aware.
I need to be more proactive, still. I did do a lot of DOing in 2009, got the license, the new job, new car, all that jazz. But I'm still having a REALLY hard time with time management. I have a lot of hobbies that I love to do, but I'm not DOING any of them. And that does't even count chores... I'm sitting and and thinking and planning, and after all that I have no time left for the DO! Current list of interests and projects:
1. Belly Dance
2. Crochet/Yarn Crafts
3. Reading, both Comics and Books
4. RPGs
5. DS games
6. Cooking
7. Perfume Collection
8. Watching Movies/TV
9. Music; Playlists
10. Research
11. Photobooks
12. Spirituality
13. Writing
14. Playing on Facebook, LJ, etc online
15. Going out, exploring and being social (re: Faire, Cons, Long Grove, Museums, Highlife. etc)
And all that is just off the top of my head, in a cold induced half-stupor while entertaining the baby. And, yes, Devin is a VERY time consuming little person now, really talking and expressing her interests and into EVERYTHING. She is my life... I just need to learn to manage my time around her, heh. Not to mention my job and constantly trying to recover from illness after illness. This has been a HARD winter for me, physically. I can't even get over how sick I've been lately o_O.
Once I'd recovered from the flu, I'd kinda gone into nesting mode. The place was a SCARY mess as all I'd been doing was sleeping while I'd recovered, surfacing to occasionally eat. I went on a huge cleaning binge, but then Mom's wedding weekend happened, and now the place is wrecked again AND I'm sick again -_-. I also overspent a little. But I still have that nagging nesting feeling, making me not only want to clean, but to gather and organize too (hence the list of lists post). So I'm going to rest, but to try to use that energy in a constructive manner soon. What with the Saturn retrograde and all that this is the time to plan, and it does seem that while my actual motion forward is like mud, there are lots of thoughts to sort through in the interum, getting everything into focus and organized.
I've got the urge, the itch, the need to get out and DO. I've started taking baby steps... I'm just SO wiped out, AGAIN, that I guess this is going to take some time. I don't know why this has to be so hard. I just need to take stock, maybe even make myself a schedule. "Crochet from 11-12, eat lunch, clean from 1-3, play from 3-5, call friends from 5-6..." ;) Yeah, we'll see. Could work on a budget too, seeing as that's still a huge concern right now :P.
OK, time for a nap. More ponderings on all of this later.
1. Get organized.
2. Think positive.
3. Don't just think, DO.
4. Be greener, healthier, more aware.
I need to be more proactive, still. I did do a lot of DOing in 2009, got the license, the new job, new car, all that jazz. But I'm still having a REALLY hard time with time management. I have a lot of hobbies that I love to do, but I'm not DOING any of them. And that does't even count chores... I'm sitting and and thinking and planning, and after all that I have no time left for the DO! Current list of interests and projects:
1. Belly Dance
2. Crochet/Yarn Crafts
3. Reading, both Comics and Books
4. RPGs
5. DS games
6. Cooking
7. Perfume Collection
8. Watching Movies/TV
9. Music; Playlists
10. Research
11. Photobooks
12. Spirituality
13. Writing
14. Playing on Facebook, LJ, etc online
15. Going out, exploring and being social (re: Faire, Cons, Long Grove, Museums, Highlife. etc)
And all that is just off the top of my head, in a cold induced half-stupor while entertaining the baby. And, yes, Devin is a VERY time consuming little person now, really talking and expressing her interests and into EVERYTHING. She is my life... I just need to learn to manage my time around her, heh. Not to mention my job and constantly trying to recover from illness after illness. This has been a HARD winter for me, physically. I can't even get over how sick I've been lately o_O.
Once I'd recovered from the flu, I'd kinda gone into nesting mode. The place was a SCARY mess as all I'd been doing was sleeping while I'd recovered, surfacing to occasionally eat. I went on a huge cleaning binge, but then Mom's wedding weekend happened, and now the place is wrecked again AND I'm sick again -_-. I also overspent a little. But I still have that nagging nesting feeling, making me not only want to clean, but to gather and organize too (hence the list of lists post). So I'm going to rest, but to try to use that energy in a constructive manner soon. What with the Saturn retrograde and all that this is the time to plan, and it does seem that while my actual motion forward is like mud, there are lots of thoughts to sort through in the interum, getting everything into focus and organized.
I've got the urge, the itch, the need to get out and DO. I've started taking baby steps... I'm just SO wiped out, AGAIN, that I guess this is going to take some time. I don't know why this has to be so hard. I just need to take stock, maybe even make myself a schedule. "Crochet from 11-12, eat lunch, clean from 1-3, play from 3-5, call friends from 5-6..." ;) Yeah, we'll see. Could work on a budget too, seeing as that's still a huge concern right now :P.
OK, time for a nap. More ponderings on all of this later.