1 post tagged “family housekeeping resolutions”
Every January, I start to rethink my housekeeping habits and shying away from resolutions. And I mean staying far, far away from making resolutions. Because in my mind, once a resolution is made, then dammit! It's meant to be broken! And so therefore, I (think I) trick myself by not committing to the resolution and so therefore, if I fall off the wagon, its okay because it wasn't really a real resolution. Clear as mud?
So no real commitments like exercising on a regular basis or eating healthier or spending less money. Instead, I aim to just do them as I remember them. That way, I won't mess up as often. I get a success rate on this method of behavior change of about 25%. Not great, by any stretch, but at least it's better than if I didn't try. And I try to only tackle one thing a month. So instead of making 12 "I'm gonna try (fill in desired new habit)" for January, I make only one. And for January, I'm going to TRY think of the other 11 things I'm going to do for the year.
As for housekeeping habits, I am forever resolving to keep my home cleaner, declutter more, organize better, blah, blah, blah. Actually, I'm kind of addicted to housekeeping websites, organizing books, planners, moleskine notebooks and the whole shebang. HOWEVER, you would never know that by looking at my house! Rather, instead of getting more organized, I think I'm going to just try to work on keeping the crap out. Declutter in every aspect of my life. That way the stuff I really do want, like blogging, can find a way to creep back in.
Now that I think about it, during one of my other January brainstorming sprees in during a previous year when I attempted to craft my personal mission statement (don't laugh. It works.) I hammered out something similar. Maybe I should peek through those old journals and see if I can find what I had written down then.
And now, because I hate blog posts without pictures, I give you my mother and two of my sisters and myself..and my Dad in the background!
