In my last post i asked what everyone's resolutions for the New Year were.
I got very little response- my guess is that we have given up on the whole thought of New Year resolutions due to our inability to meet our own expectations. I suppose that if we truly are ready and willing to do something useful , not to sound trite and quote a over-used sporting goods manufacturer, well , we just do it and stop agonizing over it and writing lists that never get fully crossed off.
That all said- I have decided to write a list. I was prompted by MAMASAYSOM ( see link to right) and thought about all of the things i have put off or resolved to do year after godforsaken year. I did manage to have a long-secretly-wished-for baby. And he is working on his own list of sorts. Today it is " grow teeth " His is decidedly easier to manage than mine.
Thus sprouts the list. Good Luck.
Hope Springs Eternal , as they say.
Here she is:
Sell my house.
Get our two houses meshed into one.
Organize.
Re-Organize.
De-Clutter.
Give away what is no longer needed nor wanted.
Throw out the useless, the ugly and the crap.
Put away ALL of the clean laundry ( instead of leaving it in baskets)
DO all of the laundry.
Have a tag/yard sale.
Make an Ebay site and sell, sell, sell !
Finish my office, powder room and kitchen.
Finish the baby's room.
Get him to sleep in it someday.
Plan my garden.
Take Nooni to the Vet.
Make an appointment with my OB/GYN .
Write all of my long distance friends old fashioned snail mail.
Call all of my long distance friends on ye olde telephone ( not a cell)
Plan Colin's first Birthday celebration.
Unpack all of my books and software, dvds and cds from storage.
Put books on shelves, load software into new computer, put dvds in rotation, download cds onto IPOD i have had for one year.
Download archives of photographs from three computers into IPHOTO.
Upload fave photos into sets in Flickr.
Take photographs everyday .
Organize and consoidate video footage.
Set up film/video studio.
Work on my novel.
Finish my novel.
Write.
Work on collage/assemblage ideas.
Create art.
Find a new yoga center.
Get private pilates instruction.
Get my bike reconditioned.
Go on Southbeach diet when finished nursing.
Get my hair cut.
Invest in a great braising pot and Dutch oven.
Make soup.
Make bread.
Bake a red velvet cake for Valentine's day.
Forget about dieting.
Get some new clothes one size bigger like it or not.
Take a walk everyday.
Go hiking.
Go birding.
Put up bird feeders.
Explore Washington DC .
Leave a smaller footprint ( in more ways than one! )
Work on convincing my husband that the baby needs a kitty , too.
Write to my Grandmother once a week.
Call my parents more often.
Put a calender up and mark people's Birthdays.
Make more of an effort to leave the house on rainy days.
Finish more books.
Actually read the magazines i subscribe to.
Take more time for myself.
Hire a babysitter more often.
Take more naps.
Remember to eat.
Remember eating.
Stay up past 9:00 pm.
Find time to meditate again.
Somehow.
Find more time for myself.
Burn this list.
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3 comments:
Great list, super ambitious. I have one myself, but it's much shorter and now I'm wondering if I'm not trying hard enough-
I think you should focus on these:
"Take more time for myself." and "Burn this list." Seriously!
There's a lot of doing, doing, doing here, but listen, you've got a BABY! ENJOY him! You will never get this time back. If you want to really maximize your idea of mindfulness, then use it to reinforce the concept of doing whatever you're doing with MORE AWARENESS instead of simply doing MORE.
I say this with a lot of gentle love--and experience! As the mother of four daughters--ages 16,17,19 and 20--I know how the time flies (even when you think it won't!) and trust me on this: you won't regret spending more time enjoying and less time getting things done this year.
Love,
Maya
Maya Talisman Frost
www.Real-WorldMindfulness.com
Good advice ! Thanks - there is some kind of catharsis in making that list ....and then letting it go. I find my most fruitful moments are the ones i spend with my son just basking in his light, watching him grow and be in the moment. And it does go by too fast - i am already so aware of this and it pains my heart but it also makes me focus on the ever- elusive NOW. Thanks for the gentle reminder, Maya.( My godchild's name is Maya, too !)
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