I have been considering resolutions like nearly every single person I know for the last week. I felt relieved recently when two of my closest friends said they just don't do them. It was as if I was given a pass to not set myself up for failure. I mean honestly, what would make me think that in my 40th year I am suddenly going to stick to a New Year's resolution? Come on, people, let's be realistic.
While on facebook, a girlfriend posted a link to a blog I never read until this last Saturday and I LOVED the idea. To sum it up, pick one thing for each month to do daily. She had some great ones and I am still developing my list. I decided to do a variation of hers and will do a personal daily goal and a house/organizational daily goal. I am going to keep my personal one to myself because, well it is personal.
My house/organizational goal is to clear my stairs before bed. We have this weird thing in our house where everything just gets moved from place to place and seldom put away. My husband loves the counters completely cleared off so rather than putting any of the stuff (toys, school papers, mail) away, he either puts them in "my" junk drawer, on the kitchen table or dining room table. As a result, I scurry around trying to put things away and they often wind up in "my" junk drawer or on the stairs. The theory on the junk drawer is obvious: out of sight is out of mind. The stairs theory is that no one should go up the stairs without carrying something up. My mom instilled this in us but we have not done that with our kids. So, that leaves me but at the end of a long day, I often can barely carry myself up there let alone all toys, clothes, and school things that have accumulated and so it piles up.
Day 2 and things are going okay. I am proud to say I made it two days clearing the stairs before bed. I also am finding myself less apt to put things there knowing I have to clean them up.
