It's 2013! Crazy. When I was in school this would have been the year that cars flew and teleportation was possible. We are seriously behind, people. Of course, we do carry around our phones and they are also computers (sort of), so I guess we would still be pretty cool according to our 10-year-old selves.
So...it's resolution time! And, staying true to myself, I have procrastinated until the 4th to even put these down on paper. And I'm pretty sure it's not a good thing that I expect to not follow through with most of these. Maybe I'm a realist....but most likely, just lazy. I've had some stuff floating around in my head lately. Things that I know need to change, but that are forgotten by the end of the day. Like, I totally need to drink more water, like seriously, for my health, but when I lay (lie? idk) down in bed at night I realize I've completely forgotten to even TRY to drink more water. Stuff like that. So maybe getting it all out into the universe, as they say, will help.
#1: DRINK MORE WATER!! Seriously.
#2: Set a schedule. The last 2 years of our lives have been a little chaotic/different. Our normal dynamic of dad at work all day/mom home with kid(s) all day has been a little disrupted and thus our routine has been disrupted. Our days feel unorganized (to me at least). I want to get back to some predictability to our day, which includes regular dinner times and nighttime routines.
#3: Get K to sleep through the night. (OMG, please!) He is 19 months old and last night I was up every 2 hours with him. Your sympathy is appreciated. If you count the end of pregnancy (which, I do) I am going on 2 years with only a handful of nights that I didn't have to wake up (and do stuff) several times a night. It affects our schedule (see #2) and I'm pretty sure it's why my brain feels like mush for most of the day. We are slowly working on getting there but he does have some extenuating circumstances that make the process a little more difficult. However, I'm crossing my fingers that 2013 will be our year. Otherwise, 2014 will be the year of the zombie. And that zombie is me.
#4: Read More. To the boys and to myself. I used to read to D every night. Every. Single. Night. That doesn't happen anymore, (see #2 AGAIN, argh). And I'm ashamed to admit that I've probably read to K less than 15 times in his 19 months. So. Awful. This has a little to do with the fact that having a baby and an older toddler, who do not have the same bedtime schedule, makes it more difficult to not just try to get K into bed quickly so that I can get back to making dinner or doing whatever it is I was doing. Their schedules are finally starting to get more in sync and I feel like a joint bedtime story is finally in our sights. I would also love to read to myself more than I do. I've always, always loved reading and I miss it. That should be reason enough to do it more, right?
#5: Keep the house cleaner. Ok, I totally laughed as I was typing that, but I'll leave it on here just for the comedic impact.
(Wow, this list is getting long.)
#6: Do more stuff for me. That sounds incredibly selfish, sure, but we've all heard that it's hard to take care of others if you don't take care of yourself. So in that vein, I want to look better and feel better. I'm going to get dressed, even though I might not have anywhere to go (she says as she still sits in her pjs at noon). Maybe I'll actually learn how to put on some makeup (gasp!). The dark circles under my eyes are in need of some immediate and major help. I care about fashion and I'm gonna act like it. I'm going to blog regularly. Notice I did not say frequently. Regularly. Once a week, once a month? I'm not sure. Hopefully, not once a year though.
#7: STOP GIVING UP! This is a major one for me. One I'm sure I'll be working on my whole life. I get super excited about things/possibilities/projects, I do a little (or a lot of) research and quickly lose my motivation. It's fear, mostly. Fear that I'm not as good as people who are already doing it, fear that it won't work, fear of being criticized. I wasn't raised to be a quitter, so I'm not sure where it came from but it's a part of me and dadgummit, I'm gonna overcome it! (Bam! I just got serious on you there for a minute.)
Side Note: For some reason, this year, I have no desire to make eating better a part of my resolutions. I don't know why. It's strange, that's usually a given for New Year's resolutions. Totally not into it this time.
So there there are. My resolutions. A time-honored tradition of self-examination. I plan to make it to at least February. Good luck to us all!
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