Ah, the lofty goals we have. And oh how fleeting they are in the midst of raising young children. One of my most favorite sayings is "headdesk", to give you the visual of me sitting at my desk, and repeatedly dropping my head to hit the desk. It is the image of trying hard to get things done, but nothing ever gets accomplished.
I am desperate for some meaningful, useful, and practical organization help. I am busy ALL day, but when the end of the day comes, I have no idea what I have been busy doing. {headdesk} And I really dislike, no, HATE, that I never finished sending out Christmas cards. And that I'm still in progress making a Christmas gift, and that maybe by the end of this month I'll actually be able to put it in the mail.
I have a friend, and a fellow blogger, who just knocks my socks off with her creativity, motivation, and ability to GET THINGS DONE. What she accomplishes almost seems to border on manic... but with manic, there is always a down time. And with her, that isn't the case. She just, has got it together, yo. She is knit together tight with her eyes on Christ and gets sooooo much done. She recently wrote on her blog about planners, and I oogled her choice of planner with envy. It's beautiful. But, oh wait, you have to print it out and put it together. My envy stopped there; I can't even begin to muster the motivation to print and put it together. I almost toyed with the idea of asking her to build me one and mail it to me...
Baby steps, I think to myself. I'll run to the BX on base tomorrow and look at their At-A-Glance planners, and start from there. If I spend $10 on a planner that doesn't end up getting utilized for the long haul, I won't feel guilty about spending that $10. I need to make an effort to get organized, because if I'm going to do this homeschool thing (3 years down the road, mind you) then I need to have a good handle on organizing my weeks and getting things accomplished. Oh, to be able to manage a house hold during the week so we could go out and do things on the weekends instead of working on triage situations around the house. Sigh.
Been blessed by a few days of really beautiful weather here. Praying for God's favor for it to remain for a while longer before we enter the hot season again. {lastsummeronthisrockhereIcomeWOOHOO!}
