Wishes or Resolutions?

Another new year....Again.  Every year this time comes and every year I am slightly unprepared for it.  I say slightly because I actually do put some thought into what I want to accomplish, but that's about as far as it gets.  I think a lot.  I'm a good thinker.  I would make a million bucks if one were to be paid for thinking.  Now, how to channel that thinking into action.

Father Anthony, in mass on Sunday, talked about wishing versus resolving.  I suppose I have been a wisher more than a resolver.  I would like to change that.  I actually already have I guess - last August I finally gave in  and "resolved" to lose weight.  Religiously I record every thing I eat on Loseit.com - everyday.  I have taken up exercising with my gal pal Denise Austin 3-4 times a week and I'm  happy to say I am down 15 lbs.  Whoo hoo!!!  But,  while I am starting to gain control over this area of my life, I feel the rest of it is still running wildly out of control.

The good news is that I have accomplished something new this year different from years before - it's January 4th and I have already bought my 2012 planner refill.  I usually ruminate on what is the best planner to buy for at least a month and then settle for the usual Franklin Planner and then rarely use it.  But it always looks good in my Pacific blue binder!!  I finally gave in today and bought the Mead version today at Walmart.  It really does have most of the bells and whistles of the FCP but at 1/3 of the price!!!  I took the savings and bought some nice moisturizer for mature skin.  (haha)

I wrote last year that I really want to get better at writing.  One more "wish" that I didn't turn into a resolution. Maybe this year will be different.  I get so caught up in work that I forget to have the joyful, inspiring, fun, fulfilling life that is waiting for me.  So, this year I am going to make some actual resolutions:

1.  Use my planner daily - it really works so much better for me than using my iPhone.  I'm just old I guess and really like to see pencil written on paper.

2.  Build my day around a schedule - only so many hours for work, fit in time for exercise - geez, 30 minutes is not too much to ask for is it?,  time to make dinner and actually fit in time to spend with my kids instead of just being in the same house with them.

3.  Follow my FlyLady routines.  I just love all things FlyLady - what a great concept to just take small steps to get my house looking spectacular - at any given moment of the day.  I have started again with shining the kitchen sink and swish and swiping the bathroom in the morning.  It feels so good!

4.  And lastly,  really really really try to write every day.  I need someway out of this correlation gig I have been doing for 5 years now.  The stress of the deadlines is really wearing on me - I don't do it because I love it but because it helps pay the bills.  I am truly grateful for that, but I will be stuck in this rut forever until I fill in the hole with something else.

There are so many more I could list, but then, like every other year they would lie fallow.  So, a few steps at a time and I will get there.
 Oh, I forgot - make time to pray more each day - this should be more ingrained in me by now so I hate to list it as a resolution - it's more like a habit that just needs dusting off.