New Year, New Opportunities!

I am a little flabbergasted that it is already 2013.  I don’t quite know what happened to 2012, it seemed to pass me by so fast I’m not entirely sure what happened!  With each new year, I realize how short they seem to be, and I always have a renewed spirit to accomplish all those things on my list to live my best life, and help my family do the same.

This year I plan to spend a lot of time improving on what I started last year.  I started a new way to organize my day last year, and it works really well…when I use it.  I had been attempting to use this sheet in the morning, when I was able to wake up before my kids for my quiet time.  However, I think that a better idea is to fill out this sheet the night before.  My mind works a little better in the evening, and I think having this page already filled out will make it a bit easier to manage my mornings.

I am also in the process of making my rooms work for our family.  I talked a little about this on Tuesday, since I spent some time re-organizing our school room.  I’m not sure that I will ever be able to leave everything in my home in the same place, but I am trying to find a better use of our space, especially with the lack of closets in the entire house.  I hope to spend some time going through Tsh’s book Organized Simplicity, which I did last year at the beginning of the year as well.  It seems like each year I read this book, I get a little closer to the simple home that I am seeking.  I always have stuff to get rid of, and I always like to do a large deep clean.  Tsh takes each room day by day, but with littles running around and homeschooling to do, I tend to work on rooms for weeks at a time.  Not the most pleasant thing to have to live with while I am organizing, but when it is done, I feel so much better!

I haven’t really made a list of resolutions for this year, which is something I almost always do right after Christmas.  I think the fact that Christmas was on a Tuesday this year seemed to throw me off a bit.  I hope to spend some time this weekend really putting my thoughts down on paper, and evaluating how I want my year to go.

What about you?  Do you have any resolutions this year?  Any big plans?

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4 Comments

  1. Love your plan to organize the day! Also love Tsh's book, which i have been re-reading too :-). Good luck with your plans and a beautiful new year!
    hugs
    jutta

  2. Your goals for the year sound great! I am definitely looking forward to this year. It's a blank slate and I'm ready to start clean. My husband and I have some big plans for our homestead (indoors and out) so I'm excited for that 🙂

  3. No real big plans. Our budget is very tight right now, so we're limited in projects or trips. I will do a garden though, and always try a new plant or two each year, so that'll be fun. Hopefully those squash bugs won't be as bad this year!

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