Resolutions

:) first off, if you haven't seen National Treasure: Book of Secrets, I'd spend the $$ and go. Totally cool movie, and awesome cinematography. And, one of the major clues they're hunting down centers on the Resolution- a boat [ship?] which was eventually made into 2 desks- one for the Queen/King of England, and one for the President of the United States of America. So there's a scene where Nicholas Cage's character is repeating "Resolution" over and over, which kind of kicked me into wondering what I would resolve to do [or not do] this year.

I already posted about my word of the year: Focus. [directly below this post]

I looked at everything I was trying to do and got a little panicked:
*once-a-month lunch date out w/church group
*once-a-month playdate w/church group
*once-a-month book club w/church group
*once-a-month book club at B&N
*twice-a-month scrapbooking w/friends
*once-a-week meeting about women's group at church
*once-a-week family activity
*twice-a-month city council meeting
*Index names for Family History
*make things for Humanitarian Aid
*take kids to library once a week
*take Morgen to piano lessons once a week
*Walker's scouts once a week [also helping him w/projects the rest of the week]

plus laundry, dinner, cleaning house, making cards for about 20 ppl a month, scrapbooking, reading, exercising, preschool w/Hyrum, grocery shopping, paying bills, balancing checkbook...
Can you see why I suddenly felt a little overwhelmed?

**here's my "steps" LO, detailing all the journaling above, and w/a list of the activities I'm keeping and the ones I'm dropping.

So, in keeping with the "Focus" theme, my first resolution is to focus my efforts on what I believe are the essentials, and drop the activities that leave me feeling harried or guilty. :)

2. Daily morning scripture study.
3. Exercise 4-5 times weekly.
4. Follow my cleaning plan for the house.
5. Stick to the budget so we can realize our dream of being debt-free.
6. Scrapbook every day.
7. Work on my own music lessons.
8. Make a weekly plan and stick to it.

These are my steps to [hopefully] a more sane life.