I have been meaning to post my 30 things I would like to accomplish or change by my 30th birthday in October. I keep forgetting. I think I have the beginning stages of Alzheimers.....
1. Begin learning how to play the piano. We got my Grandma's piano and the kids will start lessons as soon as I can afford to get it tuned. I have always wanted to learn how, so why not with the kids?
2. Be more patient. Not just with kids. With everything in my life. I am one of the most impatient people in the world.
3. Stop taking things so personally.
4. Be HAPPY. I mean really happy, not fake for the sake of those around me.
5. Learn to be satisfied. Life isn't as bad as I tend to think it is. We have a roof over our heads, food in our bellies, and clothes on our backs. Just because we don't OWN said roof or eat steak for every meal or wear designer clothes doesn't mean we don't have enough.
6. Stop obsessing (sp?) about the cleanliness of the house. Toys aren't dirt.
7. Learn from my Grandmother and stop freakin smoking.
8. Look at the life of a friend who just lost a baby that was a week old and realize that even though my kids can be a pain in the a$$, at least there are HERE with me and I WILL enjoy the short time they are little.
9. Be more active. I hate the heat, so this will be a real chore.
10. Manage money better. We make budgets and never follow them. It's time to stop spending and start saving.
11. Talk more to those I have been neglecting. I need to pick up the phone more.
12. Accept help when it is offered and when it isn't offered, ASK FOR IT!
13. Spend more time with the husband. We are so busy with our jobs and kids that we never take US time.
14. Minimize. There is too much "stuff" in my house. For example, my "skinny" clothes. Goodwill has more room than I do.
15. Cook more. I cook in the sense of taking things from the freezer and warming them. I need to start making casseroles, etc., and freezing and warming those rather than Stouffer's.
WOW..... 30 is a LOT!!!
16. Stop yelling and start talking.
17. Spend less time on the internet/computer.
18. Go to bed earlier. I am a night owl. I hate mornings. When the kids go to bed at night I do my list of things. I need to start doing them during waking hours.
19. Try to be healthier all around. Healthy = happy. Right?
20. Go to the dentist yearly. I hate the dentist. And I take the kids every year, but not myself.
21. Be more accepting of things and people I can't change.
22. Realize that not everyone in the world is a true friend.
23. Not worry so much. I worry ALL THE TIME. About everything, family, friends, money.... everything.
24. Stop letting people abuse my kindness. I.e.: get paid when I am supposed to get paid rather than letting people wait a week which turns into a month and ends with my pissiness.
25. Get receipts for taxes entered in to the computer when we get home from the store rather than all at once at tax time.
26. Go easier on myself. I am way to mean to myself.
27. Smile more
28. laugh more
29. Observe more
30. Act, not react.
There it is, for what it's worth. I think it's pretty good. I think.
4 comments:
Nicely done! Thirty is A LOT! Great list, really.
I'm working on actually doing some of the things on my own list. This week it has been praying more, cleaning my house, and trying to be a better wife.
In the midst of that, I've been yelling at my kids A LOT and judging myself too much. I guess we just can't have it all, huh?
Move the friggin smokin to numero uno, Prima. Por favor.
Hey, I'm with the smoking thing too. But I am voicing it because it will help with the "too hard on yourself" and the "be happy" one. I know you can do it!!!
Nikki - this is a great list! I was going to comment on one as I read it thinking it was the best of the list, but then found another and another that were great, too! Good job!
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