The Plan

My plan for this blog is to use it, at least initially, to help me figure my life out. No pressure blog, but you'd better be up to the task because it's all up to you now!

I have a lot of things in my life that I want/need to change. Nothing earth shattering but a long list of small changes that must occur if my life is ever to be organized and peaceful and productive. That goes back to the little description you can see up there at the top of the page. Who am I in my head and who am I in real life? Well, in my head, I have my shit together and am hardcore on the ball. In my professional life that is true and probably most of my friends would give some kind of a similar description about me too. But the truth is that I'm not that person at home and that is where the changes need to happen.

I'm lazy. There. I said it! It's out in the open and that is the first step, right? Also, I am a very easy going person in terms of my surroundings so things like clutter and mess don't bother me. Like, at all. Until suddenly I freak out and have to clean shit up and get it together. Then I'm okay for another 3 or 4 months. Clearly, this is not an effective long term plan nor is it going to be a good way to ensure my kid turns out better than me at this stuff.

So, the plan. I am going to come up with a list of 52 things that I need to do to improve my life. Some of them will be small and some of them will be huge. Some of them will take no effort to implement and some of them will require a large time commitment that first week to get started and then a weekly, scheduled follow up every week after to continue. I will note each week what my goal is, how it goes and what I think about it afterwards. Every week I'll add a new challenge BUT I'll also have to continue with whatever it is that I started the week before. In this way, after one year, I will in theory have made 52 changes to my life that should make it a better, more organized, less stressful adventure.

I might need some help coming up with 52 things. A lot of what I plan to do revolves around getting my house in order. Things like, one week I will need to organize all of my daughter's clothes, for example, and then the ongoing battle will be laundry related. I might house clean my kitchen and then have to go through cupboards and shelves every Tuesday from 6:00 - 6:15 every week to ensure it gets kept up (oh yes, it will be scheduled like that too!) Other things might be as simple as actually committing to flossing my teeth twice a day and making it a habit and donig it every single day for a  year. Do you get the picture?

I want to be the 'me' in my head. The one I know I can be. Not the lazy ass that just doesn't bother with things because, really, who cares? Well I care god damnit and I am going to make some changes!!

Suggestions are welcome by the way, oh great reading audience of nobody! So if you have an idea of something that has worked for you or that you think I should consider, by all means, let me know! Once I have the list of 52, then I'll organize them into some kind of order and get started. No later than mid September.

Unless I find something better to do . . .

This is a test. A what? A test.

I cannot believe this is happening. I am contemplating a blog. Furthermore, I have told my husband of said contemplation and he did not object. Oh he did roll his eyes and tell me what a nutjob he thought I was but that, THAT is not saying no!

I will be back with more later. I know internet, you will barely be able to function until you finally see what I am up to here, but you'll just have to wait!