I've been working on this list, off and on, for a few days. I started with the goal of "not taking on too much." After all, the bath tub tiling project will consume quite a bit of time as it is. (My husband is taking the week of January 8th to the 15th off, so IT WILL BE DONE!)
But now that I see it in its entirety, it's just exhausting.
And although, I suppose, one doesn't NEED to set goals (see the guest post at Zen Habits, today) I find that for me I am much more productive if I put it all down in black and white. If I don't, I just drift. As a sahm, there is no one and pretty much nothing to ensure I even get out of bed in the morning--let alone do much of anything once I am out. So, without further preamble, here's the list of things I want done before the 31st.
Project Life: (Scrapbooking)
Keep notes on what happens every day
Take a picture everyday, preferably of someone doing something.
I figure that if I can keep this up for a month, I can committ to buying the bits and pieces I need to actually put together an album. It's all sold out, now, anyway.
Project Housekeeping:
Keep up with the daily tasks and report to the Blog when motivation flags.
Update and personalize the Motivated Mom's Cleaning checklist to the end of March.
Project Basement De-Clutter:
Get Christmas stuff put away under the stairs, Catalogue it properly.
Take out and deal with the other stuff under the stairs.
Spend 15 minutes a day down there, working on it (except for the days I'm working in the bathroom).
Project Style:
Get hair cut
Buy foundation
Wear make up every time I leave the house.
Project Debt-Reduction:
Sign up for Financial Peace University
Keep grocery trips to once a week.
Project Self-Improvement:
Work out twice every three days.
Record what I eat, every day.
Finish Photoshop course from Jessica Sprague
Finish reading Great Expectations.
Find and join a bookclub.
Project Home school
Plan work until the end of March.
Project Winter House List:
Kitchen-- Make curtain panel for sink window.
Living Room -- Buy a plant or two and keep it alive.
Downstairs Bathroom -- Paint wooden ceiling planks white.
-- Put up Kerdie and install Tile.
I'll keep you posted!
