Most of my goals were abandoned in the summer of 2018 as we went through surgeries and health challenges with two of our kids. Once everyone recovered, my girls and I wore swimsuit bottoms instead of underwear for a full week; the laundry piles languished while we played catch-up and raced to and from jobs and activities. It’s Christmas break here for the rest of the week, and I’m finally reading the notes from our kids’ teachers that were sent home months ago. We are fighting to come out of what we call “First World Survival Mode” (because if I’m writing a blog post right now, this isn’t real survival mode), but yesterday we abandoned it all to spend the evening with our friends to welcome 2019. I have no regrets about that.
I did check a major item off my to do list this fall: I started an amateur photography business and, you know, put myself out there. As an introvert (any fellow INTJ females out there?), I find it difficult to declare a skillset to the general public and to set myself up for evaluation. But after over a decade of working in photography and undergoing frequent/ongoing training (and having a portrait photographer in my immediate family), I decided to go for it, and I’m glad I did.
So while I carefully thought out all of my goals and divided them into 90 day increments previously, I haven’t accomplished that on this first day of 2019. I could start listing out all the usuals: decluttering, eating healthier, getting more sleep (hahaha). But I’m nowhere near that frame of mind yet, if I’m being honest. I want three things in the next 90 days:
- More quality time with my family.
- Less of a quest for perfection.
- Clean laundry (perfection is allowed, although totally not expected there).
I’m also allowing myself to pick up all of my good intentions and run with them. I forgot to send a thank you note? Sending it now. Intended to bring friends baked goods for the holidays? Doing it now. Never filled out the volunteer form at church and have neglected to give to my friend’s charity? No time like the present.
I want to head into 2020 knowing that I gave my best efforts and that I cared for my people well. Maybe I’ll declutter along the way, and maybe I won’t, but I’ll try to at least make sure we all have clean underwear.
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