You may have noticed I missed last week. I have to say, over the holidays, I did not have a clue what day it was. There were so many Saturdays and Mondays it was shocking. I’m very hopeful that things will settle down now that we are back in Ordinary time.

With that being said, holy cow, I am overwhelmed by everything. I have a list of things I would like to do that is longer than my arm. The list of things that I have to do is shorter, but most of them are repetitive tasks, so that tends to stretch on at length. So there are never enough hours in the the day, nor days in the week. I’m sure this is a familiar sentiment for everyone out there.

I know what I need to do is to sit down and make myself a list of priorities for the coming year. Identify things that I really want to get done and then focus on those. I am thinking about making it for the year because some of them, like putting sod down in the back yard, are very time dependent, so even though that is very high on my list, I probably cannot start that until March or April if I’m honest.

I got a new planner called Commit 30 (no affiliation, no paid advertisement, I’m not a brand ambassador, just saw it and liked it). The idea is that each month there is something you want to accomplish and the planner is setup to define that goal, make some notes about how you are going to get there, and then put dates on that month to do things to accomplish that goal. I like this idea. There are 12 months in a year, which means I could possibly get 12 things done this year. Honestly some of my things will take much longer than 1 month, like cutting up my stash, but I can make one heck of a start in one month, and better still, I should be able to establish a new habit in that 30 days.

I really don’t like the idea of New Years resolutions, but this time of year is a very natural time to look ahead to the next 12 months, as we have turned the corner on the shortest day of the year and have started the new cycle. I want to have goals instead of resolutions. I want to make a reasonable plan, that include steps to achieve those goals. Ok honestly, I want more coffee first, but after that, there will be goals.