Saturday, March 26, 2011

Want To Do List

I'm taking a new spin on the to-do list. I have three problems with the traditional to-do list that always leaves it undone and me exhausted and frustrated. 
1) It only lists things I need to do which is daunting and can be discouraging when nothing gets checked off.
2) Those things I "need" to do really aren't needs, at least not most of them.  My priorities and pressures on myself are in the wrong places.
3) I rarely take the time to take care of myself, hence the exhausted and frustrated feeling. 

I've devised a way to fix all those issues.  I am going to put it all, my household chores and self care items, on my Want To Do List.  So, without further ado, here is my new list.  I was reviewing it last night and I've already finished some items. Go me!


My Want To Do List:
  • Get a perm
  • Get a pedicure in a massage chair
  • Buy our own massage chair
  • Organize the display unit downstairs
  • Organize and downsize the kitchen
  • Organize and downsize our book collection
  • Decorate my craft room/sanctuary
  • Decorate LB's room
  • Go through and donate unneeded clothes
  • Unpack the rest of our boxes
  • Hold a garage sale
  • Finish clearing the upstairs landing area
  • Decide what the upstairs landing area will be used for and name it as a room
  • Make a household binder
  • Write up our wills
  • Organize important papers and scrap items
  • Sell unneeded items on Craigslist/Ebay
  • Get a canvas photo for above our couch
  • Hang the stairway curtains on the window instead
  • Sell, Donate, and Trash more!
Daily Want To Do List:
  • Do my Bible study daily
  • Sip coffee and read/work on blogs/blog designs
  • Exercise daily
  • Play with and read to LB
  • Have cuddle and talk time with the hubby
  • Get LB's toys out of walkways and straighten the living room before bed
  • Take a hot bath when relaxation is needed
  • Do dishes and laundry when needed
  • Wipe down toilets, sinks, baths as needed
  • Dust and vacuum as needed

Friday, March 11, 2011

A Little Prayer

Could we take just a moment and say a prayer for Japan and all those in the pacific region who are suffering from this earthquake and tsunamis?  Let us pray and meditate on their safety over the next few days.  Let the emergency relief personnel find all those who might be trapped alive.  Let them stay safe in rescuing the stranded.  Let the healing and rebuilding come smoothly for the people effected.  Let God's love show through this tragedy.

Thank you.  I have a very good friend stationed in Okinawa and when I heard last night, at nearly midnight here, that the earthquake had been the largest recorded my heart skipped a beat.  Thankfully he was logged online and after a few agonizing minutes he responded that he had felt nothing.  As you may have read, the earthquake hit mainland Japan.  He is alright, and it looks as though our military men and women in Hawaii will be fine too, but the people of Japan and any Americans visiting there are going to be healing for quite some time after this natural disaster.  Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
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