I Resolve to Stay Resolved (Tomorrow Is Another Day...)

I Resolve to Stay Resolved

Oh January. A month of such optimism. A month when the entire world stands united in our efforts to get fit, get thin, eat better, improve our minds... before the inevitable crash back to reality in February. When we remember how much we love pizza and how much running truly does suck. I've almost come to find New Year's Resolutions ridiculous, but there's still a part of me that enjoys the idea of a challenge and a fresh start.

So yes, I have some resolutions. Though none of them involve food or exercise. That's just setting myself up for failure.

Resolution #1: Create a monthly housekeeping chores chart.
I do a fairly good job of keeping the downstairs of our house clean and organized, but the upstairs is a depository of vast amounts of random crap. I also find that I do all of my cleaning in marathon sessions that leave me grumpy and frustrated. So, I'm working on making a chart that breaks chores down by week and month and divvies them up so that I'm doing just a little bit every day. We'll see how this goes.

Resolution #2: Complete half of my 30 Before 30 List.
I need to update the list with some of the things I've already finished. In an effort to knock the two writing items off of the list, I'm instituting a one hour per day writing rule. I'm finished with school, so I'll just devote the time that otherwise would have been spent reading textbooks or writing papers to working on my books or short stories.

Resolution #3: Read 50 books.
I thought about aiming for 100 books, but after reviewing the sheer length of many of the books I have on my list to read (many of them over 1000 pages), I've decided 50 is a much more reasonable challenge!

Do you have any resolutions for 2011?

January 03, 2011 in 30 Before 30, Holidays, Writing | Permalink

Comments

I love your monthly housekeeping chores chart idea... I really need to do that. I feel like it would be a lot less overwhelming to see "Oh, I only have to do laundry today.", than look at the million things that I have to do- and then of course end up doing none of it and watching TV instead. I think that I need to do more meal planning, also. I think that would help my life a lot.

Good luck with your resolutions!!

Posted by: Kaela Dark | January 03, 2011 at 04:04 PM

I'm impressed with the 50 books! I wish I were better at reading, but, as pathetic as it is, I can't stay awake when I read. It's ridiculous, really. But it puts me right to sleep.

Nice resolutions!

Posted by: Chelsea | January 03, 2011 at 05:13 PM

Resolution #1 - Great idea!

You always resisted cleaning/organizing your room, closet, or shelves partially because once you started the obsessive-compulsive gene kicked in and you couldn't stop until everything was perfect.

The major conundrum was trying to organize your bookshelf in alphabetical order by title, author, genre or some sequence of sets and subsets. It was usually a two-day marathon.

Can't wait to hear about how the new and improved Angela deals with this resolution. Perhaps if you let Jack and Ellie help?

Posted by: Old Warrior | January 03, 2011 at 10:25 PM

No real resolutions for me--too oficial or something for my rebellious side to handle. I have already started my mission of "less is more." I purged so much when I moved from Atlanta to Houston, and again when I returned to Atlanta. I have started a box for donation as I unpacked here. I have too much stuff, and it gets cluttered like crazy. I was pretty excited when all I had to do to host NYD dinner was vacuum. Stuff just shows up unless you are vigilant about only accepting things that are important to you. Two weeks in the new house, but a good start.

Posted by: sophie | January 04, 2011 at 12:01 AM