What A Girl Needs

Needs...big sigh...my needs are often the most neglected around my house.  And I know its my own fault, I would never treat my kids the way I neglect myself.  I am often ashamed of how long I let my health issues or buying myself the simplest necessities. But this year's theme of self improvement means this is a thing of the past.

The need I am focusing on today is organization..I so need to get my paperwork in order. First thing I am going to do is buy a file cabinet.  Due to my frugalness, I have requested one on freecycle and am scouring our local thrift stores for one.  I have also pitched out two garbage bags of  unnecessary clutter.  And I reorganized my pantry...well I supervised while kids did all the work!

So i have actually accomplished some of the things that were on my want list. YAY me...I feel great!!

in other news here is my latest layout....once again self improvement theme

 

linked to my gottapixel gallery if you wanna leave me love. (supplies listed there)

Journaling:  Instead of resolutions in 2010, I decided to try one word theme for the year. Self-improvement is my word for this year. Each month I am committing to doing 3 things to improve myself...as person,as a woman, as a mom, as a Christian. -January 9, 2010

52 to Fabulous....Week 1 What A Girl Wants

a long title but I wanted to make sure I got it all in. I love the idea of weekly challenges to help me realize my new years resolution of self improvement.

here is main link if anyone wants to check it out

http://52tofabulous.com/

Week 1  theme is what a girl wants...girl being ME....Knowing what I want is essential to improving myself....after all how can I improve if I do not know what I want to be.

Here is the schedule of Categories for the year by month

January – Fabulous Beginnings
February – Fabulous Organization
March – Fabulous Fitness
April – Fabulous Food
May – Fabulous Style
June – Fabulous Fun
July – Fabulous Hobbies
August – Fabulous Finances
September – Fabulous Family
October – Fabulous Health
November – Fabulous Home
December – Fabulous Blogging

I wanna improve so much in each one of these categories but I am going to focus on the top two or three things I want right now.

1. Fabulous Family.....the last couple years have been very traumatic for me....the sister of my heart was murdered, my grandmother whom I was extremely close to passed away...and my son was born with cerebral palsy. I have allowed these and other things to keep me from being the mom I want to be....2010 is time to change that. I want to do things with my kids....I want to enjoy time spent with them. I am making a commitment to that this year.
2. Fabulous Home & Fab Organization...these two go hand in hand. I have to seriously declutter and get my house organized. Fly lady never worked for me. I am gonna have to get something that does however.

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Self Improvement

happy new year to everyone!I went to a Vivarant's chat @SBG and the theme was of course resolutions.  The challenge was a one word resolution. I don't think I am gonna make the deadline for the layout but the theme resonated in my mind. After sitting back and thinking on what I wanted this year to be about...everything I listed could be pulled together under one word....self- improvement.  As a mom, wife, etc my needs often get pushed to back if ever even addressed.  I just had a tooth pulled. Its been bothering me forever...I kept putting off dental work even though I have two children in braces and 7 others who at dentist when necessary. When I finally went in, the dentist fussed at me since it had been TWO years since he told me to make an appt with oral surgeon to have this tooth pulled. All I could do was hang my head in shame. Thats just plain ridiculous. I am not one of those people who are afraid of the dentist so my only defense is I was so busy with everyone and everything else, I forgot about me.  And looking over my life, that seems to be the norm.

It is my hope that my journey of self-improvement will lead me to the path of self- fulfillment!

Here some of the things that I have decided to do this year for me:

1. Taking a Illustrator Course to improve as a designer           
2. Taking  The Fulfilled Life Series to improve my ME
3. Straighten out my school enrollment so I can finally get my degree. Its been on back burner status entirely too long.
4. Stop putting time and effort into relationships that does not give me any positive feedback. I don't need anyone else's negativity...I have enough of my own.
5. Limit my facebook & pc time wasting. Cafe World & Plants VS Zombies are great fun...but I waste valuable time that I need for other things.

These are just my January Goals. They do not have to be finished in this month but I must do something about each one every day in January.   I have set up calendar prompts and even have mobile alerts.  Thats my resolution.....whats yours?