Just Five Things

Way back in January, I decided to make some New Year resolutions. I feel like this was the first year EVER that I actually was successful in creating a new habit and following through with a goal for a new year. So here’s what the list looked like:

1. Be more active
2. Drink less wine
3. Read more books
4. Try yoga
5. Get back into blogging

So how did I do? Well… if I’ve been more active, it’s because I’ve been cleaning pretty regularly. But I do want to start walking this fall as an easy way to be more active. I still don’t read, although I did read a “for fun” book over spring break. I still gravitate to parenting and organizing books though. Someday I will read fiction again! No yoga for me… maybe next year? The one thing I have been successful with is drinking less wine. I decided to only drink wine on weekends or vacations. I have been a “a glass or two a night” wine drinker for years. And it’s not like it was a problem or anything, but I felt like it was often unnecessary calories and honestly just kind of a bad habit. So here we are in September, and I still only drink on weekends or vacations/special occasions. I feel like it was a little hard in January, but it has become a habit, and I’m really proud of myself for doing this!

Now… blogging. Obviously I have not been successful with this one. But recently I’ve been trying to think of ways that I could be successful with it. One thing I’d like to try is blogging on my “off” days. This is the first year of motherhood that I have fairly large chunks of time that both boys are at school. Gerrit is in 2nd grade this year, and Berend is in his last year of preschool doing three full days a week. So what am I doing with my days “off?” Napping for one. I have a massive sleep debt and a bad habit of staying up too late. But when I’m not catching up on lost sleep, I’m running errands and cleaning the house. I would like to push myself into a more normal sleep schedule so I can use my three days a week to do some blogging again. And if you’d ask what I’d like to blog about? I have so many ideas in my head! But my biggest setback is overwhelming myself. I have big plans and no real way to execute them in a timely way. Which leads me to…

…. Just Five Things Mondays! Something I’ve become really interested in and, dare I say, passionate about is my home. More specifically decluttering, organizing, and keeping my home clean. These are not things that come naturally to me (well, maybe the organizing… I’ve always loved doing that), and I’d love to share some things that I’ve learned, implemented, and am still working on. Instead of bombarding myself and whoever chooses to read this with a novel, I thought I’d just pick areas to focus on one day a week. I’m hoping that this becomes a habit so that I can start catching up my blog on my boys, and our life too!

See you Monday! After posting my first Just Five Things, I thought, You know what sounds better? Just Five Fridays. I’m so indecisive… so I’m switching to the end of the week instead. I hope you’re shaking your head at me just like I am.