Taking A Break

Today I decided to take a break from facebook for a while. I have been wanting to for a while, but finally made the decision to break away today. My grandma always said, "You don't have to tell everybody you are going to do something. Just do it." I am obviously not taking that advice today. If you know me very well at all, you know I like to talk. Facebook provides a huge social outlet for me, of which I so desperately need sometimes, being a stay-at-home mom and all. There are so many things I want to do with my time; I have lots of interests. But recently, I just felt like I couldn't focus and couldn't get any of the things done I would like to do. Well, you have four children, you might say. Yes, my children are my priority, but a lot of my free moments were spent just reading the hundreds of posts on facebook. It can be so overwhelming, all that information coming at you at once. Please don't misunderstand me. I am not saying that facebook is bad. I have reconnected with so many good friends and have made new friends, both of which I am very thankful. I just need a break and a chance to focus and re-focus on some other things at the moment, like my blog for example. So, now I have finally written, almost at the end of January, my first blog entry for 2011. What is something you need to focus on?

New Year's Resolutions

It is the time of year when everybody is making their New Year's resolutions. Usually, I don't join in with this tradition, but for some reason this year I felt compelled. I began thinking about what I wanted to accomplish this next year and where I wanted my family to go in life. As I was making these resolutions, it occurred to me I was not being specific enough, as most people usually aren't. Is it possible that is why people usually fail or do not follow through with their resolutions? Let me encourage you, be specific this year with your goals. Set them high. Even if you only achieve a portion of the goal, that is always better than nothing. Let me give you an example from my list. One of my resolutions was to read more. Well, that is not really a measurable goal. How am I supposed to know if I am accomplishing my goal? So, in order to be more specific, I decided to set my goal at one book a week, which in my opinion is achievable. If later on it seems as though that is not a reasonable or achievable goal, then I will modify, maybe to one book every two weeks. Either way I will have read either 52 or 26 books this year, which is considerably more than I did in 2009. I encourage you to set goals for yourself this year. Call it a goal or a resolution, whichever. You will achieve something new for yourself or your family and have a vision, and quite possibly develop a sense of purpose.

"Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he."-Proverbs 29:18 King James Bible