Ending one year and starting another is a great time to reflect on what is good and what can be better. Last year I kept 50% of my resolutions: I ran the Cleveland 1/2 marathon (and finished...under 2 hours) but I did not become a better person ~ seriously? Why I set that resolution I'll never know ~ I should know from years of writing IEP goals, things need to be measurable!
This year I have three. (I have four on my preliminary list, but one of them is really far reaching...but maybe I'll call it 3½ ~ you shouldn't really have 100% success on new year's resolutions!)
1. I will keep a running/workout log and keep track of the miles I run in 2011.
2. I will send out Christmas Cards.
3. I will clean one room of my house EVERY DAY.
I have had this quote from Jill Churchill from Farewell to Yarns on my refrigerator since June ~ "I really love to clean. It's not anything compulsive, it's just that you can see a difference when you're through. Not like raising kids or something that you're not sure how it's going to turn out for a couple of decades."
I want this to be my belief. It is not how I feel deep down ~ I clean something and it just gets dirty again. But I WISH I felt this way. I'm rather embarrassed that my house always has dog hair in the corners and cobwebs on the ceiling and a layer of dust on the ceiling fans. So I figure that cleaning ONE room each day will create an atmosphere of clean. New year, new leaf.
3½. I will keep in touch more consistently with my family. I thought about texting one member of my family everyday ~ but I fear this is too much change all at once. I will try.
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