Year- End Cleaning...

In addition to making New Year's resolutions, I like to clean out my house this time of year.  I take a quick inventory of every room, and decide what gets fixed, replaced, or thrown away.  This year I decided, along with cleaning my house, that I would "clean-up" my life. I've taken inventory of the elements in my life, and decided to make some changes.

Shedding some pounds, and less spending are items on my list, but I felt I also needed to revisit some priorities.  My first priority, after God, is me, then my family, my job, and then others.  I realized that in order to take care of my top priorities, I needed more time.  The one element that takes up most of my time is my job.  It was obvious that I needed to take some time away from my job, and allocate it.

Cutting my hours at work will put a strain on my financial situation, but I feel that I can make it work, and in the end, it will put my life in order.  I will have time for me:  time to write, exercise, and read a book.  I will have time for my family:  dates with my husband, walks with my kids, and phone conversations with my mom.  I will manage my time at work more efficiently, because I will not go to work stressing about what I didn't get done at home over the weekend.  Finally, I will have time for others:  dinners with friends, or volunteering at my son's school.

I am still working this all out.  I do know my time to make some changes is now.  I don't know exactly what I can or will change, but I am sure that before the year ends, I will be on a new path to a better me, and a cleaner house...

Have you made any New Year's resolutions?

Wishing everyone a happy new year!!!

Flory

One woman, one voice!