A New Resolution

Michelle at Rosetta Stone has a cool idea about resolutions. She makes a new resolution every month, something small and manageable that she can work on for 30 days. I like that idea. I can do anything for a short amount of time. And depending on what you’re working on, it could easily become a habit.

That’s how I started making my bed everyday. In my whole life, I’ve never made my bed. Just didn’t feel the need, I guess. But last year I was faithfully following Flylady and her new habit for the month was to make your bed. So I did. Amazing how much better the bedroom looks and feels.

So I’ve been reading Michelle’s blog for a couple of months now and it struck me that in my never-ending battle against my house, I could make monthly resolutions that would help me to develop better habits. For the record, I went to “no email” on the Flylady list when we left for vacation. Seeing as how we returned to near disaster, moved into a new house on Thanksgiving Day, went right into the holidays and never quite recovered, I haven’t gone back to getting her emails. I’m having great success cleaning up the corners of my house right now, so I’ll stick with that plan. I’ll be ready to restart Flying again soon.

So anyway, with the start of a new month already, I have decided to join Michelle in a monthly resolution. For June, I am going to keep our dining room table cleared off! This is a Major Issue here. The dining room is the closest room to the front door and the table becomes the landing zone for whatever we have in our hands at the moment. We also do all our seatwork at the table and of course, eat three meals a day there. All sorts of stuff ends up there and never wants to leave. I’m tired of shifting it around from one place to another and back. I think it’s a task that is small enough to conquer in a month, but it will make a huge difference in our lives.

It’s time we learned to do better.