After 2017, I'm sure a lot of us can say we are ready for a new year. I certainly can!
No New Years Resolutions for our family. We are content being our imperfectly perfect selves. That doesn't mean we don't have goals, they just aren't ones we worry about 'failing'.
Goal 1: Be Happy.
Goal 2: Read more. If you know me, you know this one shouldn't be hard. Reading is my not-so-guilty pleasure. Now that Lil Monster is reading independently, I have another book lover to snuggle up and escape with.
Goal 3: Cut the fluff. Basically, get rid of all the crap that is unnecessary. Save for a few item groups, if you haven't looked at or thought about it in over six months, it's time to give it a new home.
Goal 4: Refer to Goal 1. It's that important. Don't sweat the small stuff, be yourself, and keep your environment a happy one. As best you can.
I'm not concerned with being unhappy. It happens from time to time. My anxiety makes me unhappy, but it's a permanent passenger in my life. When I realize I am unhappy, I just think of all the things in my life that do make me happy. Easier said than done at times, believe me, I know. Being unhappy in 2018 won't make me worry about failing to be happy, it will just make me appreciate what has made me happy even more.
I'm sure when I 'force' the kids to get off their electronics (those things that seem to always make them happy) and read or cut out some fluff, they will be unhappy temporarily. I didn't say it was going to be a completely happy year for all of us. They'll get over it and forgive me once I let them get back to their 'happy'.
As a homeschool family, we spend 99% of our time together. We learn together, we struggle together, we play together, and we get pissed off together... See where I'm going with this? Together time is not something we are lacking as a family. If you don't count us also being a military family and currently riding the end of a deployment wave, we are always together. My love will be home very soon, of which we are all grateful.
If anything, we probably need to be 'together' a little less. No one seems to mind it as 4/5 of us are introverts. Lil Monster is the only extrovert among us. No shocker there. She is normally what gets us all out of the house and connecting with the general population. Lil Monster is one of those personalities that can make friends wherever she goes. As an anxious introvert, just thinking about that can be exhausting.
As far as the first day of a new year goes, this one hasn't been too bad. Let's hope the theme sticks around throughout the year!
I think I may steal your list! That first one especially. I get caught up with so many things and I tend to ignore the fact that a lot of things I "have" to do just make me miserable. And some of those things are necessary (cough, cough, dishes) but some of them aren't...and those things that aren't need to take a flying leap. ��
ReplyDeleteWhat books are on your read list for this year?
A lot of YA titles to read aloud. Salvage the Bones is another, Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls. There are so many books I've said I want to read, so many I've bought with all the intentions to read, I just need to write them all down and start at the top of the list. Lol!
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