Happy Belated New Year

This past holiday was the most hectic holidays I’ve had in a while. I was totally not prepared. I worked all the way through and had too many commitments during the holidays. I was pretty late thinking of my New Years Resolutions. I actually came up with my list of resolutions last night at work.

1. Stop procrastinating
2. Do not commit to new things or events unless I am certain I can do it.
3. Have a monthly family activity like game night or a family outing
4. Have a monthly date night
5. Get out finances in order
6. Exercise 3 times a week
7. Drink 8 glasses of water a day at least 5 days a week
8. Do extra heavy duty cleaning on a room a month using 2 of my days off
9. Figure out a better way to organize my craft area and do it.
10. Set up a reward system so that I can keep my resolutions this year.

Since I haven’t thought up my resolutions until during the New Year, I’m going to start on Sunday. Although I did start on a few things already, I haven’t started every one and will take the next few days to come up with a plan. I need to find a way to reduce stress and have more fun with my family. Last year I decided to make more crafts and work on scrap booking and card making techniques and challenges. This year I will focus more on keeping the area clean. It is a centralized area so I am forced to clean it periodically but it still is often messy. Here are pics of my stamping area before I cleaned it for Christmas Eve. It was especially messy since I was finishing up last minute presents and cards. My goal this year is to keep it clean more often than not. My organization has always been a work in progress. My supplies or favorite techniques constantly change. I would like an area for completed projects and projects in progress. If I clean out my closet in the bedroom, I think I can manage that. I just want all my supplies in the same area. My current set up was perfect before I had the computer but now I need to find a way to keep everything clean and not take over the entire kitchen. Any great organizational tips are welcome. Happy New Year everyone and good luck with the resolutions.