Re-evaluate those Resolutions.....

SO cliche'

but 

the older I get 

I truly feel like the year flies by me 

and before I know it 

I'm thinking about Christmas lists again...

Today was the last day of school....

dear Lord!

Really?!

What the heck are we going to do

to keep the Little Keeper entertained for the next 3 months?!

Research -

making a schedule for his day...

activities that don't require money but will tire him out!...

 how to get him to eat veggies ....

what days to work in the yard...

when to do art projects...

the list could go on...

 I have managed to NOT do one bit of that research yet!

Seems like I always get a slew of work

calls when I have a REAL

 agenda for our home life...

I recently read a little inspirational blurb

 about

renewing or re-evaluating your

New Years resolutions

since we are now 6 months into the year ....

I sat in the bookstore cafe

pen in hand and reflected for a while

The list I made put some things in perspective

for me...

I can't believe that in two more months

it will have been a year since I quit my job

and threw it all up to the universe!

Here we are still surviving...

Not as wealthy mind you,

but soooo

much happier.

Re-evaluating what is

REALLY important in our lives...

I feel more like the person

I once was,

I once wanted to be,

and

with a new flourish and small bit of wisdom

helping to shape

my future self...

My inner girl pirate

has escaped 

and is ready to take on the world!

I stopped making what I call

bogus resolutions a few years ago..

the same old

stuff just about everybody makes...

lose weight, blah,blah,blah....

 

 

I think this year

I had decided on 

*making my Etsy store finally happen...

*making a lot more art on a regular basis..

*working on my personal relationships

and deciding which ones were not 

worth the work...

 *make my dream of Italy a reality no matter what!

Three out of four isn't

bad for half way into the year!

I was kind of thinking I hadn't even gotten that far

until I sat still and focused and realized I had...

I also had some revelations

in looking back at these resolutions...

In trying to weed out the toxic relationships...

I started to realize how those people

who become a part of your environment...

just like lack of sunlight..

can affect your personality after a while.

Maybe I was also

guilty at times of having done things

that fell in line with the traits of what I disliked?

 I had gotten so used to

trying to survive in their environment

and had not even known that I was

becoming this person with a face for different situations

in my life!

I jotted down a new refreshed 

set of resolutions for

the next six months....

*First and foremost-

be my authentic self in every place I tread.

If I ever start to feel I have to tweak

something I do or say to

"make something work"

It is time to move on...

*Cultivate the new positive relationships

I have started to grow -

Old ones and new ones...

There are good people in the world

I just really had to look to find a few...

*Complete the purge in our home of

the clutter that keeps us from living life.

*Finish organizing and complete my takeover of the space known

as 

the shared study..

It will be MY studio!

*Finally finish the set up of the Etsy store

*Travel more- by any means possible

I decided to stop because I could go on and on...

 I need to keep a few concrete

and a few in the realm of being an overall

ideal for myself.

Here is to

opening the door

 to

new possibilities and a rejuvenated spirit.

Maybe you could take the opportunity

sometime soon to sit

and be still

and have a short go

 at

re-evaluating your year so far.

I'd love to hear about it.

 Happy Wednesday to you all...