As I think about what I want to accomplish in the coming year, the word that keeps coming to mind is "responsibility." Nearly every area of my life could be marked with bright red "LAZY" stamp across the top of it. In cultivating that laziness, I've neglected a lot of people and a lot of opportunities. It's time for me to get busy being the person I'm supposed to be.
My new resolve breaks down into five basic categories:
~Making my physical world better (one little step, or maybe two)
~Fixing the damage caused by considering myself a stay-at-home mom instead of a homemaker
~Testing my grit as a homeschooling parent before I make a decision I hate
~Realistically making our extended travel plans
~Blogging the way I'm supposed to be.
I'll write about each of those in the coming weeks. About the blogging, however, I want to apologize now for letting myself get carried away. The past year on this blog has been so fun, but the past few months, especially, have been unfulfilling. I started this blog as an outlet for thoughts that were important to me. When people ask what I write about, I tell them, "a little bit faith, a little bit life, a little bit traveling." Those are the things that are important to me. I never wanted Wandering Still to be money-making or popularity inducing. I just wanted to share my thoughts with the people who wanted to listen. Thank you to those of you who've wandered off with me. But rest assured,
2012 is going to find me getting back to "ME."
I hope you'll join me on the journey.
2 comments:
Very deep on the homemaker instead of stay at home mom. We do have a lot of responsability to make home a sanction of peace and love for our kids and husband. I constantly have to remind myself that it is completely up to me to make my husband happy when he gets home. Men are so easy to make happy. All they need is someone to get excited over their arrival home. Also if you have a Manuel of how we are "supposed" to blog, let me know because I keep thinking of how much better my time is spent without blogging or the Internet.
I was going to comment on the same resolution as Annie. :) It is so hard to keep focused on what is most important when there are sooooo many things on our to do list as a mother. I'm sure you'll do great at all of your resolutions. :)
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