Time to Blow up Life
How do you go to Zero?
I have no clue. I run and I run. I spend and spend. I love this things I do and I hate them all in the same breath.
I have an addict son, I have adopted his daughter. I have an adult son with Autism, I have the best friends a girl could ask for, I surround myself with amazing people. I don't sleep enough, I have anxiety, My heath is not what it once was, I had cancer and got skinny, then got fat again.
I have other children that don't have special needs and are the light of my life. I have an amazing man that loves me.
Yet I sit every night and try to contemplate life, love, and the pursuit of happiness.
I need a life break. Coming off the heels of a stressful Christmas, for no apparent reason other than I hate the commercialism of it all, I hate the "must get this and that because......." I miss the traditions, the homemade, the love.
So, I have decided for the first 6 months of this year I will go to zero. I have given up most social media. In today's word it is hard to give it all up, but I am going to limit it, I am going to limit my money spending. I spend far too much money every day "out". I have a million jobs that really just make me tired. I love them all. Truly I do. But I need to manage them and time better.
Here are some preliminary rules for this year, they will evolve. The goal is to be truly happy, not stressed by too many rules, which I don't do well with anyway. SO here goes, my own personal little blog about how I am going to blow up my life to get it back together.
1) I will limit social media to 4 hours each week. (I can set these limits on my iPhone)
2) I will only spend money once a week on extras. No more stopping by Dutch Brothers everyday, and eating out 2 or 3 meals because I am lazy and don't want to cook at home. Extras include everything other than the grocery store, gas, pet supplies. My limit on my "spend days" will be $40.00 and will only be on Saturdays, which honestly will limit my spending because I won't want to go anywhere on the weekends. However, it will allow me to go to the liquor store and buy a bottle of wine or Champagne and orange juice for Mimosas on Sunday morning. And it does not include Kombucha which to me is a medical requirement.
3) I will go to bed by 10pm every single night for the next 6 months
4) I will start working out again. Now we all know I should say I will workout 5 days a week etc like I used to, but that will take a minute to get back into the groove.
5) I will take one trash bag full of non-used items per month to Goodwill. (Yes, I am a goodwill supporter and encourage anyone to be one as well)
6) At the end of 6 months I will decide if I want to continue.
7) Going home, talking to, or to see my adult children or grandchildren that don't live in my house doesn't count.
8) I will read all the books I have that I have not read before buying more.
9) I will make Christmas presents for next year for all adults in my life.
10) I will try hard not to whine and cry and buck my own system. Most days.
There it is, this is what I will attempt to do... for me that is a hefty list.
I have no clue. I run and I run. I spend and spend. I love this things I do and I hate them all in the same breath.
I have an addict son, I have adopted his daughter. I have an adult son with Autism, I have the best friends a girl could ask for, I surround myself with amazing people. I don't sleep enough, I have anxiety, My heath is not what it once was, I had cancer and got skinny, then got fat again.
I have other children that don't have special needs and are the light of my life. I have an amazing man that loves me.
Yet I sit every night and try to contemplate life, love, and the pursuit of happiness.
I need a life break. Coming off the heels of a stressful Christmas, for no apparent reason other than I hate the commercialism of it all, I hate the "must get this and that because......." I miss the traditions, the homemade, the love.
So, I have decided for the first 6 months of this year I will go to zero. I have given up most social media. In today's word it is hard to give it all up, but I am going to limit it, I am going to limit my money spending. I spend far too much money every day "out". I have a million jobs that really just make me tired. I love them all. Truly I do. But I need to manage them and time better.
Here are some preliminary rules for this year, they will evolve. The goal is to be truly happy, not stressed by too many rules, which I don't do well with anyway. SO here goes, my own personal little blog about how I am going to blow up my life to get it back together.
1) I will limit social media to 4 hours each week. (I can set these limits on my iPhone)
2) I will only spend money once a week on extras. No more stopping by Dutch Brothers everyday, and eating out 2 or 3 meals because I am lazy and don't want to cook at home. Extras include everything other than the grocery store, gas, pet supplies. My limit on my "spend days" will be $40.00 and will only be on Saturdays, which honestly will limit my spending because I won't want to go anywhere on the weekends. However, it will allow me to go to the liquor store and buy a bottle of wine or Champagne and orange juice for Mimosas on Sunday morning. And it does not include Kombucha which to me is a medical requirement.
3) I will go to bed by 10pm every single night for the next 6 months
4) I will start working out again. Now we all know I should say I will workout 5 days a week etc like I used to, but that will take a minute to get back into the groove.
5) I will take one trash bag full of non-used items per month to Goodwill. (Yes, I am a goodwill supporter and encourage anyone to be one as well)
6) At the end of 6 months I will decide if I want to continue.
7) Going home, talking to, or to see my adult children or grandchildren that don't live in my house doesn't count.
8) I will read all the books I have that I have not read before buying more.
9) I will make Christmas presents for next year for all adults in my life.
10) I will try hard not to whine and cry and buck my own system. Most days.
There it is, this is what I will attempt to do... for me that is a hefty list.
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