let's get it started...

So, I spent some time laying out my resolutions for the month of January.  Today, I bought my graph paper (I love buying school supplies) and laid out my first set of resolutions.  Here's how it stacks up:

• lights out at 10:30
• exercise for at least 30 minutes
• eat healthfully
• eat three meals
• drink 64 oz of water
• spend 10 minutes tidying up before bed
• tackle a nagging task
• act energetic

The 10-minute clean-up has been easy to complete.  Double check for yesterday and today.  I attempted to act more energetic both days; whether or not I was successful is an entirely different matter. I'll attempt to crank it back up tomorrow.  I am also going to make a concentrated effort to get to sleep early tonight.  Lately it seems as though I am exhausted by 9:00...which would explain the dark circles under my eyes.


Exercise...yikes.  I have only 19 days left to get 12 gym visits in.  This tends to get away from me every month.  I hate going to the gym on Monday mornings and then I usually have a meeting on Tuesday.  That just sets me up for a bad week.  I think I am going to have to bite the bullet and make Monday happen.  I am also going to have to spend time at the beginning of each month highlighting available gym mornings in my resolution chart.

My eating habits are a subject for an entry of their own.  More to come on that this week.

Finally, we get to "Tackle a Nagging Task."  I wasn't joking about the fact that my first nagging task was to create the list...something I haven't gotten to yet.  However, I feel as though I have spent the last two days tackling a big one.  While it isn't yet down for the count, it is on the ropes.

I manage a small non-profit organization and have been struggling with some personnel issues lately.  It has been amazing to me how quickly an upbeat and productive day can turn into a day of ineffectiveness because of someone else's issues.  To back up, I took a lot of time off in December (vacation time...use it or lose it), including an entire week between Christmas and New Year's.  I came back in January but was not in the office much due to the death of my husband's amazing Grandmother.

When I finally came back to work this week, prepared for my first full week of work since mid-November, I was ready to roll...to make things happen.  Within three hours, I had to deal with an issue between two employees.  It was as though my energy balloon had been completely deflated (phhhhhhhht).  In the past, I would have listened, given them both advice for how to deal with one another, and resolved to take care of the issue once and for all...as soon I got to a place where I was caught up enough to deal with their seemingly never-ending childish squabbles (I mean, really...am I actually the principal of an all-girls middle school?).

This week was different.  Happy Mommy Boss Lady looked it square in the face.  I am not going to tolerate it any more, and told them so...in no uncertain terms.  Formal warnings and everything.  And, most importantly, I did it with a smile on my face.

First nagging task completed.