Reward System

On my last post I let you in on how my list has been almost non-existant. I started thinking about what I could do to motivate myself to get back on track. We had my son's first parent-teacher conference for the year on Thursday and they talked a lot about how they run their "reward system". I thought if stickers and candy work for 5 year olds then they have got to work for me. (ok maybe not stickers and candy).

I have had a lot of down time at work the past week and have been reading novels in just one or two days. I've practically read every novel from all my favorite authors. Number 86 on my list is Read The Bible. (remember I wrote the list in random order) My mother-in-law purchased Read The Bible in 90 Days and finished it again over the summer. She was gracious enough to loan me this Bible to read. For the record I've been reading off and on for two years and am only to 2 Chronicles. My new goal is not to just read the Bible, but to complete it by Christmas. I'm already on day 34 so this is totally achievable.

I've also set up a reward system for working out. I need to get back into shape so that I can complete #12,13,39,48,87 &91. Most of these could be checked off in 2011 if I stick with the program. So far I've exercised 3 times since Saturday. I need to exercise 3 more times and this week I get to buy a new makeup product I've had my eye on. Next week my reward is a home spa day with no interruptions. I decided that little rewards now will keep me motivated to hit my goals and get bigger rewards down the line.

Also this week we listed out house. YAY!! Hopefully we have people lining up to purchase our home so we can move and start a new project, but in the mean time I am really enjoying living in a super clean house.

Long Lost List?

If you have been reading,you know I have a list with over 90 items on it that I would like to check off, but I just am sooo not motivated to get moving on them this year. If you know me personally, you know that I am a planner. I'm not only a planner, but the kind of girl who has a plan b,c,d,e.. and so on. Well my plans are no more. At the start of the year I thought I would check off more than 13 items on my list, and it is just not going to happen. So far I've only checked off 3 (splits, zip line, going vegan) and one of them (splits) needs to be put back on the list. There are currently 8 items on my list that I thought I would have checked off in the next two years that I am now wondering if they even belong on this list at all. I'm mean it is my list, can I remove the things I'm not sure I even care to complete? I guess I really need to decide what's important to me. I have even hidden my list in a binder to try to avoid it, but it calls to me with it's muffled voice, "What about me? Shame, SHAME" I know, I should probably seek professional help.

I really do want to complete my list and constantly add new items to it, I just need to get out of my way. It's almost like I have an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other, and from the looks of things it seems like the devil has won.

Other than being a wife, mother, and employee, I have not worked on anything since my last post. Hopefully, this isn't the case for the next one.