How This Is Going To Work

How am I going to organise this blog? I've been reading so very many blogs, and so I think I'll start, obviously, with what I'm at right now, and then move on to where I want to get better.

So, over the next few posts I'll show you a bit of the organising I already do, and then share some of the new stuff I do, as I do it.

My challenges - I tend to take on too much! I love starting new projects, and always have several on at a time. My plan for this year is to be more specific and only tackle things which fit into certain categories. To do this, I got a bit organised and made a chart for my home noticeboard which states:

"THIS YEAR, I AM ALREADY COMMITTED - AND I WILL FOCUS..."

(and below it, are the following...)

• ...on having family time with my boys.


• ...on attempting some physical activity each week.


• ...on working on the Committee. (Of a non-professional theatre group I'm involved in.)


• ...on our house design inside & out.


• ...on being a good TRT teacher.


• ...on spending quality time with family & friends.


• ...on working with the MB Foundation.


• ...on reading, viewing & blogging.


• ...on studying for my Grad. Dip.


• ...on being with M1. (my husband)


• ...on playing with M2 (my son) and having special learning time together.


• ...on being alone sometimes.


• ...on keeping the Project Life album up to date.


• ...on seeing live theatre.


• ...on keeping the house clean & tidy.


• ...on working on one show properly at a time.


• ...on creating a family schedule and eating plan.

"IF IT DOESN"T FIT IN HERE SOMEWHERE, IT PROBABLY DOESN'T MATTER"

So far, so good. I have done two shows this year, one after the other, and now that #2 has finished, I'm working on #3 - and only that show! I have had one or two TRT days per week, and all the schools I've been at have wanted me back - and have an interview at one (my first teaching interview) for a short-term contract. I've done a bit of volunteer work for the MB Foundation (for premature babies). I have aimed to see one new film each week this year (well, from mid-January), and am only one week behind. But, I saw four rental videos to make up for it. I have started library visits weekly with my son, and am reading both novels and non-fiction. Our Project Life is up to date - 2010 album FINISHED, and 2011 is never more than one week unfinished. (I've never, ever been that caught up when I did traditional scrapping!)

My challenges are

• uni study - partially my fault and partially the uni's - as I'm a bit behind.


• physical activity - I just never find a good time! (excuses, excuses)


• planned learning time with M2 - we learn all the time, but I think we could do better!


• cleaning - I am by nature a binge cleaner, so daily cleaning has never been natural to me.


• family schedules - but I'm working on it!

So, the next post will be the beginning of some areas of our lives I think are pretty well organised (or well on the way). Maybe my bathrooms first - I find bathrooms the easiest room to keep both tidy, functional and clean most of the time!