An Aerial View

As january 2009 draws to a close -- I imagine that for many of us , the fervor with which we entered the new year is waining as quickly as the month.
Keeping that in mind I want to post a reminder -- to my self as well -- to keep on keeping on as we march thru the "now-ness" that is our lives.
As you do this -- maybe you should try this approach:
try taking a BROADER view of your life...seeing it in totality...not soley thru the lens of meeting your many individual goals.
I believe we often miss the forest for the trees --especially when evaluating our lives.
If we were to take an aerial view, so to speak, we'd find that our lives look more like we want them to than we think -- it's just that some things don't "feel" the way we thought they would. Looking from the outside in allows us to fine tune and "tweek"(often this means adding SPECIFICITY where it is lacking) where need be -- without feeling we have to completely readjust or add a million new goals or already full to-do list in order for our lives to work the way we desire.
So I implore you to consider fine-tuning, adjusting your radar sites -- tweeking may be all that is required -- all that is necessary. It's the constant reinvention of the wheel that leaves us
burnt-up, burnt-out, and bummed.
So -- this time trying...leaning a liiiiiittle to the left, shifting a bit to the right...or maybe justttttt hitting center...that might just be all you need.
Just a thought

LESS IS MORE

I've been thinking of various ways of "Envisioning" my new year.
Though this is not an entirely new idea -- it is a way of making something old new again.
I am picking a "theme" for my year.
A theme that encapsulates the entirety of what I plan to accomplish in 2009.
Something that speaks to most of my individual goals -- big and small.


For me:

Less is More:

Less talking -- More writing

Less shopping at Ghetto malls - More buying quality

Less dreaming -- More doing
Less maximizing -- More satisficing (something i saw in Real Simple -- has to do with making a decision more quickly -- not having to maximize all your ideals -- just decide once your basic criteria has been met)Less Fear -- More Faith
Ok -- you get the point...So what theme resonates with you?
What phrase -- words speak the whole of what you would like to see when u look back at 2009?

SEASON'S GREETINGS

Season's Greetings to all!
May the joy and peace of the season be with you all year -- and may the hope of the new year be made manifest in your Spirit.

Slacker Mom

Looking at all the tv I watch, magazines I read, blogs I follow (I'm a media junkie)...I'm starting to question the status of my motherhood.
I see and hear about moms with 10 kids who grow their own food, women with high powered jobs...equally employed husbands and kids in 15 different activities.
So where does this leave me?
I work outside of the home, my hubby does also.
And so does my kid.
She goes to preschool from approximately 8:30am to 6:00p.
Folks...my four year old has a full time job.
So... does it make me a slacker mom because I don't have her in little gym, gymboree, gym for mommy and me...or any other gym u can think of on the weekends?
Am I a slacker mom 'cause she doesn't have a standing playdate with certain "right" kids.
Her playdates come up when they come up.
Otherwise daddy and I fill her dance card on the weekends.
Am I a slacker mom because (shh...don't tell anyone) sometimes she eats cereal for dinner and she has enough happy meal toys to make me sad.
Am I a slacker because she and her sleeping bag end up on my bedroom floor at least twice a week (hey how lucid and determined are u at 2 AM?)
Having said all this...the question remains...am I a slacker mom...or just a mom?

OUT OF THE MOUTHS...

So the other night I'm tucking in my 4 year old independent woman in training.
This is the conversation:

Me: What are some good things u can dream about?

Her : Spiderman, Batman, Superman, Aquaman

Me: uhhh..yea..those are some good things.

Her: Mommy....Can Cinderella save the day?

Me: (speechless)

By the way did i mention that my junior independent woman is also a Superhero in training?

Oh my!

What can I say....
I am in a fog...
I think it really and truly has not sunk in for me!
Congratulations Mr. President!

STILL HERE

ok...i've been trying to get my sea legs again after starting back to work full time last month.
trying to 1) decide if i even like this gig
2) consciously trying not to HATE this gig and wonder why in the heck i even took it
3) remembering that it is really a lot to work, take care of a kid, a husband, a home, and keep your right mind and get some sleep

ok...having said all that...i feel a bit 'off track' so working on remembering that as long as we are moving...we're never really 'off' the track...sometimes we just have to adjust our momentum and direction...so i'm adjusting people...bear with me!