Update

It is Wednesday and I haven’t posted a new blog in a while. It being summer, my regular routine is shot. Not that I am complaining; just noting.

Routines are very useful things sometimes. Like brushing my teeth every morning and every night. I am in the process of establishing some more good routines to help with the New Year’s resolutions. As a reminder, they are: to be more organized, lose weight, yell less, watch less TV, spend less, save more, and stop procrastinating so much.

Now that the year is well over the half-way mark, how am I doing? I have found that procrastinating and organizing go hand in hand. I’ve been trying to follow the FlyLady’s “DO IT NOW” principle. And I have found a local person who is a professional organizer to come and help me every so often. Baby steps are the way to go.

Being more organized leads to more peaceful state of being which leads to less yelling. I don’t yell at Julie to hurry up because we are ready to leave early.

TV, well, Discovery and the Science Channel have so many wonderful shows that TV viewing has increased. I’m currently watching Morgan Freeman’s Through the Wormhole series. Physics is a mind-expanding subject.

Spend less and save more are two sides of the same coin. I’ve gotten a little bit choosier on what I am spending, but not enough to make a difference. Still have a long way to go on this resolution.

As for losing weight, I have lost 47 pounds since the end of October 2009. And I’ve hit a plateau. Or maybe it is just summer and all the vacationing, dining out and family get-togethers. I am hoping that getting back into the routine of school, work, home will help.

In the meantime, I am going to enjoy every moment of the rest of this week and the next two weeks. Sit back with a glass of wine, watch TV and take a baby step every now and again.

I hope you enjoy the rest of your summer!