GOAL ONE: SET PRIORITIES STRAIGHT

ORGANIZE NOW! by Jennifer Ford Berry  is a life saver when it comes to my Sanity.  As much as I love organization and planning, I am amongst the most disorganized people I know emotionally, spiritually and domestic.  I have made EVERYTHING a PRIORITY which leaves NO room for organization in any specific priorities.    Step One:  in finding myself is to figure out what 10 things I truly perceive and commit to as MY PRIORITIES! 

This takes me back to a trip down Memory Lane.  6 1/2 years ago, Joshua (my husband), fell in love with me.  I was a completely different person then.  I had no children.  I was not married.  I enjoyed playing the piano, scrapbooking, hiking, and being the "life of the party" so to speak at every Young Adult function.   I was pretty much care free.  Let's look several years down the road towards the present.  I am very happily married, I have 2 beautiful children (and 1 more blessing on it's way),  I have a heart full of love towards everyone but I am so stressed out I can't adequately give anything to anyone - not even my own family.  I have so many stressors coming from everywhere.  I feel very judged almost every direction I turn.  I am praying that as I regroup on my Priorities and get back to finding out WHO I AM, WHAT I BELIEVE,  and BUILDING MY SELF-ESTEEM / LOWERING MY STRESS LEVELS / AND ULTIMATELY BECOMING THE PERSON, WIFE AND MOTHER THAT I KNOW THE LORD WOULD HAVE ME BE.

So what are these priorities?

1.      GOD  -  I am the Daughter of a KING.  I must remember that in all things I have the best confidant in HIM.   How will I incorporate my LOVE for GOD into my LIFE:
             a)     Prayer - Personal, Couple & Family
             b)     Scripture Study - Personal, Couple & Family
             c)      Positive Thinking

2.      MY HUSBAND  -   God has united my husband and I in the bonds of Marriage.   There is everything about our relationship that must be TREASURED!
           a)      Date Night - once a week
           b)      Do things together.
           c)      Connect on a Spiritual and Fun level

3.      MY CHILDREN  - God has blessed me with my beautiful children.  He has entrusted me with the responsibility of teaching them and helping them mold their characters to be God-fearing upright Citizens of Society.
           a)      Daily Reading Time
           b)     Craft Times / Park
           c)     Set Boundaries and insist they adhere to them
           d)     Family Home Evening

4.      CRAFTS / SCRAPBOOKING
          a)      make time for personal "stress-free" projects
          b)      learn how to do more things.  (broaden horizons - so to speak)
          c)      Improve Cooking/Baking skills

5.      PHOTOGRAPHY
          a)      practice as much as possible to help learn more and better techniques
          b)      take a photography class
          c)      build my HEAVENLY PRESENCE PHOTOGRAPHY business

6.       READING
          a)       complete 12 Spiritual Books this year (2012)
          b)       complete 12 Leisure Books this year (2012)
          c)       complete at least 12 personal Self-Help (educational type) books this year too (2012)

7.      MUSIC - SINGING - PIANO
          a)       singing is praying twice - so be not afraid to sing as often as possible
          b)       practice Piano - get better at it
          c)       Possibly start taking lessons again

8.       PHYSICAL FITNESS
          a)      get into a regular workout routine
          b)      improve eating and drinking habits

9 & 10       GET ORGANIZED and STAY ORGANIZED!!!!!  :)

These are my priorities.  :)  Everything else is Secondary!  :)  I need to learn to say no to extras.  :)