Resolutions To (possibly) Keep

I'm one of those people who makes New Year's resolutions every single year, all which are abandoned by about the 3rd or 4th of January. Sometimes I wonder if the whole point of resolutions is to set a simple, yet impossible goal to stick to, and then throw it out the window and tell everyone you know, that you'll try again next year. Isn't that what everyone does?

But this year (just as I say every year) I'm really going to stick to my resolution. This year, I'm going to get organized.

You see, I'm the most disorganized person on the planet. Really, I am. More disorganized than you, I swear. Not just in my home... yes my desks are piled high, all surface spaces are filled with odds and ends of stuff that need a place to be put away. Even desk drawers and kitchen cabinets are a mess of things that have just been stuffed in. But worse than that, my life is just a disorganized mess and its driving me insane.

Everyday, I say to myself, "Okay, Marisa, what do you have to do today?" And maybe I write it down on a scrap of paper - which, more often than not, I lose amongst the stuff on my counter or fridge before the morning is even over - or maybe I just decide that my to-do list is so important that I can't possibly forget everything that needs to get accomplished so I don't bother writing it down at all- and always forget everything, of course.

Basically, my day consists of accomplishing nothing more than thinking about the things that I need to do and then getting frustrated because I'm such a mess. And this is a daily thing, going on for nearly 28 years. Apparently, it takes 21 days (or 28, I can't remember - should have written it down) to create a habit. I'm not sure if 28 years of being disorganized will be cured in only 21 (28?) days, but I'm going to be optimistic about it all.

By golly, I'm going to get organized and you can't stop me!

So, I went to the store and looked at all the planners and found NOTHING that suited my life or list-making abilities. Not to mention, the tiniest of planners was about 40 dollars and filled with hundreds of pages of stuff I'd never use or need in a million years.

What did I do? Well, I made my own - as you can probably tell from the above picture. I sat down and thought about how I wanted my day structured and then thought about what other kinds of things I usually note down in the day. I've done Weight Watchers to lose my baby weight, so I added a section for food recording, so that I can keep track of my snacking without needing a different sheet of paper. And I also figured a section where I could record something to be grateful for each day might be a nice thing to include. Then I bought a super cute binder from Target to stick all my planner pages in and voila! I'm destined to be organized now.

Or at least until January 4th.

Are you going to stick to your resolutions this year? Ah, wouldn't that be nice? Well, I hope you do, so good luck to all of you!

xoxo,