All too often I find my mind racing, yet my body is exhausted and firmly planted in place. The 'excuses' are endless: the weight I've gained with fertility treatments, my failed pregnancy a few months ago, the depression... but I'm done having these past struggles also stain my future. So, after reading a friend's blog and grabbing inspiration from her, I've decided to mimic a goal she is challenging herself.
Like me, through medical problems she struggles to be productive some days but no longer wants to be held back. Also like myself, she is a housewife (which is truly a blessing, but is also something that enables my hopelessness and procrastination), and has decided to slowly start climbing to 'working' 8 hours a day. In the future, I hope to have my day divided into three categories: Crafting, Working, and Exercising.
Crafting will count for 0.5 time, and exercising with count for double time. Crafting will include: craft projects around the home, decorating, scrapbooking, blogging, making gifts and items to sell, etc. Exercising will include: walking the dog, Wii fit, workout videos, etc. Working includes: hosting Thirty-One/Mary Kay parties or making calls, housecleaning, watching children, gardening or other outside work, or any other moneymaking opportunity.
I am not holding myself to blogging about my workday every day, but every now and then a check-up will need to be done. I am thinking once or twice a week- most likely at the beginning of the week for my hopes, and the end of the week for my outcome.
Because it was her idea, I'm also going to be stealing a line from her blog that I LOVED and that I wanted to include in my challenge as well...
"I want to make the point in having you all read this blog very very clear: I need my husband to be my completely and totally understanding support right now. Which means I need you to be my firm and strong support. If you think I'm justifying too much to get out of stuff, TELL ME."
Why is this challenge important to me?
1) My husband is a good man. He gets out of bed (even when he doesn't want to), to get dressed and go to a job (he doesn't always like) to come home and be my support and my sunshine (even when he doesn't feel like it) who brightens my day and brings hope to the future for our family. I want to do this for him.
2) Because SOMEDAY we will have children in our home! AND instead of moping arounf waiting for them, I am going to be productive and be ready for them!
(You never know what may happen when you're TTC! A friend of mine who decided adoption was match within 21 days of applying at a private adoption agency! TWENTY ONE DAYS!)
3) I want to be a Proverbs 31 wife. That means more than just being a Christian woman who is married!
So those of you out there who are reading. Keep me accountable. This begins today!
03/12/11
10AM-2PM Babysitting and caring for two young girls.
3:30-4:30PM Blogging on 'Confessions'
4:30-5PM Housecleaning (Straightening up bathroom and kitchen)
5:15-5:30PM Dropping off a Thirty-One delivery
6PM-10PM Caring for two pre-teens.
