Well it is almost 4PM on a Monday afternoon. I have actually had a very productive today, expect for a few bumps in the road. Let’s talk about a few of those.

We are weeding out our things. We have entirely too much weight to move anywhere. So I pack my trunk with stuff and head out to the Goodwill. Now I have 4 kids so the majority of the things are toys and clothes. I also have a large box of books and magazines.

I get to the Goodwill and pull out the first bag. The attendant tells me, “Ma’am we don’t take toys.”  Well ain’t that something, ok, take that bag back and open the trunk. He sees the books and says, “We don’t take magazines either ma’am.” So I sort through all those and he takes the rest.

So I kinda get the magazine thing. They probably would get so many editions of Good Housekeeping and such. These weren’t the magazines I had, I had some great stamping and scrapbooking magazines in there. But that’s ok. With a bit of help from my online friends I came up with some great ideas of where to take them.

Consignment shops

Boys and Girls clubs

Retirement communities

Library

Schools

So I guess lessons learned. There are other places to donate other than to the Goodwill

It seems I haven’t really blogged in days. Wow. Wonder why and how that happened?

Well a new project has been taking up a lot of my time. Please look at Written Word Services. I am really excited about this. I really feel like this is my niche. And especially writing about all the things that I have been going to school for. So prepare!

Getting ready to move too. Time is flying right by me it seems.  There aren’t a whole lot of months left between now and the move, so you know I will be working as fast as I can, sorting, yard sales, may even do a bit of ebay and amazon to get rid of some things that I just am not moving with me.

Let me know what you think of Written Word Services!

I had great plans for this week. Really I did. Was going to get things going with a bang, this first few days of 2008.

Well things aren’t working out quite as I had planned.

The thing about it is this. Most New Years Eve resolutions don’t make it past the end of January. With all the best intentions in the world, life just doesn’t go as according to plan when it comes to resolutions.

There are ways to get those Resolutions to stick. Taking them in small chunks is first. Let’s look at one of my resolutions. To write 80 articles a month for WRG. Think about that one now and my stomach does flips.

Well that is only 20 a week. Still sounds like a lot. Break it down even further that is 4 a day. That I can do. That is only 1000 words a day. I can surely handle that. OK will stick to that resolution.

Next thing to do to help with that resolution. Life happens. I can’t write these articles if I can’t research. Seems that is difficult in days like yesterday when I have no internet. Opps didn’t see that one coming. Didn’t see that they changed their submitting would change this week either. So now it is Friday and I only have 1 out of 20 done. Well that is a bit discouraging. I lost all of Wed and Thursday.

So you need to readjust and be flexible. OK so I can’t get my 8 articles written. If I think I will get my 4 today plus the 8 I am behind done today I am even more discouraged. Instead take the 8 and divide them up between today and the 5 days next week. That is just a bit of an extra article a day. That sounds a bit more doable doesn’t it?

My point is this, find ways to stick to your resolutions by breaking them down and then being flexible. Don’t give up at minor set backs. We are always going to have those. Learn to flow with punches and you will see come February you will still have your goals and moving ahead!