I wanted to change my living arrangement, how am I doing?
In January I wrote out the things I most wanted to change in my life in 2010, rather than writing out resolutions. I focused on the 5 areas of my life that I felt I needed to change to start getting back to being more fully ME.
The first of these areas, the area I had already started working on (and which started me realizing that I wanted more than a new home) was that I wanted to move from where I was living and into a healthier environment for myself and my kids.
So in order to keep myself on track, I have decided that I am going to check in every season to see how I am going, what I forgot, what goals have changed, and what I have achieved.
How am I making this change?
I have actually completed the moving phase of this goal. I haven’t been able to get in touch with the former Landlords to return the keys to the suite (again, I never really knew WHERE they lived to mail things back, and they aren’t local enough for me to drop things off) so that is still up in the air, but I have moved everything to the new place and I have cleaned and done the necessary repairs on the old place.
What have I completed?
I have left the negative situation
I have completed my obligation to the former landlords
I have started the process of making the house my own
What still needs to be done?
- While the kids’ rooms have been painted, there wasn’t enough time in the schedule to paint my bedroom, the living room, or the kitchen the way I wanted to. While I realize that it will be much harder to accomplish painting these rooms now that the furniture is in it, I would still like to get ONE room painted this year.
- The kitchen needs a bit of work (ie, an island and hutch) to make it workable. I didn’t realize how little counter space there was in this place and so I need to remedy this, especially since a good 25% of the available space is taken up with my coffeemaker!
- I need to unpack the boxes in the basement and organize our craft/family/movie room. I also need to fix the light downstairs.
- Put up pictures. Seriously, I haven’t had my pictures of my kids, my family, my friends, or my needle works put up for over 4 years. I OWN this place, I can put up what I want!
- I want to make a “Céad Míle Faílte”
- I need to get a coat rack and more door mats, with 2 kids I am finding that the mat I have is not quite big enough, and right now there are coats and shoes and boots all over the place!
- Decorate the kids’ rooms – the GirlChild has a canopy of sorts I am attempting to put up, the BoyChild needs a few decorations as well (I’m hoping to come up with a few interesting “video game” theme things), the Ikea lamps need to be attached to the walls. Glow-in-the-Dark stencils need to be applied J
MY (updated) Affirmation!
I WILL make my home mine. I WILL create a space that reflects OUR FAMILY. I WILL finally put up my pictures and needleworks. I WILL showcase my spirituality. I WILL alter my environment to create ease of use. I WILL bring in whimsy. I WILL NOT care what anyone else thinks of my decisions, as this is MY space. So I will.
Tags: as-I-see-it, CHANGES: Living Situation, family, goals, moving on, my life
Hurray for progress!