Learning not to net

I have to admit it, I’m already going to take a break from my little blog.  Not just yet, but starting soon.  ‘Why?’ you may wonder, ‘Is what little you’ve written really eating up your time or is your attention span just that short?’.  Neither!  The problem is better illustrated this way:  it’s 10:50 PM now on a Friday night.  Though I’ve been off of work for a couple of days and feel well rested, I do have to get up around 5:30 in the morning and get myself and a sleepy one year old out of the house in about an hour (breakfast included!).  Which is why I told myself that I should make sure to put away my dinner leftovers and do the dishes before getting right to bed by 10.  Which is why I haven’t done that stuff yet and have been checking e-mail instead….

So I think I’m going to have to take a big break from the internet completely!  Unfortunately I’ve really gotten into some bad habits about using it too often and for too long at a sitting – I get so fascinated by all of the information out there that I can go for hours without realizing until I take notice of my sore neck from sitting still too long.  Not so great for my many goals of both accomplishment and relaxation, because too often it’s neither.  So I may get a post or two in before the deadline, but if you don’t hear from me for a while don’t worry, I’ll be back (but hopefully better rested the following day!).

Any habits holding you back lately?

Big Goals, Little Money

The beginning of a year, especially a year without huge changes planned, is one of those times in my life that I feel like the possibilities for big goals are endless.  I’m thinking about how to square vacations with home improvements, medical costs and recovery with new business ventures, and inevitable unforeseen expenses with saving.  I’m one to identify a big goal and keep it squarely in mind day to day – if I work a little extra I tell myself ‘that was one brick in my house I just worked to pay off’ or something like that.  That’s why I find myself a little lost and a little liberated when I don’t know what comes next.  The possibilities are many, but the focus is nowhere.  I am certainly a believer in the findings that within a manageable spectrum of income the happiness factor is constant – in other words, if I’m not stressed out about not having enough to eat or suddenly wealthy, I’ll probably be about as content as I am now even if my income ebbs and flows.  Without a giant influx of unexpected cash, I can’t plan for all of the goals at once, which is certainly for the best.  I would love to discover the secret to keeping the January possibilities feeling open every two months or so to take stock again and see if I’m working towards them in the right order, or even the right goals at all.

Prioritizing, friend or foe?