Michelle:
- Finally use that spa gift certificate Hillary gave me for my baby shower gift in MAY!
- Wake my husband up more when Peanut cries in the middle of the night. He could sleep through a tornado but is willing to help out if I kick him hard enough.
- Do the "Mommy & Me yoga" DVD more. I bought it two months ago, did it two days in a row and haven't done it since. I blame the holidays.
- Worry less ... OK try to worry less. Fine, I will try to worry less about worrying. It is a start.
- Write and read more and not feel guilty about it.
- Find an outlet either through a church or volunteer program - anything that will get me doing something more than being at work and being at home.
Hillary:
I am going to take at least an hour a week in which I leave my home and do nothing for anyone but me.
If I go to Target in that hour, I will come home with only cute clothes and stationery, not toilet paper and diapers. If I go to the bookstore, I will drink coffee and read in a chair and not browse in the children's section, feeling obligated to bring something home for The Boy. If I do not have a destination or goal in mind for that hour, I will take the computer or a book and go some place where I can write or read.
But I will try to have a destination, a date. I will encourage the other mothers in my acquaintance to join me in the Year of the Mom. I will meet them for drinks on a Sunday afternoon or a quick trip to the beach. I will stop feeling like an awkward, nerdy adolescent and suggest these outings instead of waiting to be asked.
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So, mothers of the internets, raise your fist in the air, straighten your spit-up-upon shoulders and tell us your manifesto!
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4 comments:
Love this idea! Here are my goals:
1. Go to the spa and not feel guilty for spending obscene amounts of money pampering myself.
2. Try to work on my neuroses. I can totally relate to Michelle's worrying. As it is, I can barely sleep at night without waking every hour or so to make sure Little Man is still breathing.
3. ... I will be a copycat and second Hillary's idea of having a little grownup time.
Love your goals. I really should set a goal of less worrying, but then what would I do with all the spare time?
Of course as a social reject (not really), my fave of all the goals is the one about suggesting outings to others instead of waiting to be asked. I really should add that to my list.
Best of luck checking all these off in the new year.
i'm getting at least 3 massages a month! because it's necessary and they are way cheap in Thailand.
and good for you, hillary, encouraging other mothers to join you! brilliant!
and michelle, i think we overlook volunteering as time for ourselves so often, what a great goal.
Sarah, we should schedule a shopping day or something.
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