We’re already in the middle of
January but it’s not too late to lay down our plans for the next 365 days of
our lives. How do you plan? Do you
schedule sort of a meeting with your spouse, family? Or you prefer listing your
plans / goals in a journal?
Personally, I’ve done both. My husband and I talked about our plans for
this year and set our priorities. I also
utilized the power of journal writing – in my small notebook where I jot down my daily
activities as well as short-term and long term goals.
When a fellow mommy blogger Pehpot shared her one word for 2016, I was
inspired to come up with my own “one word”
The word SIMPLIFY has a different
meaning to every person. It could mean focusing more on the needs and less on
wants and whims. It could mean getting
rid of clutter either at home or workplace.
For other person, it could mean staying away from negative persons and
spending more time with the people he or she loves. It could also mean simplifying our daily
routine, dropping things or activities that cause stress and chaos.
This year, I will SIMPLIFY my
life by…
evaluating my commitments. I’d like to focus on the most important
things to me and my family. The cue word here is to Prioritize!
simplifying home and work
tasks. Finding the balance between a
hands-on homemaker and a full-time career woman may be difficult. However, by
focusing first on the most important task can make my life easier. Not only that, there are a bunch of ways to
lessen stress at home and at work such as automation (computers and software are
useful tools), delegation (assign tasks to household helper and train the
children to do household chores early on), eliminate (unnecessary things, like
too much time on TV, Internet, etc.)
complaining less. I will try my best to avoid complaining about price
hike on basic necessities, nega-vibes people around, traffic, etc. Instead, I will count my blessings
every day and praise God for His overflowing grace and guidance.
learning to say no. This is quite hard but doing this will help me live a simple, uncomplicated life. Learn
to say no to gimmicks, well, hindi rin naman ako gimikera. Learn to say no to persons who have
tendencies to abuse my being kind-hearted. Learn to say no to whims and wants of my
playful kiddos, pero paminsan-minsan,
i-grant din naman ang wishes nila. Thus,
finding the balance and setting priorities straight are the key phrases here.
getting rid of clutter. I’ve been reading good reviews about the
Konmari method of de-cluttering. I’m
implementing this slowly at home. In
fact, last Sunday, I started organizing our wardrobe cabinets.
That's my one word for 2016. How about you? Head on to comment section and share the best word that will inspire, motivate you this year.
2 Comments
That's one great word for the year.. tama yan that you learn to say no.. dami na abusado ngayon eh hihi
ReplyDeleteThanks, mommy. Maganda itong post, babalik balikan ko pag medyo nakakalimot ako sa mga bagay bagay hehehe
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