I love when Modern Mrs. Darcy shares her lists of things that are saving her life right now. The comments on those posts are also usually jam-packed with ideas and hacks, which I love. Sometimes it’s the small, ordinary things that have the greatest impact.
Today I thought I’d share a new system I’ve been using (and LOVING) in my bullet journal/planner. My big goal for 2017 is to significantly slow down, decide what’s most important for me at this time in my life and do those things well. Most of the things on this list could also be considered “self care”, but I think they benefit my family as a whole too.
The things I wanted to focus on are:
+ Consistent exercise, starting with the Mutu System and moving onto running and weights later on
+ Drinking more water
+ Reading everyday, at least 10 minutes but preferably more
+ Working on a yearly scrapbook project, similar to my 100 Day Extraordinary Ordinary Project from last fall
+ Reflecting on a section of the Catholic Catechism everyday
+ Keeping up on household chores instead of always feeling behind
So in short: exercise, water, reading, creativity, faith and homemaking. Easy to write on paper, but how exactly could I implement that on a day-to-day basis?
Here’s my solution:
I think I’ve mentioned this before, but on the homekeeping front, these weekly printables from the Confident Mom are awesome. I’ve been printing a month at a time and clipping them to the opposite side of my weekly planning layout. I’m still figuring out how to accomplish all the things with a newborn (current status: not well), but I’m doing so much more than had I not had the help and direction. Baby steps!
Last thing! We always seem to be out of something around here, but our no-spending challenge has shown me that we don’t always need to purchase a replacement right.this.second. So I’ve gotten in the habit of adding the items to the Jet app, but keeping them in my cart for awhile. So, for example, if we’re out of Corn Chex but still have Cheerios in the pantry, I’ll add the Chex to Jet, but wait to buy until later. It’s really helpful for curbing impulse buys too.
What’s saving your life right now? How are you creating habits to get your yearly goals going? I’d love to learn what’s working for you!
thank you for reminding me of the Confident mom print outs! Somehow one of my kids had subscribed me to those on our printer and they were great!! Incidentally, I think it was my 3 yr old! Love how you use your BuJo! I'm just starting out on mine and feel like it's the perfect fit for my personality. I, too, have 6 kiddos! So I don't think I'll abandon my calendar planner quite yet… but I love the idea of using my bujo to track a lot of spiritual things.: reading, prayer requests, novenas, etc. blessings!
Thanks so much for your comment! The thing I love about bullet journaling is how adaptable it is. At the beginning of every month, I create a monthly calendar and add in all of our appointments, practices, etc. And then on the weekly pages, I'll check back and see what we have going on that week and write it in the appropriate daily block. It's helped me to streamline all of the pieces of my life into one place and as a fellow mama to six, you know how nice that is, haha!