I had an AHA moment when I was watching Oprah the other day. She said something interesting. I think this was the show about Happiness. She said - are you on your To Do list? And the answer was - heck no! It never even occurred to me.



I'm mean, I'm a bizzy gurl - I don't call it Adrian's Crazy Life for nuthin'. I work a full time job, run a family, manage two blogs and a website, and run not one but two home businesses. Plus about a dozen other things. I've got kids to take care of, a husband, bosses, customers, neighbors, church friends, and multiple cats. And they all need STUFF from me - every day. Time, energy, attention, food, laundry, money and a million other things. There's just no room left to take care of me too.

So, where does that get me? Well, I'm overweight, overstressed, overtired, and overdrawn. I can't remember the last time I ate a balanced meal, exercised for more than 10 minutes, got to bed before midnight, or watched a movie without a computer or a load of laundry in my lap.



So, I've decided to put myself back into the picture. After all, it's MY life, isn't it? Or at least it's supposed to be. What is it with us Mom's that we get so caught up in the carpool, the housework, the Little League or piano lessons, and everything else that we take care of everyone but ourselves? It's not like anyone else is going to do it for us. At least not at my house they aren't. I mean if I broke my leg or something, they'd probably pitch in a bit, but barring that, I'm pretty much on my own!



So, step one was to get a To Do list. I never even feel like I could take the time to do that - just some simple planning in the morning to make sure I can fit everything into my day. I've never been able to manage a planner or any kind of a calendar - I just never felt like I could spare the time to keep it up to date every day. I would pull together a list once in a while on whatever random notebook or scrap of paper I could scare up, but that's about it.





So I made a trip to the local Franklin Covey store. They've got the best in planners after all. I even quibbled about spending the money to get myself a planner, but then I decided I was worth a few bucks after all, even if it was the day before payday. I would have managed it if the kids had needed something. I thought I wanted to Her Point of View wirebound daily planner. I even had it in my hot little hand. But then I saw the Holy Grail of all To Do Lists.


I love this pad. It has three separate sections with tear away pages in each section. I've only been using it for a couple of days, but already I'm seeing an improvement. I walked on the treadmill for 20 minutes after work yesterday. Today, I ate a healthy lunch while I messed around with the jigsaw puzzle in the breakroom at work - for an hour. I left work right on time instead of staying an extra half hour or hour late, even though I still had work that needed to be done. I came home and took a quick nap while the guys were at Karate and then read a book for an hour. I didn't even crack open my computer until after 10:00.

Hmmmm. A girl could get to like this....