Good Intentions {an email post}

We all have them.

My good intentions may get me into trouble though.  I have this plan that I am going to be able to make everyone's gifts for christmas before christmas... hmmm

I also have good intentions to completely clean my house during the two weeks I have off... hmmm

Oh yea and write those resolutions, and start using my planner more, and become more organized, and a better wife - mother - cook...

Why do I/we put so much pressure on ourselves?  Haven't we grown up in a more sophisticated and savvy generation? 

I don't want to be Martha Stewart, I just want to be organized like her :) {rich too}

What am I going to do about it?  I'm going to try and accomplish a lot of those things up there, except the wife-mother-cook, that one is fine actually :)  But I am not going to put pressure on myself to do it either.  I have a lot to be thankful for and I have a lot of talents going to waste because I don't have time to go around looking for all my wonderful items to create wonderful things.

I have a business venture (actually 2) that is going to start to consume my time.  If I am not organized and things are planned out in advance and I continue to fly by the seat of my pants figuring that I will get to it when it is important to me, then my ventures will ultimately fail.  I don't want that to be the reason they fail.  And I certainly don't want to wait another 30 years before I get my act together and get organized.  In London, flats are very small and the space is often utilized very very well.  In Florida homes are huge!  But my home isn't that big, our goal this year was to create a space quite like our old flat in London, and still be able to be free in Florida.  The kitchen is done, now it is on to the rest of the house.

My plan of attack - one step at a time baby, one step at a time.

Ciao.
J.