Don't Get Ahead Of Yourself

As you may know, I am at the end of my contracting office job.  Knowing that I'm on the brink of being able to get to work... to get my life back in order, I have been looking online for some ideas of exactly what and how I want to do that.  I have put links to my favorites in various categories in my sidebar.  My top 3 for useful information on money and home are Money Saving Mom, Life as Mom, and Life...Your Way.  Between them, they have ideas on just about every aspect of life.

They have so many great ideas, that I have been itching to get started.  I said in my last post that I was going to try to attempt "freezer cooking" this weekend as I attempt to plan ahead to save time and money.  However, I forgot one little thing... CHRISTMAS!! 

How in the world could I forget Christmas!?!  Actually, it's not that I forgot Christmas itself (especially with a four year old), but I overlooked how much of my schedule becomes devoted to it this time of year.  Our church has several ways of celebrating the birth of our Savior, and I am involved in most of them, so there is at least one event per week that I need to help with or prepare for until Christmas day.  In addition, my father has decided just this week that he is going to come up for the week before.  There goes all that extra time I thought I'd have.

So, a quick revision to my plan is in order.  Remember that post on Importance and Immediacy?  Well, with visitors coming, having the overall house look good has jumped in both categories and having it well organized has dropped a couple of notches in due date.  Now, instead of going through all of my cabinets and closets to organize, I might be using them to stash stuff until our guests are gone.  After that, it won't matter if the living room looks like a tornado hit it when I pull everything out to sort through it all.

My plans for an organized life are still in place, and I WILL get to them, but you can't JUST plan for the future.  You also have to live right now.  Don't get ahead of yourself and miss today while looking to tomorrow.