Practice Makes Habit Start-Up Series

Are you ready to be a finisher? I am! 

Leslie from Violet Imperfection and I are asking you to join us in becoming finishers. I just love that feeling when I actually do the things I set out to do. As much as I love that feeling I tend to not follow through with what I need/want to do. This time I resolve to be a finisher. You all will help me because I will be accountable to you. We can be each others cheerleaders!

Here is what you need to do to join us. On August 7th post your goals and then link up with us. Come back and share your progress on August 14th, 21st, and 28th. 

I haven't chosen all of my goals yet but I have decided to come up with 5 goals to tackle and conquer. One of my goals is going to be to drink 64 oz. of water each day. 

Here is some advice to help with making goals:

1. Be very specific when setting your goals.
2. Write your goals down somewhere and put them where you can see them often. (I'm thinking about making my goals my phone's wallpaper).
3. Don't let doubt get in the way of writing that goal down.
4. Choose goals that you can reach in the right time frame. (This is a 3 week link-up so don't choose to run a marathon when you have never ran). 

I'm tired of being a quitter and I am ready to become a finisher. 

Don't forget to grab the button and link-up your goals on August 7th.

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Things That Have Simplified My Life

1. A trash can in the laundry room. I'm more likely to clean out the filter when I can just chunk it in the trash plus trash doesn't get pilled on top of the dryer anymore. 

2. A mail holder by the door. Hello kitchen table! There you are. I can see you now with all the mail gone.

3. A drop-all Jack basket in the living room. When you need a baby item you need it right that moment. Now we have the drop-all Jack basket we just put everything in there when it doesn't end up in its rightful place. Every so often I go put everything in it up. Now when we can't find something he needs we just go to the basket.

4. Two bookshelves. I am a reader but sometimes I buy books that I'm not ready to read or haven't had time to get to. Now I have a bookshelf in the guest room full of books I have read and I also reserve a shelf in the living room for books I haven't read. Now when I get in the mood to read a new book I just go to the bookshelf. Plus having it in the living room I can see them everyday as little reminders. 

5. Utilizing my kitchen table. Now that the mail is gone I have filled half of the table with scrapbooking supplies. We don't eat at our kitchen table. We are more into grabbing a plate and watching Big Bang Theory during our meals. I have wanted to do a scrapbook for Jack for awhile but every time I had a free minute I would have to grab the stuff and bring it to where Jack was. Now it is right there at the kitchen table. I don't have all of my scrapbooking stuff just enough to do a few pages at a time. Now when I am waiting on something to boil or he is playing I can take a few minutes to work on a page.