Happy New Year!

I am not much of a resolutions person.

This year, though, I am going to try something new.  I am not going to make resolutions, per se, but have goals I would like to accomplish.  These aren't the things that popped up as a new year approached, but things I have been thinking about and working toward for a while now.

In early 2010, I found myself wanting more space in our house because I was feeling overwhelmed.  At some point, it clicked in my head that it wasn't that we didn't have enough space, but that we had too much stuff.  I spent a lot of the year reorganizing closets, giving away stuff we didn't use, and reducing our possessions in general.  The biggest one for me was to make a list of the clothes that I need to have and to get rid of the excess.  I have that list taped to the inside of my dresser and I try to revisit it now and then.  It feels so good to not be weighed down by my stuff.

To go along with the progress I made in 2010, I want to be less of a consumer in 2011.  That is really hard to do.  I hate not getting stuff when I want it, but really, I don't need it.  I will replace things (shoes, clothes, etc) as they are outgrown or beyond repair, but I really don't want to add to the stuff we have in the house.

Another goal is to be more "on the ball."  This is harder to describe because it is more of a feeling.  I feel like I am just not as sharp as I used to be.  I coast through a lot of stuff because I can.  I think there are a lot of things that will help me be mentally sharp (more exercise, more sleep, etc.), but I also think that some of it is just getting out of that pattern.

Two goals - less stuff and being sharper.  That doesn't sound so bad.