Hello 2012! Blog Resolutions

Happy New Year, friends and visitors! Have you made any resolutions?
I usually avoid them since I try and practice daily affirmations. But there’s something about blogging – the mere act of writing down my thoughts and *gulp* publishing them into the ethers of Blogland – that has me pronouncing goals resolutions for 2012.
Do you wanna go first? Oh alright. I’ll start.
1. Clean up my act.

This blog’s act, I mean. It’s time for a major revamp or overhaul or whatever you wanna call it. And since I’m a chronic DIYer that means I’ll be doing the vamping. Wish me luck.

2. Be more positive and less critical.

Getting all upset because Safeway took out their drinking fountain and you really need to take a pain pill and the manager tells you there’s bottled water for sale isn’t gonna change a damn thing. It’s only a sign that I’m becoming a cranky old b*%#^. Lighten up and don’t sweat the small sh*t.

3. Try not to swear as much. See #2 above.

Ok. So I purposely keep it pretty clean here but the voice behind the fingers typing is cussin’ like a sailor. Not that I know any sailors, or any sailors who swear.

4. Carve out a niche of time each week for Feng Shui Savvy.

I debated whether or not to just take FSS down altogether or not. I’ve had this whole you’re nothing but a hypocrite dialogue going on in my head because I lost my own home in 2010 so how in the world could I possibly write about feng shui. I've now resolved to continue on my feng shui journey, regardless of any personal foibles.

5. Quit using weird words like foibles.

I don’t hold out much hope for this one. Just so you know.

6. Schedule Schmedule

For two years I’ve tried to keep an editorial Calendar – Mondays: Crafts, Tuesday: Tutorials, Wednesdays: Walls . . . blah, blah, blah. It sounds good. On paper. It just doesn’t work for my life right now so I’m declaring it totally permissible to fly by the seat of my pants.

7. Just be myself and let readers get to know me better

I pretty much write the way I talk so that’s not what I’m talking about. Nope, I’m talking about that buzz word . . . the Oprah word . . . the ‘big’ blogger word . . . the self-help authors word . . .

Authentic

Yep, I’m jumpin’ on that bandwagon. Or at least, that’s the plan as of January 2, 2012. That doesn’t mean I’ll post fewer paint tutorials or projects. No. It simply means some posts might be totally un-paint-related and more about what it’s like to be a recession widow, living with your elderly mother while your hubs lives with his in another town. It ain’t a pretty picture. But it is a snapshot of this thing called My Life.

There you have it – my 2012 Blog Resolutions. I won’t even start on my personal resolutions. We’d be here til 2013, I fear. But, suffice it to say, I am incredibly grateful to you, My Readers, for taking time out of your life to stop by here.

Happy 2012!