And while I won't be one of those people who apologizes for her absence in writing (it seems a little self important to me? right?) I am indeed a little sad that I haven't been around much lately in this corner of the world.
The truth is that these days it feels like there are too many things to write about. Where to start? There are too many wonderful blogs I've stumbled upon. How can I be as fun and cute and interesting as everyone else?
There are too many lists. How can I sit down to write when my list of "must do's" currently has enough items to fill the next two years?
There will always be too much though. So, I'm just gonna pick up where I left off.
The last two months have been filled with a lot of wonderful moments. A wonderful Christmas Party, flying to Chicago for Christmas, a ten day cruise with my family (pictures in a future post to come) and some other really wonderful, simple times of happiness.
But as the momentum of life picks up after the new Year though, I've been struggling with a nagging feeling that all the things on my list (both daily, practical list AND life goal list) will probably never be complete. (Scratch that...I know the lists will never be complete and there will always be more to do.)
About 3 months ago, I took the Strengthsfinder 2.0 test. (If you haven't taken it, I think it's a MUST and you can find it here.) It identifies your top strengths and helps you understand how to take advantage of these areas.
My Number 1 Strength? Discipline.
Yup. Discipline. BORING. After this revelation and sharing it with a few folks in my work circle and my family, the mocking commenced (and hasn't really stopped!) Nonetheless, I've been told Discipline is a strength helpful in a number of different situations.
Unless you're a Discipline girl and you love Pinterest.
While most normal people know how simply browse and enjoy Pinterest, Pinterest has just turned into another To-Do list for me.
To Do: Become a Domestic Goddess overnight and cook endless amounts of healthy meals. Always from scratch.
To Do: Redecorate every square inch of my house so that it resembles a Pottery Barn catalogue but all DIY of course so you can brag that everything was a fraction of the cost. (But about 1000 times the amount of work.)
To Do: Purchase a whole new wardrobe that matches all of my style boards and of course a new closet full of shoes that are both expensive and uncomfortable but nonetheless make me look like I walked out of an Anthropologie Catalogue.
All this inspiration has creeped its way into my thoughts and also made me realize that these lists...they're never gonna go away. And life is too short to not be able to enjoy silly things like Pinterest and beautiful cookbooks and window shopping without letting them turn my brain to one long to-do list.
As Chris so gently reminded me last week...everything doesn't have to have been done yesterday.
So, while I'm refraining from creating any more lists of resolutions for 2012, I do have a lot of big dreams in mind for the year. I'll just try to work on those things with a little more patience, a little more grace, and of course, a little inspiration from Pinterest. :)
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