AGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Oh my gosh. It's been FOREVER since I blogged. I hope you're still hanging in there sweet readers!I guess I should say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! As you can tell by my absence on the blogosphere, I have been BUSY!!! The holidays were hectic, and the after the holidays were hectic, and well, the end of winter and beginning of spring looks to be just as hectic. Which leads me to my long overdo posting on my poor neglected blog.
I am an over-do-er. I say yes too much, fill in too often, and ink things into my schedule book more than I need to. I am on the board of two different PTAs, was (until recently) involved in Dereks BN FRG (Family Readiness Group for you non-milspouses), and volunteer in supporting roles (as well as actively playing) in my Roller Derby league. I go to Army wife coffees, run the kids to gymnastics and attend committee meetings. I often spend my Monday mornings cooking and prepping my dinners for the week, because my evenings have become "go-time". At one of my PTA meetings, we all joke that I take up the last 1/3 of the meeting with things I'm responsible for. But it's not really a joke, because I actually AM responsible for them. Sometimes I actually pencil friends into my schedule book just to make sure I don't forget.
OH! How I love to volunteer. But I hate that I love it so much, that I let it infringe upon my "me" time. Like blogging, for instance. Or having an organized house. Or making a day date with a friend to catch up. Or finishing 4 short stories I started and promised myself I would have finished and submitted in contests by now.
What I think I have been lacking lately is self-discipline. Aside from my need to take on too much, I easily procrastinate things I need to get done, until I am overwhelmed with my TO DO list. And then I get mad at myself for having to push other things (things I procrastinated) to the back burner to get my most immediate things done. Ugh! It's like a vicious cycle.
It's not like this is a new trait with me, I have been this way, like forever. And really, wanting to help where help is needed isn't really a flaw, nor is prioritizing and knowing what can wait and what can't. But I realized, as I was inking into my schedule book (using 4 different color inks), that I have really left no time for me. So I have decided to make a pact with myself and I'm using my blog to keep me accountable fro my actions. Because whats better than putting something in INK in your day planner? Putting it in cyber-space, where 6 people might read it.
So starting Monday (1-31-11) Also known best by procrastinators as "tomorrow", I am starting a routine of:
Every morning, taking the time between 9-1030 for exercise.
MONDAY will be my food prep day
Thursday will be my BLOG POST and WRITING day
Friday PTA in the morning ONLY day
I will stick to this Schedule, take time for ME and learn to say NO to filling in, writing in ink and saying yes on MY TIME!!

Keep me honest people!