Summer Resolutions For Work and Play

Every few seconds someone yells “Mom!”, the mini muffins smell slightly burnt in the oven, and dual monitors buzz while I try to answer emails and wonder if working right now is a charade and I may as well surrender to the beach. Summer vacation is here and I toggle between happy nostalgia and the feeling of being pulled. Today will be spent at my home office until noon then a friend’s pool with lots of little girls. I am at a certain age where I understand that expectations can fall flat and I try to apply that to the summer and pretty much know that dreams of quality time slip away.

~ pause to find DS charger ~

This summer, I will muster up my best mom moves and I will put all that I can into work as well. Six months ago, I made New Year’s resolutions. For the first time, I wrote them down and they actually stuck.

They were:

1.  Getting there on time. I haven’t missed a flight since!
2.  Cleaning out my closet. Wow, that felt good and it is still rather tidy.
3.  Blogging. I now write regularly for work and for play.

I found that by typing up three concrete actions and publishing them on the Internet, I have been able to honor these commitments to myself. So today, as my girls begin the first week of vacation, I have decided to give summer resolutions a try. Off of the top of my head, I will go again for three.

~ pause to clean dog vomit ~

My summer resolutions are:

1.  Have at least three full-attention conversations, no distractions, with each daughter.

~ Pause to play Jishaku ~

2. Get a new client.
3. Partake in an outside activity every day.

And in September, when new backpacks are lined up along the wall, I will take inventory and see how I did.

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