An Epiphany of Sorts

I've been quite enlightened in the past week or so as to why I don't accomplish what I think I should. It's become very apparent that I am a list maker in a big way. I forgot that I used to be very much a list maker. However, as the number of children increased and my days became busier with homeschooling, church commitments, and just life in general, I quit making lists.

One of my dear blogging friends, Cathy, at Cherith Revisited introduced me to the wonders of listography.com. I have suddenly become a bonafide list maker again. It's doing wonders for me. Somehow seeing it neatly in print, that you can draw a line through it when you've completed something, and knowing that other listmakers might just read my list has made me a little more driven these days. Not that I cross everything off any of the lists I make, but they are helping point me in the right direction again towards actually feeling like I've accomplished something, as well as getting organized! Better yet, I can't lose the list and therefore use it as an excuse to not do anything.

This week's list was shorter than last week's -- not that there isn't still plenty to do, but it's been so hot that many of the things I think about doing nearly make me wilt, so I'm not going to put them on the list of things to do until the weather is more agreeable. We have spent a lot of time swimming this week! It's been fun and good for building memories with the kids. How many summers can they say they swam before breakfast or after dark?

Anyhow, there's my epiphany! Now I'm going to go for another swim, and then maybe I'll make another list :o)!