~~13 Out of Control Things in my Life~~

1. Sleeping Patterns (lack there of...)
   
   
2. Clothes which are stacked in piles that I need to donate……there is NO way I could possibly wear all the clothes I have accumulated…..& others can benefit. Besides….that yoga room will never come to be with bins of t-shirts, jeans, & sweaters sitting there.
   
   
3. The POOL!! (( koi fish would LUV it .....))
   
   
4. My inner hottie..she needs to get her ASS back in the gym!!..I want to wear a sixpack...not have people wonder how many I drink!
   
   
5. Dissertation Proposal final re-writes.....um...how many times can we send that back& forth?!?
   
   
6. My sad little cacti garden that one of my Buddha's sits in lord over just inside the front door security gate.......albeit I light a candle in his honor --> each morning & light an incense to thank him for another day--> each evening....by not caring for the living which sit below him....I am disrespecting him, my house & my Buddhist practice. This in turn, invites disrespect into my home.
   
   
7. School papers ~need to go thru & toss those not applicable to my study.
   
   
8. Bathroom Cupboards....FULL of lotions, potions, cremes, samples & travel freebies.....(that I didn’t steal..unlike SOME people I know...haha..)
   
   
9. My pseudo office which has taken over my kitchen……I need to move it back to where it belongs…the plan is to reclaim the kitchen….((so guests don’t hit their head on the low hanging light which is SUPPOSE to be over the kitchen table...))
   
   
10. My Tax papers…. I think I have all the docs I need for last year….
    
    
11. Camera equipment ((all over the house)), & pictures I have. (( some ready 4 framing & othres I need to photo-shop & frame))
    
    
12. Magazines…Magazines & more magazines I subscribed to that I have not read… (( I have managed to not renew them…but now I feel like I must read them…or quickly scan before giving to friends, neighbors or the local dentist office))……Not sure about your dentist/ doc office….but mine are usually filled with publications from 2003 & older!!
    
    
13. Work-life balance….I used to spend more time outside the house…..with friends, browsing bookstores, exploring this beautiful state of AZ on daytrips. Over the years due to the demands of my PhD studies, I have become THE QUEEN of online shopping ((books, clothes, pet supplies, gifts, home necessities, & YES…even my groceries)). Visits from some of my friends…either because they do not know when I may be writing or sleeping or because of their own life demands….have become less of a normal habit & more of a surprise. I miss them….but understand how this happens. After I finally get around to purchasing a new vehicle….I know the roadtrips will resume…(( flag, JEROME, Sedona, Mexico )) but I also need to make an effort to calendar time with those who have meaning in my life……over coffee...if nothing else!!