11 things (x3?) or riding the jagged edge...

dec. 11 - 11 things: what are 11 things your life doesn’t need in 2011? how will you go about eliminating them? how will getting rid of these 11 things change your life?

1. a job that steals my energy instead of energizing me.
2. negative thoughts.
3. fear.
4. negative people.
5. a depressing kitchen.
6. anything that stands in the way of creativity.
7. procrastination (ok, people, stop giggling, i mean this).
8. low ceilings.
9. not listening to my intuition.
10. television.
11. toddlers & tiaras

and how it will make a difference:

1. i gave way too much energy to a job that my inner voice screamed to me, from the very beginning was a bad idea. but i've learned my lesson and won't ever do that again.
2. the bad job exposed me to lots of negative thoughts and i have realized only in hindsight what that did to my creativity.
3. i took the bad job because i was afraid to trust myself and my own abilities. 
4. the bad job exposed me to loads of negative people, but i learned a big lesson about how damaging that is to my entire outlook on life and i won't ever let it happen again.
5. my kitchen is still horrible and calamine pink, but that will change in 2011. i won't get my ultimate kitchen with the aga (yet), but we will do the "curry kitchen" and it will be a BIG improvement over what we have today.
6. i'm not going to lose sight of being creative in 2011 as i did for much of 2010 - i let lots of things get in the way...moving, job, negativity...i refuse to let that happen again.
7. i'm a horrible procrastinator, so perhaps it will help to put it here. writing is the new praying, after all, so now is my chance to say i'd like to stop procrastinating.
8. our house is full of uncharming low ceilings and i feel them cramping my style. i won't be able to totally get rid of them 2011, but some of them will change.
9. i turned down the voices in my head in 2010, much to my detriment. i won't be doing that again.
10. i'd love to watch less t.v. it steals your time and your brain.
11. sabin and i have a minor addiction to discovery travel & living's toddlers & tiaras. i think, for me, watching it makes me feel like a good parent. because there are seriously no people more dysfunctional than these pageant parents. unless it's jon & kate (yes, they're still together here, tho' i realize they've long ago split where most of you are).

but to end this on a positive, rather than a negative note,  i hereby list the 11 things my life needs in 2011:

1. daring.
2. positivity.
3. writing.
4. daily creativity.
5. lots of gardening.
6. knowing much more intimately where my food comes from. (we are getting pigs and chickens as soon as spring comes.)
7. more time with friends.
8. more time spent on the back of a horse.
9. listening to  my gut.
10. music.
11. time outdoors.

what 11 things do you want in 2011?

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