On the road to me!

What exactly does being the best me encompass? I have sat down and made a list of goals that I want to accomplish, some of them big, some of them small, but all of them able to impact my life in a positive way. So, here are the things I will be working on:
1. Organization-I can't be a better me if I can never find anything.
2. Procrastination-So much of my grief has been caused by waiting until the last minute on everything and then I have to do everything at once and it is just overwhelming. I could eliminate so much stress in my life by just doing things when they need done.
3. Eating better-When my eating habbits are poor, I feel terrible, yet I find comfort in food. I need to, as they say, eat to live, not live to eat.
4. Excercise more-I have so many friends that excercise regularly and they feel fantastic. I have been so lazy when it comes to my body and physical fitness and I need a change. I am now thirty, and although this is not elderly in anyway, things do begin to change. Body parts hurt that never used to and everything is shifting a little more to the south than I would like.
5. Work on my self-esteem-I have very poor self-esteem and it truly does effect my quality of life. I often wonder how I got here, but it is what it is and I need to move forward.
6. Stop Stressing-I stress over EVERYTHING and as you see from above, most of it is self-inflicted. Stress has taken a negative toll on my over-all health and I need to do something about it.
7. Work on my spending habbits and lower my debt-I love to shop, especially for my kids and I often time buy things that we do not need. Now, we are able to meet our bills and everything, but the amount we pay on credit card bills a month would pay a car payment. I don't want to do this anymore. I was raised in a home that the motto was you never buy what you do not have the money for and I have strayed from that motto. I am getting student loans right now to pay for my schooling, but if I didn't have the credit card debt I could probably pay almost all of it on my own.

Now, the plan of attack. How am I going to do all of this? I plan on reading, researching and talking to as many people as possible to help me find the best ways to accomplish theses goals. I know the first thing I need to do is to make myself a to-do list everyday and follow it religiously. This may sound like a little thing, but it is necessary.

Now, it is time to begin my day and to start working on my organization skills. Wish me luck!!

Where to begin?

I am on a mission-a mission to be the best me that I can be. Some of you may be thinking "huh?" or "this is going to be extremely boring," but it is something I need to do for myself and maybe I will be able to help others as well as myself through my struggles and, hopefully, provide you with a little humor along the way.

A little background about me-I am a stay-at-home mom/college student attending class part time for nursing. I have a 6 year old son (Jared) and a 3 year old daughter (Chloe). My husband, Rusty, who is a fifth grade teacher, and I have been married for 9 years. I also have ADHD. Now, most of you have heard of ADHD and probably have a visual of an uncontrollable hyper person that cannot finish a sentence without being distracted. For the most part, you are right. We also struggle with organization skills, impulsiveness, addictive behaviors among other things. Needless to say, this can make daily tasks very difficult especially when you have other responsibilities such as family, work or school.

With all of that being said, I am not the best me I can be. I am unorganized, I shop too much, I procrastinate and I self-sabotage myself way too often. I am tired of blaming anything and everything else for my downfalls and I am ready to move on. Welcome to my journey.