The new year is really creeping up on me. I mean, where did December go? Or November for that matter? Wasn't Halloween just yesterday? Seriously. And here we are coming upon the possible final new year ever since the world will be ending in 2012. It probably won't. But still. It totally could. That doesn't sit well with me because there is just SO MUCH I want to do. So much I need to do. I realize in the grand scheme of things, if the world is ending it won't matter much because no one will be around to remember anything I do here. But hey, let's just make the most of the time we are given, shall we!
So here is (a small portion of) my list of things I must do before the world ends:
- Organize photos into albums. If our world ends, there is a possibility of a new civilization being created, or even alien lifeforms landing. Even if I don't make it through, my photo albums might. My family and our photographs could be immortalized in the annals of history (hehe annals). This is a big deal, people! So it is my top priority for 2012. For a photogramom, I am pretty bad about printing pictures and keeping albums. My parents just had baby books for my sisters and I. Just one book each with mementos, letters from our mom, and photos of us from birth to maybe about 4. Since I have that whole perfectionist problem, I think the idea of just throwing all of my pictures in an album in such a disorderly fashion gave me a panic attack, so I'd rather not touch them. Then one day I had a genius idea that I don't know why I never thought of before: an album for each year. Duh, right?! And I will need lots of pictures to fill future albums, which brings me to world end goal #2...
- Document EV-ER-Y-THING (but mostly just the good stuff). I'm so very bad about keeping my camera around. I like to blame my camera bag. It's kind of bulky, and adding that to the baby bag and 3 kids I also tote around, is just not ideal. But why don't you just put your camera in your baby bag? Because, I just don't. I will be investing in one of these beauties though
I love Kelly Moore camera bags! They have separate compartments for your camera body and lenses, and are also big enough to hold diapers and wipes. Plus they are just gorgeous. I haven't decided on a style yet, but that one is pretty high on my list! So I'll be carrying around my equipment in a fashionable bag and won't allow myself any excuse to not have that camera around.
- Make more time for hobbies. I love taking pictures. I want to learn the piano. I need to learn how to sew. Practice makes perfect. I want to set aside time to enjoy all the hobbies I love and all the hobbies I want to be good at. Someday one of those little aliens might be looking at my pictures and reading one of my yet-to-be-published novels while watching a video of me playing the piano, and he will be wearing some kind of drapery I've sewn that he has fashioned into a cape (assuming, of course, that my draperies and videos make it through the end of the world with my photo albums).
- Focus more on family. Sometimes it's just hard to do. I get caught up in all the cleaning and the cooking, and by the end of the day I just need a moment to myself. I get incredibly annoyed when that moment is interrupted. I don't want to stress so much over everything else that I forget to just enjoy my husband and kids. In the end, I doubt I will say "man, I wish I spent more time cleaning!"
- But still, I also want to keep a tidier home. I just need to utilize my time management skills better and know when to put down the broom and pick up my babies.
- Cultivate strong friendships. I have my good friends, but for the most part I keep to myself and my little family. Sometimes it's a relief because when I catch wind of the latest gossip that happens to be untrue, I'm glad I'm not friends with the crazies spreading rumors (and in Okinawa, there happen to be A LOT of crazies). But then sometimes it's very lonely and pretty boring. It is hard having all of these kids and no babysitter for a girls night out, but that's an easy excuse to use. A lot of the time I'm too tired, and a lot of the time I just don't try. I want to be a reliable friend. If the crap hits the fan, I want to leave this world with many good friends by my side.
- Finish the Bible. I've read bits and pieces of the bible throughout my life. I jump around from book to book and verse to verse. I have never read the entire Bible all the way through from beginning to end. In times of crisis, it is so important to have your faith to fall back on. Before the world ends, I want to have read the whole thing from Genesis to Revelations.
- Continue working towards my degree as I have been, just in case the world doesn't end.
- Avoid the negative people, because I do not want to spend my last days with anyone who can't find the humor and joy in the day to day more often than not.
- Keep up with the laundry. End of the world or not, I don't want to keep letting this happen
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