A Few Questions and Thoughts

First, I haven't been posting as frequently as I'd like. I have all sorts of excuses, but really they don't matter. What's the real reason, not excuse. Why am I not posting "Something Each Day"?

I think I've forgotten my original hope of what I wanted to accomplish with this blog. I wanted to LITERALLY do at least one thing each day, and then report, to get me closer to my goal of having a year supply of meals. I can honestly say, I have been doing things daily. I just haven't been posting each day. I think I have been feeling that if I don't have a big story or happening to share, it's not worth typing up. But I'm recognizing that by not documenting even the smallest accomplishments each day, I'm losing track of the days AND my check lists. Which leads me to my next question.

Second, I am WAY behind in my Bag Meals. What is keeping me from my self-imposed deadlines?

Poor planning, and poor task tracking. As I said above, I'm doing stuff everyday. But I'm not consciously or physically planning ahead or tracking all that I'm doing. And not EVERYTHING I do pertains to my big picture goal. Making it easy to spend too much time and energy on things that, yes make my home nicer, but may not get me to a year supply in the time frame I'd like. So...

Third, where is my focus?

I need to keep reminding myself, when I am idle or start in on a project that takes away from time and money that could be better spent on food storage meals, the feelings I had when I was first inspired and prompted to begin this quest. I felt a sense of urgency and importance towards this goal of an organized and full year supply of food. I know this is important for me to be doing. Whether we will need it immediately or not, I don't know. Maybe I just need to do this, to learn better organization skills and to show myself what I'm capable of. In any case, I have got to stay focused if I'm going to succeed at this venture.

From now on, no matter how big or small, a daily post will be at the top of my priorities. I will make better use of my calendar, planning ahead, listing my tasks for the day to day, and then using my posts to report on successes and failures. If I set a deadline for something, the tasks I need to accomplish in the days leading up to that deadline, will be scheduled out too. I will put those tasks up in my kitchen to help me be reminded and stay focused and on task.

Being a mom of three toddlers, having the Christmas season performances for Kismet sneaking up, and getting ready for and celebrating birthdays and the holidays with my husband and kids, has me feeling distracted from and frazzled towards this project. They are all GOOD distractions but still... I can't completely neglect my goal just because something outside my normal day is going on. If I can re-focus and stick to this new approach towards a year of food for my family, I think we'll be GOLDEN!