Writing more, right when I have the impulse and fresh inspiration, rather than waiting for a "good" time.

This one is kind of a no-brainer for me, although I've been struggling with it for a year. I lost the impulse to grab those little funny moments or things that touched my heart and bring them here, to the place where I can point the kids and say - see! I totally was room mother that year or you did too kick your own butt.

Cutting out the gratuitous profanity in my daily speech.

Oh my &@#(*@&(!!!@! is this one hard for me. I am fluent in profanity, and I've become lazy in my descriptive language, often slinging in a salty phrase instead of actually making my brain find something better. I cuss in front of kids too much - and while they can conjugate my most commonly spewed oaths (who's a good mom? WHO?) I'd rather not have them be THOSE kids on the playground.

Taking my health seriously - both emotional and physical health.

I'm tired of being exhausted, mentally and physically. My husband and I are both showing signs that our health is deteriorating from carrying around a bunch of excess body fat and our lack of daily exercise is taking a toll. I've resurrected Big Slice to explore this topic in more depth - stay tuned for that. I'm not going to link it here for a while. It's for me, for now.

Putting my responsibilities to my family and home first, at least most of the time.

I know this should be a big DUH but I am a crappy multitasker who tends to put out the closest fire, rather than systematically trimming the vegetation and watching the sparks to prevent the fires in the first place. I have a good start on this, but it is a daily struggle.

Writing real, honest-to-God letters to people who I love but am lazy about staying in contact with because they don't 'do' email or social media, monthly.

Despite my endless championing of keeping in touch electronically, there are still some people in my life who are all internetwhooza? I have been lazy about reaching out - and am realizing that emoticons and internet acronyms don't necessarily translate in letters to people outside this crazy online universe. Coupled with the fact that I tend to save letters in a special box in my home, and email just stays in cyber-exile, I think a real letter or card means more. And I'm going to send 'em.