Jan
11

One Little Word 2012 – Discipline

Posted by DeAnna

Yes, my word is discipline. I was contemplating what my word would be about six weeks before the new year. I thought about what I wanted, how my word from 2011 affected me and what more I wanted to accomplish. I knew that in the beginning of the year I definitely concentrated on my word and made things happen in that direction. As the year progressed, I lost focus. I concentrated on class projects and barely got any of my own scrapbooking done. I didn’t blog enough. I didn’t do this or do that. Of course the last six, seven weeks of 2011 I was kind of incapacitated, but still.

See, I procrastinate. A lot. And I mean, A LOT. I wanted to do some research and find the antonym for procrastinate. I found some weird words. I mean, really weird. Like Churchillian and precipitancy. Huh?? So I kept searching and I landed on THIS site that made me sit up straight and say “YES!”. I knew I had found it. It resonated in a way that was profound. Already!

So here is what I plan to do. Since I am not able to take the class this year, I have scheduled in my calendar a day each month to review the prompts from last year’s class (especially since I didn’t complete it – boo). Once I have reviewed the materials I will set a date to have it completed by. I am also setting aside time in my calendar to catch up on Project Life every two weeks so I don’t ever get too far behind (although I haven’t decided if I will share my PL pages, or if I do whether it will be bi-weekly or weekly, etc.).

If I want to sit and play a game on the iPad (which my husband won at work and thankfully he already had his own so by default it became mine, even if I have to share it with the boys every now and then!), I am going to try to remember to set a timer. Because I could sit there for hours saying “oh, just one more”…

I also searched Pinterest for some cool typography images. I found this one, which is SO true:

Source: lostinamerica.tumblr.com via Hannah on Pinterest

A search on Google got me the quote “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments.” Jim Rohn I will be creating a canvas with this quote on it that I can hang in my den (which is where I work and scrap). Someone seriously needs to create a typography poster with this quote on it…

Anyway, that’s my OLW post for the year. I would like to share my monthly prompts from last year’s class once they are done each month as well. Why not share your OLW in the comments? I’d love to hear what others are choosing to focus on this year…

DeAnna

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