did she make it?

At the beginning of the month, while on the couch recovering from the whopping panic attack, I decided I would start a practice of giving myself a few monthly challenges (inspired by Kimberly Wilson), picked from a list of things I've been meaning to get to. Rather than set a number of them and try to squish them all in, I let myself pick out ones that drew me as I went along. After my manager-realization moment, one of my goals was to shut over-active inner manager the hell up - this approach helped accomplish that quite nicely.

So - after putting my rambunctious inner manager in time out (that would be the first), I got down to:

Learning to play guitar - bought my first guitar last week, and am loving it, in spite of the sore fingers.

Packing bento - I've had my Hello Kitty bento box since August, but had yet to fill it. This is going to become an obsession, and I've even decided to start a bento blog. (I know, I work from home, which might make such a portable lunch seem pointless. Here's a peek into why they work well for those who do. Plus, it allows me a relaxing, creative start to the day.)

Giving the FlyLady system an honest go - I really only got down to this over the past two weeks, and was sick for one of those, but this 15-minutes-a-day thing really works. We even have organized kitchen drawers and a clean front yard now. (Hold on - - the earth's going to stop for a second....)

And - duh duh dunhhhhh - get a plan together for really launching this business in a way that's true to who Trey and I are. Done, done, and done. We're ready to go.

Panic attack and icky cold considered, I'm really pleased. That might seem like a short list, but each item encompassed a lot - from becoming a little more organized in my approach to allowing myself to move fun to the forefront. Over the next day or two, I'll post April's to-try list (meant to do that for this month, but forgot - how ironic).