Little Notes that Help

Wow, has it been a long time since I've blogged.  The time has just gotten away from me.  My computer has been on the fritz so I can only get on the internet when my son's school computer is available.  It's probably not good form for a home school mom to kick her son off of his school computer so she can blog so I haven't gotten to blog.  My oldest son, Jason, switched from home schooling to virtual schooling this year so it has been quite a transition year for us.  He has spent a lot of time on his school computer and I have spent a lot of time helping him get used to his new school habits.  His semester comes to an end on January 11th so we have been working incredibly hard to get him up to date on all of his work. Then, on top of keeping him up to date on his school work there has been wrapping, cooking, baking, shopping, homeschooling the other 3 kids, chasing the one-year-old, cleaning and I don't even remember what else.  It's been a busy month.

That busy time has made it very easy to grab whatever is available to eat at the moment.  After a couple of weeks of eating too much of the wrong things I started leaving myself little notes.  My kids opened the cupboards the other day and laughed.  I was in the living room and had no idea what was so funny.  I heard them discussing whatever was so silly and realized that they were laughing at my little note. I was finding myself opening the cupboards to search for something to eat many times each day. In order to remind myself that I should stay out of the cupboards I wrote myself a quick note. I grabbed a post-it and wrote, "Christmas is coming!"  That is my little reminder that I want to look and feel good for Christmas.  I don't want to eat everything in the cupboards and if I keep myself in check I will be rewarded at Christmas when I fit into my clothes comfortably and don't feel guilty by eating a cookie or two.

Since writing that little note I have seen it often. I have opened the cupboard, read my note and closed it back up without removing anything.  Not only did I keep the food in the cupboard instead of in my mouth but I felt good about my decision because I was reminded of why I was making the right decision.

I have used this "Little Note System" in the past and have found that it works well until the note becomes too old.  When the note becomes so old that I no longer notice that it's there because it's just part of the decor, then I need to change the place and message on the note. For now, it's still working.  Since there is only one week until Christmas, when it comes time to change it, it will be old news anyway.

I hope you are all doing well.  As Jason gets more of his school work done I will try to get more access to his computer and try blogging more often.

Have a great day,
Corinna

"My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry." -James 1:19