Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Commandments of Alice

January 12, 2012

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I personalized my planner to reflect some things I want to remember to help myself in this new year.

I read The Happiness Project last year and it was so eye opening and also life changing – made me really think about how I view people, things, money, and myself. And it was like a call to change what I could about myself which I’ve talked about before. But it’s hard to do that without a plan – this gives a plan of action. You can follow her resolutions or really think about it and make up your own – small ones and make them concrete not abstract – and change what you can about your life. Anyway, just read the book and you’ll see what I mean and make up your own mind.

So, in the book she came up with her twelve personal commandments – principles to help her as she moved through her life and through the changes she wanted to achieve. I’ve thought a lot about this over the last year and I finally arrived at mine. Here they are:

1. Be Alice

2. Don’t compare yourself to others

3. Act on problems as they arise

4. Let go of the past and forgive as you go

5. No one right way

6. No magic pill

7. Do the work to make things happen

8. Don’t be so hard on yourself

Another I had thought of later was, “Don’t panic first – see what needs to be done and form a plan”. That one kind of ties in to “Act on problems as they arise” because usually I panic first in a crisis. Sometimes it really IS a crisis and you have to act quickly, but usually we have time to think about what is going on and what we want to do about it.

Okay, so back to the planner. I loved the favorite things cover and I thought about writing down my favorite things, but it sounded like I was a 48 year old in a teenager’s body – kwim? Then I was going to get another cover, but it just didn’t feel right. That’s when it hit me – put down your commandments for the Happiness Project!! And that’s what I did and it came out beautifully and those things are starting to get into my mind and pop up when I need to hear them. My planner will not only serve as a place to put events, menu planning, and all those other organizing details, but also as a place to remind myself of who I want to become.

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On January 13, 2012 at 7:05 AM, dxprog said:

Just "Don't Panic" in large friendly letters would've sufficed: http://i.imgur.com/Cv8Xt.jpg" style="max-width:582px; padding:10px 0;" />
I would like to say that this is my motto, but given the recent... unpleasantness, we all know that's not true >_>
Oh, yeah. And I can put pictures in your comments now. HA! HA!

On January 14, 2012 at 12:20 PM, java_queen said:

Hehehe! Although, really, I probably should be scared you can put pictures in the comments right? Hmmmm.

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