52 to Fabulous! - Pick a Wall

Well, my assignment this week for 52 to Fabulous was to pick one wall at a time and make it, well, fabulous! I'm making it my goal to go for one wall period, never mind 'at a time.' Here's the wall I see when I walk into my office. It is immediately to my left as I sit facing the computer. The adorable table would make a great staging area for using it and my limited desk space (since my desk is more of a 'computer' desk than a traditional desk with a work surface). Looking at it now, especially in a picture that the whole world could see, is a bit embarrassing.

Another goal that folds right into making this wall fabulous is that this is the spot that would be perfect for my personal altar or vision board. The vision board is one of the assignments I've missed on 52 to Fabulous, but I chose not to make it up right away because I want something I can display and be proud of, and right now I don't have a place to do that! We've talked about personal altars in my Cakes for the Queen of Heaven class. So no one is confused and thinks I'm practicing ritual sacrifice in my office, here's a brief description of a wiccan altar from Wikipedia:

The items brought to the altar may be a random assortment of personally significant items or a particular set with ritual significance. Traditionally, altar items may include but are not limited to: candles of significant colors, cups or bowls or cauldrons, small statues of gods and goddesses, a ritual knife which in most traditions must never be defiled by being used to cause damage, a wand, a bowl of salt, a bell, and possibly some crystals. The altar is usually covered in some sort of cloth. Some traditions separate the items on the altar into the four Greek classical elements, of earth, air, fire and water

Think of it as a collection of special things. On our altar at class we have pictures of important women to us, symbols of power, and goddess figures. I love the idea of it and think it would work well as a small part of my office (which is the most 'me' place in the house).

So my goal for the near future is to come up with an 'after picture to follow-up with this. Wish me luck!

52 to Fabulous!

Wow! I was surfing around to different blogs just now and found something I LOVED that I'm not entirely too late for! It's 52 to Fabulous! 52 weeks to fabulous-ness! There's a general theme for each month - making a different aspect of your life more fabulous than it was before. Sign me up!
The first weekly assignment was to recognize what you want. A nice big, three item list of some overall goals for the year (and I won't call them resolutions because, heck, it's practically the end of January, right?).
1. Consistently improve my business follow-up. What I'm holding in the back of my mind for #2 will certainly help this, but I'd like to be more consistent in doing what I should for my chocolate business. I'm doing okay so far, but I know I have plenty of room for improvement. Without spelling out all the little steps to this, just know I want to consistently stay in contact with my team members, hostesses and guests to facilitate more growth and satisfaction in my business.
2. Re-organize my office. Yeah. I know I've said this more than once, and I really hope hubby doesn't read this and think it's okay to yell at me for it again, but a more organized office would help me with, well, everything. As bad as it looks, I can still usually put my hands on the paperwork I need, but a new organizational system here would make it easier to keep track of my follow-up attempts and make them more uniform to everyone I try to stay in contact with going forward.
3. Do something regularly for myself. Okay, so that's really too vague for here, but I think it's what I'm trying to say for now. See, I almost said improve my fitness level, since I'd kind of like to exercise more. Then I almost made it getting caught up with my scrapbooks, but that's not really what I wanted entirely either (although I do want that too!). What I really want is to hold on to some sense of identity that is me. I'm feeling lost, somewhat, as a wife and a mother, but no longer a woman or as much of a friend or the other roles I've fulfilled in the past. I'm afraid of losing me, and I want to do something to stake claim to that on a regular basis. I hope that doesn't sound selfish.

Wow. So there's my top three - What a Girl Wants. I realize I'm going to have to hustle to make up my other two lost weeks, so I'll probably have more about this up on Saturday night. Be sure to check in and hold me accountable (everyone but hubby, please, on #2 ;) ).