Yeah, so I’ve been back from my vacation for about a month now and have been meaning to update the blog, but I just haven’t done it. While it is easy to blame “needing to get caught up” as the source of my slacker ways, it’s actually probably more due my terrible habit of procrastinating. If I can put off doing something, I will, and this terrible habit has tripped me up more than once in my life.
So here’s what REALLY scares me about procrastination, not to mention my other not-so-great habits—that my darling son will end up with the same bad habits because he has watched him mom delay finishing projects, ruin her dinner with cookies or candy, indulge in far too much television, oversleep, etc. Obviously, we want to raise our children to have good, healthy habits, but how do we manage to do so when we parents are modeling bad habits?
In my quest to put off writing this post, I ran across another blogger who had listed the top 10 good habits he wanted to foster in his children:
1-Be health-conscious and eat right
2-Get plenty of rest
3-Become a good reader
4-Be truthful
5-Work hard
6-Be financially wise
7-Have fun and be silly
8-Try new things
9-Exercise your creativity
10-Be a leader
I absolutely agree with all ten and the good news is that I already posses many of those listed habits. It’s a relief in a way to know that I already model some great habits, and taking small steps to change my not-so-good habits will hopefully help me teach my son not to be a career procrastinator, etc. Easier said than done, but hey, I’ve almost finished this post, right? It’s the little things!
Do you agree with all ten? What would you add to the list? What bad habit do you have that you don’t want your children to have?
