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Showing posts with label resolutions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label resolutions. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Happy New Year!
Hello everyone! I hope your lead-in to 2013 was fantabulous. Mine was a quiet affair, but fun anyway. I drank a few disappointing cocktails -- they were stupidly expensive and I could have done a better job of making them myself -- played a little pool, and watched some fireworks. We were right next to where the fireworks were being set off, so I leaned back against the car and watched the sky above me. Quite, quite wonderful.
I'm not much of a resolution maker. And besides, 2012 was pretty freakin' fantastic, so to try to set goals to beat it is going to be tough. But I know what I want the year to bring me. More writing. More books on shelves (whether real shelves or e-shelves). More fun times with friends and family. New places in the world to visit. Delicious food and an occasional scrummy chardonnay. A couple of adventures. Lots of acts of kindness. That'll do, I think.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Friday Favorites -- Getting set for the new year
I'm not usually one for making a long list of new year's resolutions. What I've found is that it's better to just come up with one simple idea and use it as a kind of "theme" for the year.
In 2012, my theme for the year is: Have more fun.
That's not to say that I didn't have any fun in 2011. It was a year that certainly came with its highlights (a big birthday party to start the year, a holiday in New Orleans, multiple trips to Hong Kong for work -- not to mention getting two books sold!). But it was also a year filled with a lot of very hard work.
Somewhere along the way, buried under lots of work and responsibilities, I feel like I lost a bit of my sense of fun. I think I noticed it most when I was part of the scavenger hunt back in Nov/Dec, because although I wouldn't want to spend my life doing exceptionally silly things like that, I really noticed how much fun I was having just playing around.
So, for 2012. More fun. More silliness. More spontaneity. More making an effort to get my bum off the couch even when I'm tired. Less worrying. Less work intruding into all hours of the day and night (and weekends). Less introspection, more insurrection!
In 2012, my theme for the year is: Have more fun.
That's not to say that I didn't have any fun in 2011. It was a year that certainly came with its highlights (a big birthday party to start the year, a holiday in New Orleans, multiple trips to Hong Kong for work -- not to mention getting two books sold!). But it was also a year filled with a lot of very hard work.
Somewhere along the way, buried under lots of work and responsibilities, I feel like I lost a bit of my sense of fun. I think I noticed it most when I was part of the scavenger hunt back in Nov/Dec, because although I wouldn't want to spend my life doing exceptionally silly things like that, I really noticed how much fun I was having just playing around.
So, for 2012. More fun. More silliness. More spontaneity. More making an effort to get my bum off the couch even when I'm tired. Less worrying. Less work intruding into all hours of the day and night (and weekends). Less introspection, more insurrection!
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