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This is a way of making myself write something coherent and grammatically correct almost every day. I'm opinionated and need an outlet. I'm also prone to flights of fancy. Thanks for stopping by. |
| Is it that time again? When hope springs eternal in the human breast? At last, I'm going to lose weight, write the perfect novel, make a million bucks, find true love, discover a cure for the common cold, instill human kindness in the worst of mankind, and bring about world peace? I resolve to end hunger, disease, injustice, cruelty, racism, sexism, inequality, and intolerance, while at the same time finding personal liberty, happiness and freedom of expression. Well, okay, I'm overreaching. But years, no decades, of disappointments have caused me to be sarcastic and to be realistic. I've even gone the other extreme and had no resolutions whatsoever; that wasn't very satisfying either. I can only hope or resolve for things that I know I can control. For a very worldly example, last year I decided to make a bigger effort for nice manicures. I committed to spending the time and the money,so I could keep up with the professional women I know. But I'm a wreck when it comes to may hands. They don't make a gel tough enough for me. My nails were cracked and peeling and chipping in less than a week. They were getting shorter, not longer. And they're pretty rough on weak nails taking off the old stuff and putting on new. I settled for short natural colored nails. I just won't fit in. I can resolve to walk an hour every day, but I know I won't, so I won't promise myself. I did an exercise tape this year, 30 minutes a day, 6 days a week. After one month, I was continually sore and sort of quit. I do it once a month or so now. I have to find some other way to up the exercise, so my ratio of good to bad cholesterol will get my doctor off my back. (My good cholesterol is too low.) I'm not giving up; I just resolve to find something else to motivate me and get me moving regularly. I resolve to continue de-cluttering my life of physical things. It's been slower than I expected, but I will keep at it. I'm simplifying my holidays and family gatherings. I've already started letting them know I want less stress and responsibility. We have to change our traditions. I want to make another stab at formalizing or closing out my family history for both sides of my family. I resolve to continue writing in my blog as much as possible because I've found it helps clarify my thinking. I'm planning ahead to do NaNoWriMo again. My goal is to travel somewhere this year, if only for a long weekend. That's actually quite a bit. But I can always take stock and revise. Like everybody else, I want some good things for 2015. |
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