I never really start my resolutions in earnest on January 1 -- I usually have Epiphany resolutions instead. This is partially because I usually make food-related resolutions and the Christmas season is the wrong time for austerity. But now -- ho ho! -- let the sprouted lentil burgers begin!
Even though it's the eighth of January I have more musings than firm resolutions. I should make some decisions, because resolving to do All The Things is a good way to do none of them.
Top of the list: tend the body. The brain works better when it's fueled better. I have been hitting the eggnog and chocolates, with the result that small slights are magnified, my absent-mindedness is amplified, and my stupid pants are snug again. My plan is to give up sugar until Valentine's Day, and eat veggies at every lunch and dinner.
Dinner is much on my mind, actually. 2011 was a good year on the self-discipline front, but it still feels s-l-o-w, you know? I have a good morning routine down and I'd like to get an evening routine in place as well. Evening is harder because everybody's more tired and fractious.
I am envisioning 2012 as a year of finishing things. I have a bad habit of buying religious books and then not reading them, and I have several unfinished items on my Kindle. I'd like to knock out some of the book backlog. I also have something crazy like 12 projects on the needles. This year I'd like to finish all the knitting I currently have in the works and keep my knitting-related expenditures <$30. Ideally, I'd also make the sweater I bought yarn for when my neighborhood yarn store closed, but I wont' get carried away. One of my WIPs is an Autumn Rose, which I think is a stunning design but which is very very slow -- 7.5 stitches and 8 rows to the inch.
I've also been wondering what might happen if I spent 15 minutes a day trying to make my home more beautiful. I requested a Pinterest invite for inspiration (because CLEARLY the solution to the lingering ugly spots around my house is for me to spend more time on the internet). How does a person get started on Pinterest?
And one more: I -- heavy, heavy sigh-- am way behind on pictures. The last albumified pictures are from late August 2010. Uuuuuggggghhhhhhhhh, she groaned. I should just buckle down and put in 15 minutes a day on pictures.
Now that I've finished both of the projects I started in 2000 (Dickens and Shakespeare) I need something new to take me into my 50s. Any ideas? My dad suggested Mark Twain but he doesn't speak to my soul like Dickens and Shakespeare and I'm not sure I want to spend ten years on him. Any resolutions of your own you'd like to share?
Part of my evening routine is going to be dealing with personal email, which I allow to pile in a frustratingly consistent manner. Perhaps 2012 will be the year in which I become an email ninja. Kapow! Kerbang! Inbox zero, yet again.
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