It's the first of the New Year. Welcome 2011.
I had planned to be done posting about Christmas by now, so I could start off the New Year with a clean slate - free to blog about the here and now. Despite the best of intentions, it turns out I just didn't get it done. I am perpetually behind, distracted, or just plain procrastinating. There is always a different reason, but the result is the same: I just cannot accomplish all that my idealistic mind wants to. So rather than struggle and resolve to "fix" myself over the coming year, I find it simpler to just accept who I am and all that is, and will remain, undone. Which brings me to the here and now, which is me, sitting in my mom's living room in front of the wood stove, blogging from my phone using a picture that I am (thankfully) unable to edit.
This year is going to be a big year for my little family. Some big things are for certain at this point, some are still up in the air, but no doubt I'll have plenty to blog about. And despite the fact that I didn't want to make any resolutions (mostly because I never keep them), I accidentally made some anyway. Accidental resolutions. Does anyone else have that problem?
Accidental resolution #1: Blog more often. Not only because I want to record the happenings of our little family, but also because it makes me feel good for some reason. And don't we all need more things in our lives that make us feel good?
Accidental resolution #2: Do more things that make me feel good. Just came up with that one...accidentally.
Accidental resolution #3: Learn to use my little camera better. Mostly so I can justify my desire for a bigger, better camera, but also so I can take better pictures of my family.
Accidental resolution #4: Listen more, talk less. I'm pretty sure I won't last long at this, but it's the thought that counts, right? Or is that only with gifts? Beth in particular is excited about this one because she says, and I really am quoting, "Then I can talk more." For real, she said that.
Accidental resolution #5: Stress less. Also another tough one for me, but I'll worry about that later. See? I'm already working on it.
I believe five accidental resolutions are more than enough to set me up for disappointment. I could have stopped with one and felt completely successful, but I'm not me if I'm not complicating things and setting unattainable goals. Like I said, there are just some parts of me that aren't worth the struggle to "fix," and I'm OK with that. At least for now. And the best part is I'm already one for one on the whole blogging resolution. Can't beat that!
If you blog at least once a week that will be an amazing 52 by the end of the year. Perhaps that will be my resolution. I should blog every Sunday since I am certainly not doing anything else (except cleaning my house, but who wants to do that). I will totally have to blog about my message board because it is sooooooooo cute! Can't wait to hang it up in it's cute little white washed frame...I am doing that 'talking more' thing aren't I? Looks like I am a champion at this whole resolution thing. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, Beth, you are a champion talker.
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