Okay, I give in, I'll list them...resolutions for the new year
Because i am the sort of person that actually needs to write things down for the sake of remembering and consciously being aware...I will record my list of goals for this BEAUTIFUL NEW YEAR.
For 2010, I resolve to do the following to the best of my ability:
1. to not buy any *NEW* clothes this year. (thrifted and handmade are okay)
(i really want to try to consume less. i have realized that target is my nemesis. especially before valentine's day when everything is pink and red, cute and polka dotted. therefore it is safest to not venture near, and to instead purchase the necessaries at local shops like i should have been doing all along!)
2. to learn to play guitar and autoharp.
(i have been given the opportunity so many times by my sweet patient husband. i am a total loser when it comes to practicing. but i want to do it, the desire is there, so that i can write my own songs...so...got...to....force....myself.....ugh....practice....learn....be good....)
3. to get off my duff sometimes. like, as often as possible. i'm not going to be all specific with requirements and thus jinx myself. (it can be fun stuff like hiking, swimming, riding bikes, playing hide and go seek, jumprope, hopscotch)
4. to read at least a book a week. (i've gotten lazy post-grad school. maybe i should even make myself write papers about the books i read. i know, i'm a geek, but that is the sort of thing that actually kinda makes me sparkle inside.)
5. to work hard on having baby. (hey, that's a fun one;) (think fertile thoughts for us please!)
6. Decide what to do next, as far as big life things go, and take steps toward pursuing this. (whether it means getting a teaching job or applying for a PhD or moving to Missoula or sailing around the world, seriously MAKE IT START!)
7. Be as loving, loveable, open minded, sweet, fun, intelligent and wise as I can possibly be. In other words, grow, always forever grow grow grow as a human being. This is the big one, the one that always flows under everything else, the one thing that means the most, cause YOU ONLY GET TO LIVE ONCE. and i want to make it the best possible life i can imagine!
For 2010, I resolve to do the following to the best of my ability:
1. to not buy any *NEW* clothes this year. (thrifted and handmade are okay)
(i really want to try to consume less. i have realized that target is my nemesis. especially before valentine's day when everything is pink and red, cute and polka dotted. therefore it is safest to not venture near, and to instead purchase the necessaries at local shops like i should have been doing all along!)
2. to learn to play guitar and autoharp.
(i have been given the opportunity so many times by my sweet patient husband. i am a total loser when it comes to practicing. but i want to do it, the desire is there, so that i can write my own songs...so...got...to....force....myself.....ugh....practice....learn....be good....)
3. to get off my duff sometimes. like, as often as possible. i'm not going to be all specific with requirements and thus jinx myself. (it can be fun stuff like hiking, swimming, riding bikes, playing hide and go seek, jumprope, hopscotch)
4. to read at least a book a week. (i've gotten lazy post-grad school. maybe i should even make myself write papers about the books i read. i know, i'm a geek, but that is the sort of thing that actually kinda makes me sparkle inside.)
5. to work hard on having baby. (hey, that's a fun one;) (think fertile thoughts for us please!)
6. Decide what to do next, as far as big life things go, and take steps toward pursuing this. (whether it means getting a teaching job or applying for a PhD or moving to Missoula or sailing around the world, seriously MAKE IT START!)
7. Be as loving, loveable, open minded, sweet, fun, intelligent and wise as I can possibly be. In other words, grow, always forever grow grow grow as a human being. This is the big one, the one that always flows under everything else, the one thing that means the most, cause YOU ONLY GET TO LIVE ONCE. and i want to make it the best possible life i can imagine!
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also i am adding the guitar one to my list, or piano?!?!
Hey, make one of those books a book club book please :-)
I know, if I even go into Target there is no was in hell I am leaving without at least one new item of clothing for myself.