a day late and a dollar short
so it is Jan 2nd and I am talking about new years
resolutions, just one day late, but to be clear, I jotted some of these down
over the last few days
and a dollar short - just finished a tally of
income/expenses for the last year, whoa very enlightening - to see that we
spent that much money - to see that I worked all year for that pittance amount
- maybe enlightening is not the right word…
but back to the resolutions/ideas of things to do better this
year/and excuses why they probably won't get done
lets face it, how many new years resolutions get
accomplished, honestly?
lose weight, save money, you know how it goes, everyone has
ideas posted on blogs and facebook etc., this time of year, so here are my
thoughts
less clutter - more space
less chair - more trail
less coffee - more water
less junk - more fruit
less surfing - more doing
less sitting – more standing
less standing – more walking
less solitaire - more social
less good intentions - more just
do it
less hoarding - more giving
less facebook - more talking
less carpet - more beach
less work - more play
less texts - more hugs
change the view from looking out
to being out
photograph something awesome
climb a mountain
create something beautiful and give it away
teach a craft
write a story
stop and smell the roses (but wait I can't grow roses), or stop
and gaze at the mountaintops in the distance or watch the water flow in the
stream or feel the soft pine straw underfoot on a trail or listen to the wind in
the trees
as usual when making a list of resolutions, so many ideas
flow out, only to be too many to accomplish and overwhelming, so just pick one
or two, or if you like to make lists/organize then put them in order and start
at the top, but you gotta try, if all of these ideas came out of your
mind/subconscious then deep down these are things you really want to do, right?
I know, day-to-day it is all about working and chores and repetitive menial
tasks that will get in the way of your resolutions/ideas/dreams
so at this crossroad of old and new years, take a step back
and look at the big picture, think about a year from now, will you be writing
down these same wishes once again because you didn't accomplish any of them
this year?
go ahead, pick one and just do it
you will be glad you did
and check back next year so you can cross it off the list
and have fun, isn't that why they say Happy New Year!
