Every year, about this time, we all look at the year ahead with the hope of a fresh start and go about making our new year's resolutions. I don't think I've ever managed to keep one of mine and every year I think, 'This is the year I will succeed!' But by the time March rolls around, they usually fall by the wayside. Let's take, for instance, 2011. I decided to keep track every day of something I learned, something for which I was thankful, and something beautiful I saw that day. I think I made it until the 12th of January before I got too far behind to catch up.
Regardless, I'm not making resolutions this year. I'm going to think of them more as guidelines. I want to read more, worry less, drink more wine and less coke, try new recipes, do less laundry, waste less produce, volunteer more, keep my nails painted, sit on the porch and look at the stars, learn to like tomatoes, do jigsaw puzzles regularly, actually use the kayak I bought myself, visit more museums, do more people watching, finish writing the book I started two years ago, plant a garden (or at least some flowers out front!), laugh more, blog more, love more, and just try to keep it all together.
So far I'm doing pretty well on some: I'm in the middle of my third book of the year already and I just repainted my nails from dark brown to a bright fuschia-ish color with sparkles! Unfortunately, I did have to throw away a zucchini and a yellow squash today because they had gone bad since Christmas. That put me in a foul mood because I had planned on using them for dinner, but it was nothing a little stir fry couldn't save.
But hey, if this is the year we're all gonna die anyway, I'm probably not going to try too hard. Except on the book thing...so many to read before doomsday!
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