In a blink of an eye, Christmas is over and the New Year approaches. Once again I spent the holiday stressing wondering how I would get my decorating and shopping done and get the gifts out in time. I never seem to begin enjoying myself until Christmas Eve.
Now it’s on to New Years and all I can think about is the infamous making of the resolution. The whole idea of it causes a new source of anxiety. I find myself looking back on resolutions of previous years. Have I ever followed through on one? I must not have because I’m certainly not rich enough; thin enough, well traveled, a great humanitarian or even bilingual. Let’s not even mention the smoking. If someone ere to lay odds on my keeping this years resolution it would be considered a “long shot”.
I can take the cowards way out and resolve not to make a resolution. Too trite. So now what?
Next year, I don’t want to find myself focusing on my failures instead of my accomplishments. The only answer that comes to mind is baby steps. So the plan is to write a list of things I’d like to change and start working in that direction.
Step 1 is to write that list. Maybe tomorrow.