So, I have never in my life set New Year's resolutions.
Not quite sure why that is.
Maybe it's because I am always setting goals for myself, so I've never felt the need (and maybe felt some aversion) to sit down at a time of the year when everyone else is.
Maybe I've always been too busy enjoying family and school breaks.
Maybe part of it is that I have this perception (right or wrong) that there is a tendency with these resolutions to always say "lose weight". I've always been happy with myself and my body (though I'm sure there have been weight fluxuations, I wouldn't know, I've never owned a scale). I've always thought it unhealthy for people to have a weight goal year after year.
As unkind as it is I have kind of scorned those who set goals just because it was the time of year it was expected.
Hopefully I have emerged somewhat from that train of thought.
Yes, it is good to set goals constantly...but the beginning of the new year is a good time too, right?
So here's my first stab at it:
1. I want to be more kind. I have a flaw in that I tend towards the cynical. I don't always focus on the good in people. I want to do better at seeing and feeling the good.
2. I want to dust off my drawing talent. I haven't used it in a while. Luckily I happen to have just increased my display square footage dramatically...time to get to work and fill it.
3. I need to be nicer to Curt. Sometimes I'm grumpy when I don't mean to be. I'm a very self contained person, and Curt sometimes feels the need to prod to get out some of what I'm thinking/feeling...which sometimes leads to my lashing out "leave me be". Many times I rue that because I know that he's just trying to understand me better like a good husband should.
4. I want to clean my house more. I enjoy cleaning. I just happen to like my projects better, and I always have a million of them going on. Projects=making mess. I need to slow down and create a better habit now, before that future time when I have kids and it will be many times harder.
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