I'm a resolution writer. Mom had our family making yearly goals for as long as I could write sentences. As a teenager, it annoyed me - completely. I whined and griped and carried-on like a 2-year old throwing a temper-tantrum when she had us sit down at the kitchen table and make our list. As a pretend adult, like many other things, I realize Mom might have known best. Plain and simple, goals help me get things done. And although I like to wander, I also find fulfillment in accomplishment and dream finding. Try as I might, lofty ambitions don't fall in my lap. I have to work for them. And having goals has been an motivator and encourager. Probably more than anything, goals are great reminder of where I'd like to be and some options on how to get there.
I had five specific resolutions for 2010, each of various forms - volunteering, 10:30pm bedtime, making time for daily meditation and prayer, etc - some of which I followed through on, some I barely did, and the whole get more sleep thing... not even close. But I also had an overall resolution. I borrowed it from a fellow blogger at The Adventure Monkey. He completely inspired me throughout the past year, and I wanted to once again share his mantra - as a reminder of how I lived a life worth living in 2010, and how to continue doing so in 2011:
'Today I refilled my little desk calendar with 365 more days. All the sudden, I had a moment. "This was a pretty good year," I thought. I need to do things for real on this next set of pages. I need divine inspiration, a spark of ingenuity to turn these ideas of mine into actions. I can't bear to live in this cage and change the calendar in 365 days. I am going to go for it next year. I will live as it is for an important reason, a purpose. I will not give up... This is the year that ideas must turn into actions. These next 365 days I dedicate to a life worth living.'
The first resolution of this year is to cancel my Netflix account. I found a direct correlation between how many movies watched in a month to how little I blogged in the same month. It pretty much took over my evenings, sleep, and social life. So effective today, no more discs in the mail. Or instant watch. Or... okay, I miss it already.
But it feels good to blog again. More frequent blogging is a goal as well. A little dose of free-time and inspiration can go a long way.
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