happy new year!
well, resolution time is here.
come on… it’s okay… you can come out from under the covers. it’s going to be good, i promise.
i realize that there are many different types of “resolution makers.” there are those who can’t wait to make these fresh-start vows and imagine all the grandness of the next twelve months as a thinner, healthier, more energetic person, just bursting with happiness. (yes, i really do look at new beginnings that way. quite a sap, aren’t i?) then there are the type that, well, won’t make a single resolution at all - won’t even utter the word resolution - since they believe they are doomed to failure and can’t see the benefit of starting out a year with fresh failings under their belts. (my husband, gary, falls into this category.)
okay - assuming you are normal, you probably fall between these two extremes. so what would be some fun resolutions that are within the realm of the attainable and also contribute to personal growth and joy?
(drumroll please…) here’s my list. please, feel free to add your ideas (or anti-resolution propaganda) to the comments.
julie’s new years resolutions for 2009:
1.) read at least one book that you have always wanted to read, know you should read, pretend to have read when it comes up at parties, but have never bothered to remove from the book shelf and dust off. (for me, this might be the biography of Diane Arbus which has sat (partially read) on my shelf for over 20 years. once a boy i was dating had the audacity to ask me if i really read that book, or just kept it out to make people think i was very cultured and literate. of course i lied and said i had read every word. i still have the book. who knows where that boy is. making some poor woman miserable, i suspect…
2.) stop dwelling on getting older. this is a big one for me, since i’m probably a little (okay - a lot) older than i like to realize. i really haven’t changed since i got married at age 24. but as i’ve added numbers to my chronological age, i’ve worried that maybe it’s long past due for me to “act my age.” but the truth is - and this is the big philosophical truth of resolution numero deux - there is no significant meaning to a person’s numerical age. have you ever looked at a picture of your parents at the age you are now? i mean - come on! thank goodness there are no laws that require that you must wear a boufant once you turn 30. you can wear a boufant whenever and wherever you want. age has nothing to do with it.
3.) this is the last one. (it’s best not to go overboard.) number three is to stop worrying. yes, there is an international financial crisis, yes, terrorists are plotting against all the good people of the world, but incredibly wonderful things can happen to each of us every single day. maybe more than once a day!!! have you ever done something nice for someone who wasn’t expecting it? (of course you have, you read this blog so i know you are a good person…) well, do you remember how it felt? not just for them to receive your act of kindness, but for you to have done it. at that moment, did finance or terrorism matter? it’s ridiculous to worry about those kinds of things. so be happy. buy a great vintage dress from eBay. take the money you’ve been saving for plywood to board up your windows, and take a tropical vacation. when the time comes, there will be plenty of plywood - trust me.
happy new year!
julie
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