Another reason I simply adore the Christmas holiday is that my work slows down about a week before the big day itself, and then I just take off until the first full week after the New Year. You see, no one can fire me. For that matter, getting a raise isn't easy either.
I do go by the office and mess up things, leave the tap running as it is 10 degrees in Nashville right now, and check the mail. I also did manage to go and get some tutoring from my Apple genius guy. He has set up a new blog for me. I enter my post in each spot and next week, this rusty old unused thing will be a thing of the past. My blog will be new! And if I keep it up, it will be active and lively.
When I started I got 100 comments the first day. The second entry got 180 comments. Now, I am grateful for the two of you that noticed I am still alive. Hmm, is this my fault. YES! But let's just see what happens.
With that said, I am going to put my resolutions down in writing. I am told that if you actually write down your intentions, the chance of them becoming reality is greater. Apparantly this action helps one to commit. So here I go.
First, I have to say I like making New Years resolutions. I usually do commit to at least one with some degree of seriousness. The first time I realized this was when I gave up sugar in my coffee about 100 years ago. It stuck. I cannot imagine having sugar in my morning ritual of coffe these days.
Anyway, first and foremost I am resolving to writing in my blog several times a week. I think this will be good me on many levels. Blogging will be good for my soul, and for my business too. I think I will find that I learn a lot from spelling and proofreading, photography and discipline.
I really really want to commit to writing thank you notes.
I have purchased the required new stationery, pens, and today I will purchase pretty stamps. A note can take a few minutes to write and it feels good on so many levels. How often do you get a handwritten letter in the mail? Mine are far and few between. They mean so much and it is just one little dose of kindness that is so simple. Such a small thing, and I hope this becomes a habit for me.
I have been working on this next resolution for a bit now, and that is to finish what I start. How many unfinished projects are in my life? I cannot evn count that high! This is the current albatross staring me in the face.
Tradition dictates that a jigsaw puzzle, with a degree of difficulty, graces the home at Christmas. Of course it cannot begin until parties ane finished, dinners are served and the big dining room table is vacant. That means it was only brought out on January 1st. Ye fathers! This year I am the lone puzzle person. This puzzle is a devil. And now that it is 10 degrees, all my layers of clothes impede my progress. My sleeves catch pieces. And then there is the cat. He has to sleep anywhere that there might me some action. Check back with me in a month.
And finally, I want to take some time each morning to work on me. I have some serious health issues. I will save the details for some other day. It might bore you to tears. However, I am a morning person. The house is quiet and still, and I love that time of day. I want to read and try to keep a journal. There are some that feel you can heal yourself with searching deep inside. Our bodies are amazing things and baraometers of what is happening in our lives. I have tried lots of things to find the key to the mysterious and hidious auto-immune disease that has invaded my life. I get frustrated and I have a hard time giving into just taking medicine and not understanding the what and the why of it all.
I will continue with the doctors, the eastern medicine, and now I am going to really go for the soul searching.
So what do you have in mind for 2010? How much change do you want in your life. How much can you commit to. Share! It is hard enough just to put it in writing. I think it will be harder to commit.
I will revisit this in March and let you know how it is going. We could do it together.
Warm. Fuzzy.