A Brand New Year

So, 2011 kind of sucked.  I won't go into all of the reasons why, but trust me, it sucked.  So. 2012 is here and it's time to make some resolutions.

Generally speaking, resolutions don't work very well for me.  I find them to be a lot of pressure and often a bit too vague for me to figure out how to accomplish them.  For example, I'd like to "Be more present".....WTH?  Like that is going to lead to any day to day life differences.  So here is what I'm thinking -

1.  Have a certain (undisclosed) dollar amount in savings by the end of the year.

2. Overcome at least one selfish or slothful inclination every day.

3. Go on more field trips.  Hmmm....too vague.  Go on at least one field trip each month.  That's better.

4. Start the Christmas knitting much much sooner....I'd be more specific, but I need to finish last year's Christmas knitting before I can make a real game plan for that.

5. On the first of each month, make a list of at least 4 concrete goals for that month (1 per week-ish?)...I guess I'd better come up with January goals.

6. Okay, I have to include one vague bit of touchy-feely nonsense - Develop a better sense of self and learn to determine which thoughts and ideals are coming from me and which are an attempt to live up to someone else's expectations.....don't ask me to explain what I mean, I won't do it.  But I feel compelled to clarify that by "someone else" I certainly don't mean the Church or God and I am not becoming a humanist. 

7.  Blog more....minimum of one post per month perhaps?

I think I'm going to leave it at that for now for my New Year's resolutions.  I was considering listing my January  goals here, but I don't want to feel compelled to come back and explain why I may not have accomplished them.

This was a boring blog post, but oh well.  It's a start.