Antici... pation...

[fajrdrako]

dargie mentioned yesterday that she never makes New Year's Resolutions. I do. The past few years, it has been a joy and a delight for me to make New Year's Resolutions. This year, I found myself thinking about the subject a few days ago - but really, it's been percolating in my brain for weeks, along the lines of: next year, I'll make it a point to do that.

The question people tend to ask - "did you keep all your resolutions in 2006?" - seems to me a moot point. No, I did not floss my teeth every day, but I did a lot better than I would have if I'd made no effort, if it wasn't flagged as an item to remember and really try to do. This isn't passing/failing grade sort of thing, the point is to make myself an itemized reminder of how I want to live.

In 2005, I resolved to get rid of one thing each day. My life became delightfully uncluttered. Then in 2006 I seemed to accumulate things at a fast rate - okay! message received! Next year, I will once again get rid of one thing (at least) each day.

Perhaps I should make myself a limited list of resolutions. Say, a dozen items. A dozen good items. And dare I recycle my resolutions from last year? It feels like cheating, but that flossing item really should be there.

Comments

[justblue0162.livejournal.com]

In 2005, I resolved to get rid of one thing each day.

that's intriguing. what kinds of things did you get rid of?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I made it a point not to count things that were just trash. So there were things like old clothes, old books, odds and ends cluttering up my bathroom cabinet (like shampoos I didn't really like)... Magazines I read and discarded immediately, cans of food I could give to the Food Bank - nothing very exotic or valuable, but it was all extremely satisfying. Liberating, even.

[femme-slash-fan.livejournal.com]

Ooh... someone's been good!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I don't generally make resolutions about not being bad. I mean, some kinds of badness are good.

[femme-slash-fan.livejournal.com]

I guess so.