12-27-2018, 10:51 AM
Every year I make the same resolutions (get fit, read more, write a book, save money, explore the outdoors, don't wait until every pot, pan, glass, and dish is dirty and piled up in the sink before I do the dishes) and fail to keep them. Sigh.
Maybe the problem isn't me, but the fact I make too many generic resolutions so that it becomes hopelessly tiresome, redundant, and uninspiring. (<--Little voice in my head doing a con job on my inner spirit.) I need fewer resolutions. Newer resolutions. Some very specific resolutions. Achievable resolutions.
1) Fitness: Get down on the carpet and get licked in the face while wrestling with the dogs. I feel this is a very achievable goal if I don't
allow life's distractions to occupy my thoughts. Sure I can take them now since they're only 5-month old puppies but like Velociraptors they'll learn to fight as a team mandating I keep fit to maintain my status as pack leader. Challenge accepted.
2) Travel: The girls, aka Biscuit & Gravy, got matching pink jackets this Christmas and they look smashing wagging their tails and tugging
on their pink tandem leash as they search the snow for deer poops. Twice daily walks should suffice.
3) Weather: Go outside whenever it rains and observe the world. (Ditto when it's not raining.)
Okay, that's it. I'm focused. 2019 should be a really good year. And it sure can't hurt that I now have a dishwasher!
Maybe the problem isn't me, but the fact I make too many generic resolutions so that it becomes hopelessly tiresome, redundant, and uninspiring. (<--Little voice in my head doing a con job on my inner spirit.) I need fewer resolutions. Newer resolutions. Some very specific resolutions. Achievable resolutions.
1) Fitness: Get down on the carpet and get licked in the face while wrestling with the dogs. I feel this is a very achievable goal if I don't
allow life's distractions to occupy my thoughts. Sure I can take them now since they're only 5-month old puppies but like Velociraptors they'll learn to fight as a team mandating I keep fit to maintain my status as pack leader. Challenge accepted.
2) Travel: The girls, aka Biscuit & Gravy, got matching pink jackets this Christmas and they look smashing wagging their tails and tugging
on their pink tandem leash as they search the snow for deer poops. Twice daily walks should suffice.
3) Weather: Go outside whenever it rains and observe the world. (Ditto when it's not raining.)
Okay, that's it. I'm focused. 2019 should be a really good year. And it sure can't hurt that I now have a dishwasher!