2010 was the best year ever. Really, it’s going to be tough to beat. As I try to think about what I want 2011 to bring I get a little weird. There are some things I’m going to try to do because I think I should. I'm going to list them here to make them real. They have nothing to do with the best thing I did today, but I think if I do them during this year, they will pop-up here on the blog.
1. I’m going to try to worry less. Lately, I worry in triplicate. I’m a worrier anyway, but it has just gotten out of control. How am I going to manage this? I have no idea. I will find a way. Maybe I just need to find the joy in each moment instead of rushing to the next problem….hmmmm.
2. I’m going to try to do something charitable once a month. People need help and good people help each other. I want to be “good people”.
3. I’m going to take vitamins. I am over 40 and my bones are achy and my hair is falling out. I need to take vitamins. I am scared of pills….any pills (except ibuprofen…which is also bad for me but what a beautiful little drug). Seriously, who is scared of taking vitamins?
4. I’m going to try to slow down. Sometimes I think about so many things at once, that I can’t think of words like…I don’t know…bowl. Let’s say I’m in the kitchen and I am about to have breakfast and Jim is standing by the bowls, I might say, “Honey, will you hand me a doo-dad?” He says what doo-dad is that? I say, “ you know, that thing you put cereal in”. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. I think it’s because the little man in my brain is going so fast that he just can’t process it all. He needs a freakin’ valium. I could also be losing my mind, but we’re gonna go with the “slow-down” hypothesis for obvious reasons.
5. I want to run a race this year. It was the ONLY thing missing in 2010 and I think I need it. I need it for my physical and mental health. It makes me feel accomplished. I love that.
6. I’m going to write. I’m going to write on my blog or maybe even a personal journal. It empties my brain and that provides some serious benefits.
Come on 2011...roll-up, hip-hop!
About Me
- kim
- I am 40. I'm not sure why that needs to be first, but it does. It seems to me that 40 is a good marker of one's experiences...you've had a lot of them and there are still a lot left! I want to be “better” at everything. I want to be a better person, a better wife, a better sister. I want to be smarter, healthier, and happier every day. I sometimes think that in the pursuit of all this I overlook really cool stuff in my life. So, this blog is a celebration of the cool stuff, however large or small.
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