I don’t know if I’ve ever revealed this or not, but I am not the most disciplined person in the world. I used to be better. If I started reading a book, I finished reading the book. If I began a needle work project, I finished the needlework project. If I set a resolution at New Years, I followed through with said resolution.
Then one day I woke up older. If I started reading a book and I wasn’t all that fond of it, I put it aside and started another. Thanks to Kindle, I always have more books waiting in the wings! If I began a needlework project and it became too tedious, I gave it to Salvation Army in case someone else might enjoy finishing it. And if I made a resolution and didn’t feel the need in February to diet the rest of the year, or exercise my butt off in the cold, I said, “What the hell?” and dropped it.
So what changed? As I said, I woke up older. I think age makes us prioritize
things differently than when we were younger. When you feel like the whole of life is stretched out in front of you, pushing through that 1,000-page book about earthworms in the Antarctic doesn’t seem quite so bad (I said quite so bad!). You might even make your own annotations. But now? Give me a good 300-page romance and forget earthworms. I leave the 15×15 inch counted cross stitch to someone else to do now, and I usually avoid making resolutions.
Resolutions seem to be fly-by-night. If something is important enough to do, you don’t wait until New Year’s Eve and decide to do it. You weigh the pros and cons and make a logical decision. You make a plan, set a path, and follow it because you know it’s right, not because you suddenly feel overweight after weeks of holiday food. You do it because you need to and when you need to.
Of course, you can plan to make a life-changing resolution, too.
I just don’t. 😉
This is our last scheduled blog post of the year. Thanks so much for sticking with me, for reading my posts and for your comments! May the rest of your holidays be the happiest, and wising you a wonderful 2020!!
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Dee
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