“The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.” ~ The White Rabbit, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
No “New Years Resolutions,” no. I’ve made a start on getting on top of my “to-do” lists, and maybe a bit ahead of the curve on somethings; just a start, but it feels good. First of year Bible readings, for example, were sadly neglected. within one day of catching up there, and seeing myself anew, as verses both affirm on the one hand and convict on the other. Appreciate that.
Daily (daily) cleanup chores dealing with the trimmed sycamore wood is feeding a sense of slowly conquering that mess, with the goal of turning every part of it into useful products. It’s not just a dream but a real, attainable goal.
Other daily tasks dealing with the minutiae of life are surrendering to a journal of daily work, and I am almost on top of taking my daily multi-vitamins. *heh*
2020 “big gigs” for me are mostly focused on our home:
- The wood products from the sycamores — new fencing and building products (deck repairs, additions, too)
- Kitchen rehab advanced — new “coffee shrine” area, finish new island (add fold up/down area), tile kitchen floor; little things
- New paint for living room/upstairs hallway; new trim for both
- Finish work on basement rooms
- Add storage upstairs
- Purge closets
Those are some of the major task/project areas for out home for 2020, and I can already see progress in most of them. My “exercise program” (cutting up, moving, stacking, etc., all the downed limbs, etc. outside *heh*), rehab exercises (for lower back pain, right rotator cuff, right knee, strained brachioradialis, cervical pain), diet, and sleep mods are already showing progress, and I am developing habits to make that ongoing. Pleased with that.
All-in-all, scheduling and record keeping seems to be helping me be less hurried and more accomplished. We’ll have to see how things are going forward, eh?
I went ahead and made a few resolutions this year. So far the Lord has kept me pretty much on track. The only one I am behind on is learning Spanish. I have yet to pick up on that one.
Maybe I will get to it though. I did make a start on it last year, and it’s occasionally gratifying to realize that I can understand some of the things my neighbors say to each other.
Oh, and that’s the only one I plan to reveal.
I have plans and specific goals, and tools to attain them, not resolutions. I imagine health or other exigencies might cause problems, but if such happen, I will just have to adapt, improvise, and overcome, as they say. ?
Your mention of Spanish gives me a slight itch to dig into German. So far, all I really know is what issues from knowing Schubert lieder, and other such things, but it’s such a fascinating language (and beautiful, as sung by real artists) that I may scratch that itch this year. . .