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They say the next year comes as the old one left. If that's true, 2009 will be spent with family and friends, laughing and talking and enjoying life.
We spent the evening at my folks place. Ate pizza and hot dogs, watched the first three episodes of Monk, played some dominoes, popped a few crackers at midnight. Then we wondered home (Wil left just after midnight because he had to work today at 7), but us girls helped pick up before we left. Once we got home, we watched a Man from UNCLE episode or two, finally getting to bed around 3. Wil managed to get up and off to work. Now I'm up with only the rabbits in the other room for awake company. It's nice. Quiet. Nothing even moving on the street, except the flag in the wind. I have a cup of Earl Grey and the world looks good.
I'm not much of a goal setter. Which is why I'm not much for Resolutions. There are some things in my life that could use improvement, though, and I think I need to become better at the whole "plan and obtain goals" thing. Don't get me wrong, I love my life. I just feel slightly adrift. There are going to be big changes in the next 2 to 5 years and I need to be ready for them. Some structure will help.
My personality is not geared toward lists and steps and such. Perhaps my challenge this year will be two find a goal setting system that works for me. And there is a key already: I won't make resolutions, I won't set goals. I'll have challenges. Resolutions and goals aren't flexible. There is only failure when you don't meet them. Challenges allow for setbacks, new strategies of attack, they can change and mold to the new circumstances and attitudes in life.
I will need to think about this. What challenges do I want to give myself in this new year? And what will I need to do to meet them?
We spent the evening at my folks place. Ate pizza and hot dogs, watched the first three episodes of Monk, played some dominoes, popped a few crackers at midnight. Then we wondered home (Wil left just after midnight because he had to work today at 7), but us girls helped pick up before we left. Once we got home, we watched a Man from UNCLE episode or two, finally getting to bed around 3. Wil managed to get up and off to work. Now I'm up with only the rabbits in the other room for awake company. It's nice. Quiet. Nothing even moving on the street, except the flag in the wind. I have a cup of Earl Grey and the world looks good.
I'm not much of a goal setter. Which is why I'm not much for Resolutions. There are some things in my life that could use improvement, though, and I think I need to become better at the whole "plan and obtain goals" thing. Don't get me wrong, I love my life. I just feel slightly adrift. There are going to be big changes in the next 2 to 5 years and I need to be ready for them. Some structure will help.
My personality is not geared toward lists and steps and such. Perhaps my challenge this year will be two find a goal setting system that works for me. And there is a key already: I won't make resolutions, I won't set goals. I'll have challenges. Resolutions and goals aren't flexible. There is only failure when you don't meet them. Challenges allow for setbacks, new strategies of attack, they can change and mold to the new circumstances and attitudes in life.
I will need to think about this. What challenges do I want to give myself in this new year? And what will I need to do to meet them?
