RESOLUTIONS
FAVE LINKEY-POO RIGHT THIS SECOND: A kitteh on a Roomba makes for much funny. But add a friendly pit bull into the mix plus a Ludacris song, and you get this hilarious scene. (Also, I’ll say this is the first time I’ve seen a kitteh and a Ludacris song paired harmoniously. Or, actually, ever.)
So. 2009 happened.
Apart from Amos eating our advent calendar, it was pretty freaking awesome.
I’m looking ahead to 2010 and thinking about what goals I’ll set for myself. This helpful blog post from Colleen put goal-setting and resolutions into an awesome perspective, and I recommend it for anyone who’s saying “I want to do X in 2010.”
Well, I want to do X in 2010. And how do I personally solve for X? In a few ways, of which I’ll share two:
1.) I want to compete in a duathlon, a run-bike-run race. It’s sort of like a triathlon without the swimming part. There is one in Sylvania, Ohio, on August 8, which is a 5k run, a 40k bike, and then a 10k run. Now that I spin and run regularly at the greatest gym of all time, Ypsi Studio, I want to keep it up and train for what would be the most challenging physical activity I’ve ever engaged in.
2.) I want to write more regularly, with the goal of completing two novels this year. Well, two and a half if you count the edits I have to do on PROMGATE. As some followers of this blog know, I write in fits and starts. I’ll go weeks without penning anything, then I’ll sit down and pound out 20,000 words. I’d like to be a bit more balanced in the time I take for writing.
Now that I’ve made mine public I suppose I’m super accountable to what I’ve posted. Which is cool by me. I think.
So … anyone else feel like sharing their 2010 resolutions? I promise, you can just share: we won’t hold you to them. Much.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
Okay, since no one else jumped on this one and since I might have to start semi-stalking you now that I’ve seen the Bluggie commercial…I’ll play!
1.) Make myself a priority. Meaning taking better care of myself both physically and emotionally. Yes, that does mean eating healthier but not to change the number on the scales (that’s an exercise in frustration) but to make myself feel better. It also means that sometimes I get to have “me” time and sometimes I get to say “no” to something someone wants me to do because it’s going to make me frustrated, resentful or flat out homocidal if I say “yes”.
2.) Make my writing a priority. I’m a sporadic writer as well and if I don’t step up the pace some I’ll be 106 by the time I’m ready to query. Given my current lack of fitness and my family history I’ll already have been dead for 30 years at that point. So. I’m going to make time to write. If this means that the dishes don’t get done right away or the house isn’t as dust free as I’d like then so be it. I can get to that later because no one ever gets a book published by having the shiniest toilet seat in town!! See what I did there? I actually managed to work in a resolution about doing LESS housework. I’m just that good!
January 5th, 2010 at 5:49 am
1. Get off Facebook. I was letting it suck up more and more of my time, and I was going slightly psycho worrying about why some high school acquaintance unfriended me.
2. Stop biting my nail. Yes, I only bite one nail now, so that’s progress. And proof that I was able to stick to past resolutions where all other nails were concerned.
3. Do yoga regularly. It smooves me out.