New Year's Resolutions

Too quickly my tomorrows turn into my yesterdays. Which is why they say never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Sometimes ‘they’ are right.

I am sitting here putting off doing things that I need to do and thinking about the upcoming year. 2010 seemed so far away once upon a time. The flying car is getting closer to reality. http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/30/smallbusiness/flying_cars/index.htm

So what shall I resolve for 2010?

USA.gov has a list of the most popular New Year’s Resolutions. http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/New_Years_Resolutions.shtml

Parent Center has given a good list of possible New Year’s Resolutions. http://www.babycenter.com/0_new-years-parenting-resolutions_67169.bc?scid=bigkid_20091229:2&pe=eZ2LE2

The FLY Lady made 2 New Year’s Resolutions several years back that not only changed her life, but that changed the lives of thousands of those who follow her. http://flylady.net/pages/column4909.asp

All of these suggestions are good. Most are completely applicable to my life. (I don’t smoke, so I don’t need to quit.)

Many, many years of breaking resolutions leads me to wonder ‘why resolve anything’? The optimist in me believes that I can change into a better person. And as a creature of habit, I hereby resolve to be a better person in 2010; to be more organized, lose weight, yell less, watch less TV, spend less, save more, and stop procrastinating so much.

Wish me luck!

Not Ready

So today is Wednesday and I don’t have a blog ready. I’ve 3 or 4 in process, but they aren’t polished to my satisfaction.

I am not ready for many things.

I am not ready for my darling daughter to be 7 already. She was just born!!!

I am not ready to have been out of high school for 20 years. I just graduated, didn’t I?

I am not ready for Christmas to be coming.

I look around and feel like so much is passing me by.

How do I stop time?

Of course, life has a way of making me slow down. Now that I feel I should be speeding up, gearing up for Christmas, my back got wrenched on Monday and the pain is forcing me to slow down. So the Thanksgiving decorations may be up a little longer. And my to-do list is going to have to wait.

Maybe it is what I need. Life is giving me the chance to wrap my mind around the 20 years that have gone by in a flash. And the 7 years that have taken just a millisecond.

Now where is that ice-pack?