Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot ...

As we approach the end of another year, I realize that I really can't think of a lot of accomplishments for the past year. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing. You see, the older I get, the more I realize that I actually have it pretty good, so no real change isn't that bad. I do have to confess to being lax on definitive plans for the past year and unfortunately, my accomplishments show it. I tend to go for the nice and vague goals like "be nicer" or "be more patient." They sound good, but they are much harder to measure so they are much harder to grade as failures. I think I am learning to be a bit more patient, but I'm not sure if that's as accountable to laziness as much as anything else. Again, not that that's a bad thing.

Anyway, as I sit on the cusp of a new year, I really feel like I should give it the old college try (which is kind of amusing, given that the old college try for me was to rack up as many points in the beginning of the class so I didn't have to go later in the semester ... see, lazy). So ... what are the goals for the new year? Oh, I suppose I should start with the typical lose weight - at least that one's measureable (not that I'm going to list the goal in front of G-d and everybody because G-d? He already knows. As for the rest of you ...). I'm going to go for the reading thing again - 20 minutes a day tends to be a good goal for me (may not seem like much, but if it works for kids, it should work for me too, right?). I should go for less lazy at work (and heck, while I'm at it, at home), but I'd like to stick to attainable goals and as for lazy? See the comments above. So what else? I think I'm going to give myself a goal of doing one creative thing this year. Don't know what that will be, but I want to have a place keeper if nothing else. There are the old standbys of being a better, more patient, blah, blah, blah, but again, attainable, so no need to spell them out, right? *ahem* Anyway, I think I should go for something spiritual, but I want it to be something with teeth, so I need to think about it. I guess that's it for now. Happy New Year, everybody. I'm going to bed now.