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[rowyn]

I want to do New Year's resolutions for 2006, but I've not been able to decide exactly what I want them to be. My favorite resolutions from the past two years (2003 is the first time I made any) have been the ones I can measure. And I'm not sure how to measure some of the things I want for 2006. So I'm going to start here with a list that of things that I'm hoping for. Later I'll figure out the goals that perhaps will help me measure them.

In a nutshell, though, I want more.

I want to do more

• writing, especially fiction, but more about my life and thoughts, too


• submitting stories for publication


• reading, especially for pleasure, but also more news and literature


• artwork, especially detailed finished pictures and pictures for other people


• playing games


• saving money


• things that make Lut and Koogrr happy


• things that make my other friends and family happy


• petting the cat


• exercising


• eating well


• relaxing


• being happy


• cleaning

There's not a lot I want less of right now. Less

• stress


• depression


• spending time on things I neither particularly enjoy nor particularly want to get done

would be nice, of course. But I don't feel as though I'm suffering from much of any of those things presently.

I think making goals out of all of my hopes would be problematic. At some level, I start to stress over accomplishing my goals, so I don't want so many targets that it interferes with relaxing and being happy.

And petting the cat.

*pets the cat*

I'll work out some goals later.

Comments

[shaterri.livejournal.com]

Nothing you are doing is as important as Petting The Cat. :-) These all sound excellent -- I definitely wish you much luck with them.

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

Why does that sound like a euphemism to me when both of you say it?

[rowyn]

Because you are a very, very wicked person. O_o

For the record, when I talk about petting the cat, I mean holding and cuddling and fuzzling my fat furry feline pet, Ash. And there's nothing dirty about it! :)

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

*grins* Wicked? most definitely. But not dirty.

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

Goals stress me out a bit too. I think what I want is to establish better daily routines and better ways of tracking them. More of a change in how I live (eating mindfully) as opposed to accomplishing certain things (losing x pounds). I don't know if that's harder or easier to accomplish, though.

[koogrr.livejournal.com]

*PURRRR*

Excellent, especially making me happy. :) Just being you do, so don't worry.

You get depressed? Wow, it's not something I imagine of you.

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

*nods approvingly at 'petting the cat'* *purrrr*