| Just read my brilliant daughter's new year's blog, and she inspired me to write out something for myself.I've never actually done the resolution thing.This year, I feel like I need it.Now the hard part ... what do I want?Hmm.Funny how rarely I think about what I want.I have kind of let my responsibilities take over and dictate what I do each day.If you don't keep them in check, they will completely take over.This I have learned.RESOLVED:1.Clean my office.(OH, THE HORROR!)Get things in functional order - add whatever shelves and storage I need to accomplish that.Get my curtain wall built so I can work undisturbed.2.Really clean the house.Again, add whatever shelves, storage and furniture I need to make it easier to keep clean.Assign and enforce chores so it stays clean.I guess this also means getting rid of all the crap we really don't use or need.3.Make a career decision.Am I willing to keep working more and more hours for the same pay with no holidays, sick days, or paid leave?The only reason I stay now is because I genuinely care about the people I work with and what we do.I care about my team's success.It's costing me personally, though.It's costing me my share of those hours between work and sleep in which most people do things, spend time with the fam, and so on.So do I try to find something else, or try to make myself stop working too many hours?It's pathetic that I can't honestly answer these questions right this minute, so maybe this resolution should really be: Get a life!4.Get the partnership under control.Books and admin are a mess.My partner is as bipolar and flighty as they come.Either get it under control with a solid plan we can both live with and stick to, or let him have the whole business.5.Get out more.Walking, weekend rides, dance class, and a regular workout routine.That's enough.Anything more, and I will just be dreaming about it all year instead of doing it.?Every year on at least one night for as long as I can remember, I have looked up into the night sky and wondered to the stars what my life will look like "a year from now."Where will I be?So far, where I end up standing the next time I ask that question is always a surprise, but also almost always surprisingly better than I'd imagined or hoped for.I'll think my thoughts to the star again tonight, and wonder where I will be standing when I ask the same questions next year.How much of what I've resolved here will be done, and how much of a difference will it have made?I hope I can say "a lot, and all for the better!" |
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