What I Want to Do In 2008.......Not Resolutions

Where the heck did 2001-2007 go anyway?

*Take better care of myself. This encompasses many things: go to the doctor, get all of my baseline vitals, all routine preventative tests - know what I need to work on. Eat better: this sorta means healthier, but really better quality, just maybe less of it if quality means rich. For example, I'm in the SuperWally Sunday buying groceries. Boneless, skinless chicken breasts? Check! Pre-washed baby spinach? Check! Oh! Oh! Oh! Mini-corndogs! Have to have them! Ben & Jerry's Creme Brulee? OR.GAS.MIC! And only 310 calories and 17g of fat in a half cup? A half cup??? WTF? A half a cup is NOTHING! Not even worth starting. This is why these are not resolutions.

*Psych myself up enough to get on a transatlantic flight and visit Italy and maybe even Ireland, because relatively, it's just right there. Because really? Life's way too short to be a chicken shit about stuff like that. Words to live by, I say.

*SIMPLIFY...Where did all of this crap come from???? Geez, it's everywhere! I truly don't need 50% of it. And half is generous! So do I sell it or give it away? The very idea of getting up at 6 AM on a Saturday (or earlier, God forbid!) is repulsive to me. Goodwill, it is! I really don't think Lovey would care as long as it's OUT OF THE HOUSE!!! He's been a trouper to deal with it for this long. Great...now that I sound like a hoarder who needs help from some TLC show rather than the clutterbug that I am....

*Put things in their rightful place immediately... I have a nasty habit of not hanging my clothes up right away at the end of the day. I tend to just pile them up in the closet and hang and arrange everything on Saturday or Sunday afternoon. It's actually kind of cathartic to put everything in its proper (color-coordinated) spot before another busy week.

That's really all I can think of now. Maybe, don't procrastinate since these non-resolutions were not put up until the 9th. Hmmm. Maybe.

I think my friend (or she would be if she lived here and knew who the hell I was) Jen Lancaster put the whole resolution thing the best:

"I resolve to be self-aware enough to spot potential problems within myself and to begin to work on them immediately, without making a public announcement or waiting to start the improvements on an entirely arbitrary date."

Read her blog: it is brilliant. www.jennsylvania.com