Day 329
It gets to be this time of the year and I start feeling that anticipation building.
I have butterflies for the new year.
I look around my house and even though I’ve been doing nothing but non-stop redoing and unpacking and decorating and organizing since I moved in seven months ago … I see things I need to do in the new year. Redo this, finish that. Recaulk this, repaint that, reconsider something else.
I look around my office and think I could be locked in this room for a month and still not make a dent in the things I need to do. Correspond. Write another book. Paint. Read. Organize. Start calendar 2014. Email. Sometimes I feel like closing the door and walking away … but not at this time of year.
And, honestly, I don’t know which reason keeps me from doing so … the sheer delight I have in tackling a new year’s project or the fact that if I ventured outside at any given moment I’d turn into a human Popsicle because it’s so cold out.
And, my kids keep reminding me … it’s really not that cold out.
And, sadly, they are right. I am going to have a hard time with this midwestern winter that is for sure as I’m not liking it one bit and have put my order in for spring weather already! I have a feeling it’s going to be a long, LONG winter!
In any case … the new year …
I am getting antsy. Tomorrow I’ll gather my lists from the past and look at what I thought I’d accomplish for years long ago and for this year in particular. I’ll see what I got done and where I fell short. I’ll see if my goals are something I’d still like to pursue or if they have gone by the wayside and others have replaced them.
I used to make resolutions. I resolve to … sounded so regimented and I felt like I was setting myself up for automatic failure. So, I’ve changed my resolutions into wants/desires/goals/challenges. I’ll go through my lists tomorrow and see what I come up with. More butterflies!
As always I plan on organizing my office … going through my files (once again) and reorganizing them. Purging old/outdated info … getting rid of things that no longer pertain or hold interest … relabel file folders … archive the old, full and worn … add in the new, empty and fresh. Nothing like the smell of a fresh, new file folder to get one’s blood pumping!
Anyway … my office will be the first project … then my office closet … then the hall closet … and then on to the project list. I won’t take holiday decs down until next weekend. Sometimes that seems a bit late … but it’ll give me an extra week to enjoy my pretty trees and holiday lights and decor without thinking I have to get this or wrap that or do this or do that.
The holidays … here we are midweek between Christmas and New Year’s and it seems like the dinners and gift openings and hours shared were months ago and not just three days! I guess that’s okay … it means I’m ready to move on. The kids have flown to their respective homes and the animals and I are getting used to the quiet once again.
And New Year’s is almost here. The anticipation is mounting. The butterflies now have friends.