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ksmithI guess I have a few...
1. Improve fitness. I had already lost a few pounds before the old treadmill broke down, and I want to keep things rolling now that I have the new more-loaded-than-any-piece-of-exercise-equipment-I've-ever-owned treadmill up and going. This two-month leave will give me a chance to make the 5 days a week workout a habit.
I would just like to be able to run a mile. I'm not even putting a time limit on it. And I'm hoping that if the fitness catches hold, weight loss will follow.
2. Assemble two of the best proposals ever seen by anyone anywhere. OK, that may be pushing it. How about two solid, commercial proposals for series that will be fun to write?
3. Keep my office organized. That's an oldie but a goodie. Every year, I swear that I will 1. learn to plug expenses into Quicken, 2. keep my filing up-to-date, and 3. balance the checkbooks in a timely manner. 1. has never happened. 2. and 3. tend to get a bit wobbly as the year goes on. But hope springs eternal in this wild heart, so we think we'll give this one another try.
Besides, there's something uniquely rewarding about looking for the stamps in the last place you put them, and...finding them there.
And on a more psychological level
4. Stop worrying about things I have no control over. This will prove damned nigh impossible, but I will at least make the effort.
5. Keep after the things I do have control over. Barring disasters of the sort you see dramatized on Lifetime (see 4.), I could make a good life for myself. I have good health, good friends, a life outside my day job. I know what my vocation is. I *have* a vocation. Compared to a lot of folks, I'm damned lucky. I should keep this in mind.
1. Improve fitness. I had already lost a few pounds before the old treadmill broke down, and I want to keep things rolling now that I have the new more-loaded-than-any-piece-of-exercise-equipment-I've-ever-owned treadmill up and going. This two-month leave will give me a chance to make the 5 days a week workout a habit.
I would just like to be able to run a mile. I'm not even putting a time limit on it. And I'm hoping that if the fitness catches hold, weight loss will follow.
2. Assemble two of the best proposals ever seen by anyone anywhere. OK, that may be pushing it. How about two solid, commercial proposals for series that will be fun to write?
3. Keep my office organized. That's an oldie but a goodie. Every year, I swear that I will 1. learn to plug expenses into Quicken, 2. keep my filing up-to-date, and 3. balance the checkbooks in a timely manner. 1. has never happened. 2. and 3. tend to get a bit wobbly as the year goes on. But hope springs eternal in this wild heart, so we think we'll give this one another try.
Besides, there's something uniquely rewarding about looking for the stamps in the last place you put them, and...finding them there.
And on a more psychological level
4. Stop worrying about things I have no control over. This will prove damned nigh impossible, but I will at least make the effort.
5. Keep after the things I do have control over. Barring disasters of the sort you see dramatized on Lifetime (see 4.), I could make a good life for myself. I have good health, good friends, a life outside my day job. I know what my vocation is. I *have* a vocation. Compared to a lot of folks, I'm damned lucky. I should keep this in mind.
