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Shoulda Coulda Woulda

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Thanks for all the comments, on here and on Facebook, about Friday’s post on turning 35.

Several of you mentioned a feeling of failure or at least a battle with the “I should be [fill in the blank]” associated with birthdays. I totally hear you. I have a lot of “shoulda’s” as well.

35? WTF?!

I “should” be

a mother (tick tick tick).

better at paying bills.

more career driven.

more interested in books and less interested in t.v.

over any residual body insecurities.

less awkward when meeting new people.

more prolific in terms of writing, photography, choreography.

able to get my head out of my ass and recognize, with gratitude, that I am living the life I carefully and thoughtfully created.

Oh that last one, so simple, so hard.

“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.”

-Theodore Roosevelt

Another favorite,

 

 

 

And finally…the real kick in the pants…

 😉

In 2016 I Will…

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Happy 1 week 2016!

It’s been a rough start.

New year’s eve was a bit drama filled and odd.  The weekend was quiet and uneventful. The week started with driving 5.5 hours to Pennsylvania for my uncle’s funeral, who dropped dead of a heartache at 65 last week. By Wednesday morning my throat was sorer than I’ve ever felt and after teaching 4 classes back to back yesterday I could barely speak and everything ached. Hello January! Suffice to say 1) my resolutions don’t include complaining less 😉 2) I’m feeling less than enthusiastic, fresh, and thrilled going into this coming year, more “meh” than “yeah!”.

Enough of that.

My non-resolutions!

In 2016 will

  • write more “thank you” notes

  • write a lot in general

  • submit at least 5 articles/posts for publication

  • procrastinate less (repeat from last year, not because it didn’t work but because it did! There’s still room for improvement growth though)

  • chose the path of least regret more often than not (a whole post on this coming soon)

  • become (even) better at putting my stress relieving tactics into action

  • get better at keeping track of all my passwords (nothing frustrates me and makes me feel like more of a spaz than having to change my password every time I want to log in somewhere!)

  • never hesitate to complement someone when they catch my eye, impress me, or otherwise make me think something nice about them

Past non-resolutions

2015

2014

Do you make resolutions (or non-resolutions)? Anything you want to share?

Happiest new year’s wishes to you and yours!!