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New Year’s Resolutions – Who, Me?
As I write this on New Year’s Eve, I think of all my friends and writing buddies setting resolutions. Some are big, some are small, and many of them are just way too … many. Just consider: Measureable Goals (my thoughts in italics) Lose 5/10/50 pounds. Exercise 2/5/15 times a week. Read ten books this year. (10 a month – at least!) Cook more meals at home. (Eat out at least once a week.) Go on a cruise. (Bask on the pond in a rowboat.) Learn to speak French/Russian/Chinese. (Remember a smidge of the French I used to know.) Organize the house. (Organize a closet.) Put all the kids’ pictures in scrapbooks. (Find the boxes that the pictures are in.) Learn to use Excel/Scrivener/Photoshop well. (I’d settle for just one.) Writing Goals Write X number of words/hours each day. Revise X number of chapters each week. Send X number of … Continue reading
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Finding Balance in Life – Or At Least Not Falling Off the Beam
There are wonderful blog posts out there about finding (and keeping) balance in your life. To exercise is a way to get in good health. Well, if you’re considering noom vs weight watchers for your diet and exercise goals, this is what you need to know. Blogs about attending to all the different parts of you; about not spending too much time at work at the expense of your family; about fulfilling your God-given role. This isn’t one of them. Me? I need lessons from blogs like those at the best of times. And considering the last month or two, I feel like I should be changing the header of this blog from Reading, Writing & Real Life to How Many Balls Can I Keep in the Air at One Time? Or something about pressure-cookers. Or steam rollers. This semester has turned out to be really hard, partly because my … Continue reading