Sometime this week, while pretending to work but actually surfing through Facebook or Reddit or a random writers’ group in which my fellow writers were also pretending to work, I saw a meme that struck a bit of a chord with me. Its creator proposed that instead of New Year’s Resolutions, we simply state our intentions for the coming year.
Admittedly, my first thought swirled around Sure, yep, the pathway to Hell and all that, but the more I thought about it, the more sense it made to me. Resolutions sound so stern, like if you don’t get to all of them, you’re a failure. Intentions…it’s flexible. A list of intentions feels like the things you’ll get around to, and really want to do, but if you don’t? Eh, no harm no foul.
So I have some intentions for 2017. Realistic things, I think.
♦ I pounded out 1205 walking miles in 2016, and that was without a lot of effort. So for 2017, I’d like to break 1300. That feels doable.
♦ We’re looking at switching gyms. I really, really like the gym to which we already belong, but the pools are outside and it’s too easy to make excuses on chilly days. New gym has indoor pools and an indoor track. So, change gyms.
♦ Go to the gym a couple times a week.
♦ Ride my bicycle more. I’m not talking long, sweat-powered training rides. Just…take the damn thing out and have fun. Ride it to Starbucks instead of driving. Get a cooler-backpack (as opposed to a cool backpack, which I already have) and take it to pick up odd things from the grocery store.
♦ Finish and publish the next two books in the Wick Chronicles…though one might not be part of the Chronicles series, but perhaps a new Wick After Dark edition.
♦ Write something stupid fun, just for myself. It never needs to see print. It will be awful and wonderful and not-literary-at-all and glorious. A story with no real point other than why the hell not write it.
♦ Visit San Francisco more often and do fun touristy things. I love the city, love walking around it, but it’s definitely more fun when you’re seeing things and not just walking or shopping.
♦ Disneyland.
♦ Be a bit kinder; that’s always a work in progress.
♦ Not die.
Yeah…all intentions, except maybe that last one, which is really more of a begging the cosmos kind of thing. If I finish 2017 having checked off everything, spiffy. If not, eh, no biggy.
2 comments:
Your intentions are good ones.
I intend to do more house maintenance and improvements. The house is 30 years old...
Replace windows, repave driveway, replace old carpet in 2 rooms with linoleum, repaint 3 rooms, improve lighting.
Exercise is a good idea. My tummy could use some flatenning. Ride the bicycle outside; there is a good hill on the next street. Use that exercise mat I bought 10 years ago.
See a dr. Last exam was 2008...
Yeah, intentions sound better. I Ducky intend to eat, nap, play, moooch treats from mum.
Mum's 2016 intention was to retire, she did that. So for 2017, walk more, clear out excess stuff from the house, get the garden in better shape.
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