I had a lovely weekend of friends and books and thoughts and time at home with Jesse. I found my New Year’s resolution: Less Facebook, more books. I know better than to make exercise-related goals. One day, maybe–but today is not that day.
The resolution has been building for a while now, but it was articulated this weekend. And I began the resolution in earnest, finishing two books I’d been working my way through, and starting one I’d bought at a thrift shop in Titusville over the holiday.
The idea of a resolution set me to thinking about other things I want to do. Not this year, but sometime. Those things–ranging in plausibility from “Yeah, that might happen,” to “Well, we all have dreams…”–include the following: bake apple turnovers, move to Paris, make my own laundry detergent, keep the house clean on a weekly basis, embrace the sillier sides of my personality, find a way to afford to eat more locally farmed foods, make a chocolate souffle, visit Vietnam and India, get another degree.
For now, I’ll stick to: read more books and spend less time on the Internet. Speaking of which…
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Love that resolution, Erin. As well as your list of someday things.
Personally, I’m more likely to move to Paris than keep the house clean. But hey, I watched the Alton Brown show on souffles the other day – you can so do that.
Souffles seem so intimidating! But how impressive would it be to say you’d made one? I’ll have to find the Alton Brown episode…
I don’t see starting a family in your future resolution.