As we approach the 2018, many
people believe it’s time to look back at the past year, make corrections, and
formulate resolutions for the New Year. We humans seem to need a beginning when
we want to start something new—be it a skill, task, hobby, or exercise program.
Dieting, for instance. How many people have you heard say, “I’m going on a diet
next week…or on Monday”? After all, who starts dieting on Saturday night while
sitting in a restaurant with a glass of wine and a menu that screams calories
for the weak without willpower?
A beginning in our mind is always a
mental picture of a first—the first day of the week or of the month, when the
kids leave and you have free time, when winter ends and spring begins. The new
year provides people with a clean slate and a place to start something new or
to try to cast off an old vice. That’s where resolutions come into play.
Are you a resolution maker? I’m
not.
I’m thinking the 2018 is a time to
set some relaxed, even movable goals and explore some activities I’ve always wanted
to do, but have put on the back burner. This year I’m focusing on what Mark
Twain so elegantly said. I’m taking 2018 to explore, dream, discover and do new
things I’ve sworn I was going to do “someday.” You know which someday I’m talking about, don’t you?
The one that is really an enigmatic place in the future, without a day, month, or
even year specified.
My someday activities may include
writing some short stories, returning to my wood shop, trying my hand at
raising some herbs, reading more nonfiction, visiting some new places, watching more sunsets and enjoying nature.
What are your resolutions—or goals
and activities—for the coming year? And let me know what “someday” interests you
have on the back burner.