New year and new day

You'd think I would learn.

After all of the new planners, new purses, new notebooks, new organizers, new lists, new plans, new projects, new "leaves", you think I would learn, a leopard doesn't change its spots...

Does it?

A very wise friend of mine once said, "We reinvent ourselves every day." I like the optimism in that; I like the possibilities that are inherent in that statement. To that end, one should embrace not "New Years resolutions" but "New Day Resolutions."

But still, New Year's IS all about the hope, the changes, the possibilities. So while I'm not going to say "I resolve to do these things", I am going to say "This is what I'd like to make happen in the year ahead." And then maybe, day by day, I will reinvent myself.

(Although, I have to say, I do rather like myself and my life. I'd like to think I don't suck too much.)

And so, let's crack open a bottle of champagne and contemplate our navels, our lives, our new days, our new years!
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Health and Beauty:

• "Get skinnier than Jim" (in other words, my eldest sister and I have to see our biological father this summer. The man is a scrawny--and boringly healthy-- little...fellow...and both of us weigh more than he does. He already views himself as superior; we don't wish to give him any more ammo.)
• Establish a solid, consistent beauty routine.
• Vitamins, medications, and water. 'Nuff said.
• Look into getting serious work done on my sinuses. It might be time for surgery.

Creativity

• Do the Artist's Way, goddammit
• Blog at least three times a week
• Finish "Home Front"
• Write a piece on Indiana
• Finish the Indiana and wedding scrapbooks
• Take an acrylics class
  

Finances

• Stick to the budget
  
• Pay off that (thankfully wee) bit of credit card debt
• Have enough money set aside to pay off the car in March 2o12
• Do the "envelope system" for indulgent purchases
  

Family and Friends

• Say less, more
• Cultivate friendship with Missi
• Call grandparents at least twice a week
• Solidify Indiana relationships
• Be mindful of my position as a wife to Himself (basically, he's becoming much more of a public figure, which means I am along for the ride. And it's a very small town.)
  
• Be more supportive and patient with Himself

Professional

• Again, say less, more
• Keep the desk nice and tidy
• Cultivate more patience and tact
• Seize moments of leadership as they arise

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Well, I'm about to be on to my second glass of champagne e. And I lift it up to all of us--may 2011 be the year of re-invention!