Well it's the New Year, the official start to 2012. TV talk-show hosts and the Internet are all abuzz with how to reinvent ourselves. If they are to be believed, this could be the year of the new me. If all goes as planned, I will be totally unrecognizable this time next year. That is a big "if."
I have never really understood all the ado about New Year's celebrations and resolutions. When I was growing up, the New Year came and went without notice. No one stayed up past midnight; fireworks were not even part of the Fourth of July; and resolutions were unheard of. So I have been considering why people get so excited about a date on the calendar.
I think our fascination with the New Year has to do with second chances. Sure we overate, overspent, and under exercised, but now we have a chance to make it right. We have a whole new year to become thin, to save money, and to shape up. Let bygones be bygones. We get a free pass, a clean slate. All is not lost. So in the spirit of renewal, I have made the following resolutions:
1. Lose weight (of course)
2. Learn to use the camera I got for Christmas
3. Finish the quilt I started two years ago.
4. Be bold
By the end of the year, I will be an assertive, thin photographer who owns a beautiful blue star-flower quilt. Aren't new beginnings grand?
2. Learn to use the camera I got for Christmas
3. Finish the quilt I started two years ago.
4. Be bold
By the end of the year, I will be an assertive, thin photographer who owns a beautiful blue star-flower quilt. Aren't new beginnings grand?
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