the new year
I have two New Year's resolutions for 2010 (ish...since the old Pagan year technically ended October 31 and the new one kind of started then but also kind of starts tomorrow on Yule...it's complicated). Anyway, my resolutions that will take effect starting tomorrow:
1. For each new book I want to buy, I will read two that I already own (and haven't yet read).
2. Get published.
I considered making "write more" a resolution, but I actually don't see that as being a problem, and I want to focus on goals that I can reasonably achieve. Both of those, I believe, are reasonably achievable.
Also, it makes me uncomfortable when people say "Merry Christmas" to me. Not because I think people shouldn't say Merry Christmas, but because I don't celebrate it. What am I supposed to say back? I'm certainly not comfortable saying Merry Christmas back, since that would imply that I also celebrate it, when I don't. Even though I'm perfectly alright with wishing my Christmas-celebrating friends a Merry Christmas (well, to be fair, most of those people will also wish me a Happy Yule, so it works out, right?). I guess I generally say "you too" to avoid any particular affiliation, but even that probably makes the person think I'm a kindred Christmas-celebrating spirit. I just wish people would say "Happy Holidays" and stop freaking out over the "destruction" of Christmas--it's obviously not going anywhere.
I was supposed to go to a Yule ritual tonight, but there were going to be a lot of people there and I was not in a people mood, so D.J. and I went to Barnes and Noble instead, and I bought myself a Yule present (Listography - Your Life in Lists, which is an awesome journal where you just make lists of everything). I will have a nice little private ritual tomorrow night, and maybe D.J. will join me. I won't be doing much as I'm saving my "magic" for Tuesday when the sun returns, so it will just be a nice little seasonal celebration/recognition.
The magic I'm doing is most symbolic, and that's why I'm waiting for Tuesday rather than actually doing it on Monday (also why I'm talking about it here--making it known will, I think in this case, make the magic stronger, especially since it's sort of a public act anyway). I want to wait until the days are actually getting longer, and then I'll submit three stories from my BPhil thesis. I guess the symbolism doesn't quite work out perfectly, but it seems pretty good to me--a new project for a new year, with the growing power of the sun to push it onward.
I have a feeling this is going to be a really good year.
1. For each new book I want to buy, I will read two that I already own (and haven't yet read).
2. Get published.
I considered making "write more" a resolution, but I actually don't see that as being a problem, and I want to focus on goals that I can reasonably achieve. Both of those, I believe, are reasonably achievable.
Also, it makes me uncomfortable when people say "Merry Christmas" to me. Not because I think people shouldn't say Merry Christmas, but because I don't celebrate it. What am I supposed to say back? I'm certainly not comfortable saying Merry Christmas back, since that would imply that I also celebrate it, when I don't. Even though I'm perfectly alright with wishing my Christmas-celebrating friends a Merry Christmas (well, to be fair, most of those people will also wish me a Happy Yule, so it works out, right?). I guess I generally say "you too" to avoid any particular affiliation, but even that probably makes the person think I'm a kindred Christmas-celebrating spirit. I just wish people would say "Happy Holidays" and stop freaking out over the "destruction" of Christmas--it's obviously not going anywhere.
I was supposed to go to a Yule ritual tonight, but there were going to be a lot of people there and I was not in a people mood, so D.J. and I went to Barnes and Noble instead, and I bought myself a Yule present (Listography - Your Life in Lists, which is an awesome journal where you just make lists of everything). I will have a nice little private ritual tomorrow night, and maybe D.J. will join me. I won't be doing much as I'm saving my "magic" for Tuesday when the sun returns, so it will just be a nice little seasonal celebration/recognition.
The magic I'm doing is most symbolic, and that's why I'm waiting for Tuesday rather than actually doing it on Monday (also why I'm talking about it here--making it known will, I think in this case, make the magic stronger, especially since it's sort of a public act anyway). I want to wait until the days are actually getting longer, and then I'll submit three stories from my BPhil thesis. I guess the symbolism doesn't quite work out perfectly, but it seems pretty good to me--a new project for a new year, with the growing power of the sun to push it onward.
I have a feeling this is going to be a really good year.