New Year, New Challenges, Same Old Me
Happy New Year, flisties!
It's funny not being in Scotland, where literally almost ALL you hear for the first week (and often more) is eternally prefaced with Happy New Year. You simply MUST ensure that the very first thing you say to someone you haven't seen since prior to Jan 1st is a hearty "Happy New Year"! (usually accompanied by a handshake/hug, even between the most casual of friends) It's almost... a religious thing. Certainly very social and VERY much a faux-pas if you neglect/miss that opportunity.
Anyway! I don't do New Year's Resolutions. Not REALLY. I mark the time in years, much like everyone else - but my capacity for keeping track of time is MARKEDLY worse than it used to be. I lose track of time so easily lately, and am always stunned when people say something happened x years ago, because it always feels like it was just a little while back. A friend I class as "new" reminded me the other day that we met 5 years ago. It's two years since I left Scotland and last saw my friends and family there - that fact alone is kind of stunning.
Anyway, years are the major passage of time for me - and like everyone, I get reflective around New Year thinking of how I'd like the new one to go, as well as how many interesting and unforeseen things have happened in the last one. But I never make resolutions much like I've stopped planning and controlling in the last six years - I'm a lot more zen and go-with-the-flow than I was prior to 2003/4.
But, in the spirit of listing things and hoping for things in the year to come, here's my vague outline for my general hopes and dreamy dreams for 2011:
I never thought I'd be good with that kind of vagueness in my life. ^_^ Funny how things change.
In Other News - the challenge is set over at dbl_dream_hands . IT'S ON!
It's funny not being in Scotland, where literally almost ALL you hear for the first week (and often more) is eternally prefaced with Happy New Year. You simply MUST ensure that the very first thing you say to someone you haven't seen since prior to Jan 1st is a hearty "Happy New Year"! (usually accompanied by a handshake/hug, even between the most casual of friends) It's almost... a religious thing. Certainly very social and VERY much a faux-pas if you neglect/miss that opportunity.
Anyway! I don't do New Year's Resolutions. Not REALLY. I mark the time in years, much like everyone else - but my capacity for keeping track of time is MARKEDLY worse than it used to be. I lose track of time so easily lately, and am always stunned when people say something happened x years ago, because it always feels like it was just a little while back. A friend I class as "new" reminded me the other day that we met 5 years ago. It's two years since I left Scotland and last saw my friends and family there - that fact alone is kind of stunning.
Anyway, years are the major passage of time for me - and like everyone, I get reflective around New Year thinking of how I'd like the new one to go, as well as how many interesting and unforeseen things have happened in the last one. But I never make resolutions much like I've stopped planning and controlling in the last six years - I'm a lot more zen and go-with-the-flow than I was prior to 2003/4.
But, in the spirit of listing things and hoping for things in the year to come, here's my vague outline for my general hopes and dreamy dreams for 2011:
- Success and happiness in my new job, starting in A FORTNIGHT, OMG.
- For Himself and I to be able to relax and de-stress and enjoy our time together thanks to finally earning two incomes
- For a year of renewed adventure and discovery in this beautiful country
- To see my mum again before the year is out
- To recapture my dance mojo, and start building a community here
- Continued health and happiness for my friends and family wherever they may be
- Improving my own health and wellbeing, but shedding the weight and increasing my activity levels
I never thought I'd be good with that kind of vagueness in my life. ^_^ Funny how things change.
In Other News - the challenge is set over at dbl_dream_hands . IT'S ON!