Didn’t actually have any on New Year’s Eve – these shimmery nails are as close to champers as I got this year. We actually went to an 11 pm showing of Rise of Skywalker at the theatre just down the road from our new home, and rang in the new year staring at Poe Dameron’s handsome face (SO handsome!)
All part of my 2020 plan to get out there and live a little bit more. And by that I mean step outside my comfort zone, do something a little unexpected, and just deal with the (temporarily) scary feeling that goes along with trying new things.
I’ve never been one to make resolutions, but I think that’s going to change this year. Here’s a few I’d like to stick to:
Deal with things head-on. I can – and occasionally do – procrastinate myself into a hole in the ground. I’m just not great at dealing expeditiously with the administrative aspects of life. But after organizing pretty well the entirety of our move, as well as the sale of our condo and the purchase of this house, in a little under a month, I KNOW I can do these things. So I should. It’s actually pretty rewarding to strike that thing you just didn’t want to do! – say, going to the DMV to change your address – off your to-do list.
Flowing from the first point, I’d like to get out and engage with the world a little more. I’m a real homebody, which means I have the great/terrible problem of both loving my home and never wanting to leave it. Believe it or not, going to the movies the other night was a pretty major leap – the urge to stay at home, cozy warm and unbothered by everything beyond our four walls, was nearly overwhelming. But I also really wanted to see Rise of Skywalker on the big screen, and I wanted to do something a little bit unexpected to ring in the new year. Adventure is out there – I just have to occasionally leave my house to find it.
Beyond that, here are a couple of specific resolutions that I’m already doing quite well on – cutting Starbucks out of my life, because I hate it (to clarify, I hate the culture, not the coffee) and nixing my perverse addiction to American political news. I go through phases where I forget how furious and anxiety-ridden both tend to make me, and suddenly I’m haunting CNN 24/7, two venti mochas shoved into either side of my latte-drinkin’ helmet. I like staying informed, but I also need to protect my sanity. And lose some weight. Cutting out the mochas will definitely help with that. 🙂
Have you made any resolutions for 2020?
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