In this year of 2009 I solemnly resolve...

I admit I have to be careful with New Year’s resolutions. I’m so competitive with myself that I will work to triumph no matter the cost…stupid girl. This year I’ve at least strived to separate my resolutions from my goals so that the people around me can have some peace. I don’t know if it will work, but I also limited myself to only a few. Resolutions tend to be a year-round experiment for me. Like it or not, some of us just aren’t happy without a challenge.

1. I will become more flexible (physically). My daughters always talk about a seventy-year-old woman that kicks her leg up over her head. I’m inspired. The splits just aren’t good enough anymore.

2. I will take myself places where I can think, whether that means quiet or noisy. I will go away to sit, walk, and listen and not limit myself by the limitations of others.

3. I will stop letting myself be made to feel bad about being thin, the unspoken American social crime. I will try to figure out how to ignore all the mean comments…somehow.

4. I will write more and more honestly. In my manuscripts. In this blog. In my emails. In any contact with others, but especially with what I write for myself.

After starting 2009 off with my tradition a long hike, I feel like I’m off to a good start. Here’s to a flexible new year filled with wanderlust, candor and sunshine. (I forgot to mention I only want to go to hot places this year!)