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2020 New Year’s Resolution
Jan. 1st, 2020 12:33 amIn 2019, I didn't think about a New Year’s resolution till the last moment, and decided on “burn more candles,” which… I completely forgot about once warm weather brought an end to candle season (I realize one can burn candles at any time, but generally I think about them more in the winter). Ah well. I think it was the wrong size for a New Year’s Resolution, anyway: not quite big enough.
My not-a-New-Year’s-Resolution which actually ended up acting very much like one was that I decided to start keeping a log of all the books I read, just the title and author. I’ve resisted this for years because I was a little concerned that I’d get competitive with myself (“You’re not reading as many books as you read last year, self!”), and… well, honestly I’m still a little concerned about that… but on the other hand there is something very satisfying about being able to know at a glance everything that I read in July.
And it’s interesting to be able to check at a glance exactly when I read something, which has shown that my memory can distort this quite a lot: sometimes I think I read a book AGES ago and it was actually October, or I think I read it just recently and it was, like, February. How? Why? A puzzle.
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Anyway, this year I put a bit more thought into my New Year’s Resolution, and it is to try something new each month. Possibilities include!
Visit a cat cafe. (One just opened in my city!)
Glow-in-the-dark minigolf.
A visit to a paint-your-own pottery places.
Aerial silks? We’ll see if anyone will go with me. (Part of the beauty of this resolution is that trying new things with your friends can be such a bonding experience.)
Ethiopian food.
Visit New York City. This one is highly contingent on how successful my books are this year.
My not-a-New-Year’s-Resolution which actually ended up acting very much like one was that I decided to start keeping a log of all the books I read, just the title and author. I’ve resisted this for years because I was a little concerned that I’d get competitive with myself (“You’re not reading as many books as you read last year, self!”), and… well, honestly I’m still a little concerned about that… but on the other hand there is something very satisfying about being able to know at a glance everything that I read in July.
And it’s interesting to be able to check at a glance exactly when I read something, which has shown that my memory can distort this quite a lot: sometimes I think I read a book AGES ago and it was actually October, or I think I read it just recently and it was, like, February. How? Why? A puzzle.
***
Anyway, this year I put a bit more thought into my New Year’s Resolution, and it is to try something new each month. Possibilities include!
Visit a cat cafe. (One just opened in my city!)
Glow-in-the-dark minigolf.
A visit to a paint-your-own pottery places.
Aerial silks? We’ll see if anyone will go with me. (Part of the beauty of this resolution is that trying new things with your friends can be such a bonding experience.)
Ethiopian food.
Visit New York City. This one is highly contingent on how successful my books are this year.
