What do I resolve to do in 2012? I had written a similar post in 2011 too...Last year's post was a tad filmi...Guess that must be because I was home alone in frozen Brighton with little for company than movies...This year, back in India smothered by invites to bring in the New Year with friends, I felt much cherished..wanted and appreciated.
So the year started well...As usual, my parents wanted it to be the most smashing year to date in our lives - my sisters and mine and in a way theirs too, for we bask in the glory of our loved ones, don't we? And post script - they said once the wishes were over, it would be great if you gave (un)holy matrimony some good consideration too...That's the big bold point on their 2012 agenda..
Ok, let's not deviate, back to the point..So what's on my list..someone on my facebook list wished his friends saying "I hope your troubles this year lasts as long as your resolutions". Wonder why resolutions are much maligned and deemed as those that need not be adhered to. Not sure whether it is symptomatic of behavioural OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, for those wondering) but having goals and deadlines and feeling them whoooosh by me gives me a weird thrill, just like how in school I was one of those nerds, who got an adrenaline rush as I read my exam question papers even if the answers didn't live up to the implied brilliance in the former! But I digress again...
So On Journomuse's Bucket List:
1. I want to add at least three countries to the fifteen I have been to so far. If I can push that figure to five, then that will be a performance that exceeds all expectations.
2. I want the motivation and will to write at least three chapters of a book that has so far been hatched only in the head - it isn't like a book that is already taking shape secretly on my laptop. As of now, it only exists in shared conversations between my friends and I. Not a word has been committed anywhere to this project.
3. I want to devote at least ten hours to something that is selfless - something where I am a nameless, faceless individual making a tiny ripple in a massive ocean called good samaritan. If we need our society to be pretty, we need to pretty ourselves up too, not just learn about what is true beauty.
From a ten-point list, I have brought it down to a few 'realisable' wishes. I do not want my Resolutions 2012 to be as short or short-lived as my troubles. In fact, I want them to haunt me through the year, whoosh around me, torment me enough to force me to do it.
Much love,
I loved the way your pruned your resolutions to 'bite-sized' ones which can easily be chewed. btw. ten hours -- a day, week, month or year? :D
ReplyDelete:) Well, if I say ten hours a day, then that will mean being selflessly devoted to my employers who ensure 'my daily bread' on my table. A week is possible, but at the resolution-level unrealistic. I aim for the month and want to achieve it at least as a yearly target as a humble start..
ReplyDeleteWelcome back journomuse.. good to read you again after your break.. good luck with your book, i am sure you will start soon. If it has haunted you enough already to make it to your bucket list and keep showing up in your conversations, it will haunt you to action as well.
ReplyDeleteAs for my bucket list, in fact i have been giving it a serious thought. If you care to know, here is a gist:
1. With 2011 i let go of the anger and hurt towards one and all from all over the past 32 years of my being. I instead devote some structured time to my own spiritual growth. (from geeta and kuran to pacific institute and oprah - i soak it in from all kinds of life coaches)
2. Do some good everyday, like starting a chain reaction. As simple as smiling at a stranger or saying kind words to someone who is upset or feeding your family or others with some extra dose of love.
3. Give myself some due importance. Fitness, finance, wishes, family etc etc. I expect more from myself, from people around me and from life. And I stop settling for less.
:-)
So good to read you again.Best of luck with the book idea.I have a long way to go before I can even think about it,though a book on dentistry is on the cards for now as that is my expertise.
ReplyDeleteMy one point agenda is fitness this year.I just want to run ...two days into the new year and I have kept the promise,hope will continue:)
Spice Ballet: Interesting resolutions girl..and I hope you find the motivation to religiously stick to it..:)
ReplyDeleteSharmila: That sounds very do-able..In fact, pssst..running has been on my resolve-to-do-list which is a separate list from resolutions list..my amply curved lard could do with some trimming..and I fancy running, just that I have it in my head that unless I have that really expensive pair of running shoes, my body will combust if I try running..:)
HaHa..I too was eyeing this shoe for running and this pedometer before kicking myself hard this time.It worked and I go to the beach and run barefoot now.So far so good ,I keep my fingers crossed:0
ReplyDeleteYour resolutions are different. Well, to be precise, hell lot different. I strongly wish you success in all three!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your resolutions girl!:) Loved them:)
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