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wyntir_knightMany years ago I made a New Year's Resolution that I have never broken. I resolved to never again make a New Year's Resolution. They were usually broken within a week, were completely unattainable, and I always felt like crap after I broke them.
So this isn't a Resolution. It's a To-Do List.
This year I want to read at least half the books I've been meaning to. They're sitting on my bookshelf and some of them have barely been opened. Some of them are opened and then put aside for a new shiny. So I really need to get serious about that. Unread books may as well be blank pages.
I also really need to take my diet more seriously. I can't aford really nice clothing and the large sized clothes are made really badly. I want to be able to make myself retro business suits, but there's no point until I get down to a 20 or an 18. Vogue has some fabulous patterns fashioned after the 1920's, 30's, and 40's and those are what I want.
I need to stop dropping drawing projects because the work isn't perfect. No one was born a great artist, it always takes practice. And I have to stop comparing my work to those of others. The same applies to my writing and my crochet. It's mine and can only be compared to me. So what if it's not perfect.
I need to stop defining myself by my relationships with men. I do not need to be married to be happy. I do not need to be a wife and mother because I'm already a Nonna. If that is what's in the cards, then so be it, but I am not less of a woman because my co workers think I need a family of my own (whatever that means). Repeat after me (uh, me): I am not a Spinster even though I own three cats. I have friends who are like family to me and they make me happier than any boyfriend ever has. I will not allow me to view me as damaged in any way. The deity has a plan and I have to trust in that plan. I do not need to explain my singleness to my co-workers any more nor will I allow them to pitty me.
I will continue to cook and bake and be domestic. In fact, I will do more of it. I am a Domestic Goddess and I will not be ashamed of it. In fact, I will eventually buy (or make) those fabulous Domestic Goddess home supplies (rubber gloves with feathers on the sleeve cuffs, hammers studded with rhinestones) ... Look out Martha, 'cause here I come!
So this isn't a Resolution. It's a To-Do List.
This year I want to read at least half the books I've been meaning to. They're sitting on my bookshelf and some of them have barely been opened. Some of them are opened and then put aside for a new shiny. So I really need to get serious about that. Unread books may as well be blank pages.
I also really need to take my diet more seriously. I can't aford really nice clothing and the large sized clothes are made really badly. I want to be able to make myself retro business suits, but there's no point until I get down to a 20 or an 18. Vogue has some fabulous patterns fashioned after the 1920's, 30's, and 40's and those are what I want.
I need to stop dropping drawing projects because the work isn't perfect. No one was born a great artist, it always takes practice. And I have to stop comparing my work to those of others. The same applies to my writing and my crochet. It's mine and can only be compared to me. So what if it's not perfect.
I need to stop defining myself by my relationships with men. I do not need to be married to be happy. I do not need to be a wife and mother because I'm already a Nonna. If that is what's in the cards, then so be it, but I am not less of a woman because my co workers think I need a family of my own (whatever that means). Repeat after me (uh, me): I am not a Spinster even though I own three cats. I have friends who are like family to me and they make me happier than any boyfriend ever has. I will not allow me to view me as damaged in any way. The deity has a plan and I have to trust in that plan. I do not need to explain my singleness to my co-workers any more nor will I allow them to pitty me.
I will continue to cook and bake and be domestic. In fact, I will do more of it. I am a Domestic Goddess and I will not be ashamed of it. In fact, I will eventually buy (or make) those fabulous Domestic Goddess home supplies (rubber gloves with feathers on the sleeve cuffs, hammers studded with rhinestones) ... Look out Martha, 'cause here I come!
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Date: 3 Jan 2007 02:05 (UTC)