2010 Countdown: New Year's Resolutions

Cuz it's that time of year. Really I'm not big on New Year's resolutions since I'm constantly setting goals for myself as I see fit and figure soon as I decide I really want to change something I may as well do it right away. This year; however, I'm doing it because I have this blog and it seems like an appropriate way to start off a new year of blogging. And maybe putting it on the internet will hold me more to it. Here are the resolutions:

- Make myself a bigger priority.
- Write this blog on a regular basis and hone in more on its purpose.
- Finish my book.
- Figure out what I want to be when I grow up... or at least for the next five years.
- Be mindful, enjoying all the moments, large or small.
- Do something I've never done at least once per week.

I could probably keep on going but will stop there. We'll check in at the end of the year to see how I've done. How do you feel about new year's resolutions? If you make them what are yours this year?

Back at it... Again

Tried to revive this back in September but failed. 'Course failure can (and should) be looked at as a learning opportunity and I've certainly learned from it. That and many other experiences have shown me how much fear is getting in my way. Fear of what exactly I don't feel the need to address in here. Particularly because a lengthy diatribe may ensue (That sentence was included mostly because I wanted to use the phrase "lengthy diatribe may ensue."). Roseanne Cash (whomever that is) said, "The key to change... is to let go of fear." (Oh, just looked up Roseanne Cash and found out she's Johnny Cash's oldest daughter. Good to know.) As I've just hit the dirty thirty and am also about to embark on a new year I've been doing a lot of thinking. Damn juxtaposition of birthday and a new year leads to this occurrence nearly every December. This year's focus has been fear and how it's frozen me in many ways. I'm not big on setting New Year's resolutions cuz goal setting is something I do on a regular basis but this year I thought I'd make a change and fear is what I'd like to let go of. And to change that into a more positive goal I read somewhere once that there are really only two primary emotions, fear and love. All the other emotions are secondary to the two of those. So I suppose my true goal is to be more loving.

Either way when I typed "letting go of fear" into google to see if it had any better ideas than I did (they didn't) this is what I found: Sit with your fear and fully embrace it. Be mindful of it. Then act upon it. Ralph Waldo Emerson (who I do know without googling) said, "Do the thing you fear; and the death of fear is certain." And that is it. So simple. So difficult for many of us to do. But I challenge you in joining me facing your fears, increasing love, and making way for grand fun in this new year!