Resolutions 2021 Update

Out of the nine, I did something on five of them in the month of January; and did nothing on four of them. That’s better than 50 / 50 — pretty good for the first month.

This is the first year that I’m doing a tally at the end of each month. I think it’s a good idea and keeps me planning to do better.

Last year one of my accomplishments was to publish Daybook of My Personal Faith, and in that book in the month of January I write one day about setting goals (or resolutions) for the year. One of my guidelines is that I can add resolutions anytime and if something is truly not working and seems like it’s not going to work, I can drop it. So it’s a flexible plan.

Now that I’m doing a monthly tally, I’m also adding the guideline that I can catch up. If I did nothing in the first month, I can catch up in the second or third or fourth month.

In the year 2020, I made seven resolutions. Two of them I did nothing on all year. Two resolutions I kept and completed. And three of them I did partially.

So here’s to 2021 and having resolutions work for me!

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It’s a snowy day here (Saturday, January 21) and I laid in bed this morning finishing reading Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah. It is lasting into the day with me. First of all, I recommend it and will try to not say too much about it to ruin it for anybody else’s reading.

It’s about sisters, and mother and daughter relationships. It’s about trauma and how you carry it with you. And it’s about resolution and how it happens and whether with the resolution, you have some regrets.

We have had a recent death in our family and knowledge of several people with serious cancer. That has served to remind me about time and its limitations. I found myself throughout this book in wonder at this mother’s courage and determination to stand tall, and at the same time, found myself in tears at the end of the book as resolution happened but much time had been lost.

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to stay in intentional touch with a bunch of people, both family and friends. And to try to not only have the daily chit-chat but also the deeper conversation.

This book spurs that resolution on, plus holding on to persistence and determination as one of the sisters does. What a good read.

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