fresh start

I hope this post finds you happy, healthy, and ready to start twenty seventeen out with a spring in your step.

I heard a radio ad from the Michigan Ad Council on my drive into work early this morning that got me thinking.  "Don't almost give.  Give".

I will admit that this has often been one of my greatest flaws... Amost giving. Intentions are good, but follow-thru can be horrible. Prime example: I went through the kids' old clothing and got some bags together that I wasn't planning on listing for sale, but rather to donate. They made it into the paper grocery bags, and down on the futon in the basement, where they have continued to live for over a month now.  These clothes could have been worn on the first day of the new year by kids in need.  An unfortunate missed opportunity because, well, I'm lazy.

I'm not fond of the word resolution. but would rather think of priorities for the year.  I have a few that need to make their way into the top ten on my list, and giving is one of them.

Another would be setting and completing short term goals.  I LOVE the bigger picture. I'm good at bigger pictures.  I'm not very good at the immediate, littler tasks needed in order to acheive that big picture. I tend to save up everything that I need/want to do until the last minute, and then do it all at once. Overwhelming, slightly rushed, but man do I give it 110%.   This procrastination habit I have has given me more "avoidable" stress in my life than any real and legitimate stress I think I've ever had to deal with.  And for that, I'm thankful. However, this year I think I'm ready to really try to tackle my short-term goal lists.

One of those goals is simply to take a few minutes at the end of each day to grab my little laptop, reflect, and start typing.  I look forward to writing more and hope you'll enjoy the opportuniy to read what these fingers have to say.

Cheers to this year, folks!