What I accomplished in 2009

I typed the title to this and now here I am sitting and staring at a blank screen.

Which is appropriate because that's how this year has felt.

I've felt unmotivated and worn down. Every time I felt like I got a little edge and was getting somewhere, it evaporated. Case in point: David's pay cut. Case in point: my unpaid job furlough. Those are the ones I'm comfortable talking about here, but rest assured, there are more.

But there has actually been a little progress. For example,

• I lost weight on a low-carb diet (still a ways to go, but nearly halfway there. Took a break and gained a little back over these holidays.)
• Started going back to yoga classes again.
• Found that I had time for reading for pleasure again, and am doing so. (i.e. I don't pass out 30 seconds after I climb into bed.)
• Moved into the new living room. Yesterday. David did all of the work and I tried to keep the preschoolers out of his hair as he worked on it.

I have a tendency to feel unorganized, declare that will get organized and then make a list longer than Santa's of things that I need to do, goals I should have, intermediate steps to get there, etc. Not surprisingly, I find this overwhelming and soon abandon it all. I can MAKE myself unmotivated and worn down in this way. But no more.

Resolution for 2010: Simplify.

Enough already with organizing. Now I'm eliminating instead.

Comments

[Antropologa]

Yeah, the less you have, the less to keep track of!

[Charlie]

2009 was like trying to play tennis in leg irons. Better times ahead.