I’m not good at resolutions. The quickest way for me to fail is to set something in stone as a "new years resolution". Still, I do want to have plans for 2010. To that end, I’ve signed up on 43things.com, and even though they are listed as resolutions, there are things I will accomplish in 2010.
One of my things is to Finish What I Start. I’m a great starter, but my track record on finishing is pretty much nonexistent. I am determined to have at least 1 finished novel by June. Even though the past week has been really bad, I’m still working on the #novelpi. I’m still handwriting and enjoying it immensely. I figure I will start typing in as I finish each chapter–which will invariably increase the wordcount. I’m confident that 2010 will be a year full of writing.
Another project that I’m taking on for 2010 is the 365 Project. Another one of my "things" is to take more pictures, so Project 365 is just a natural. I’ve already started carrying my digital camera with me (with freshly charged batteries), and I also have my very lovely iPhone camera. It sounds so simple, and maybe for a photographer it is, but taking a picture (a good picture) every day seems only slightly daunting. I love the idea of documenting my year in pictures–whether those pictures will mean anything to anyone besides myself remains to be seen. No matter. The goal is to take more pictures, and that is what I’ll do. In fact, I plan to start earlier than January 1st, and hopefully will have some shots to post this week.
I’ve been chasing another addiction the past couple of days. I bought a moleskine-clone at Barnes & Noble the other day. And that leads me to another "thing" or goal: creating a daily journal habit. I’ve tried this one before, and it just never quite catches on with me. Or maybe I simply didn’t put enough into it. I have been trolling pages and pages of websites devoted to Moleskines, and yeah, I want one of those. I want to end the year (or end the journal, whichever comes first), and have bunch of pages of my thoughts, ideas, doodles, reminders. A written version of Project 365 so to speak.
I feel it in my heart that 2010 will be a good year. I plan to make it so.
