A lot of people would have blogged on Jan 31 about 2008.  A lot of people would have blogged on Jan 1 about 2009 and resolutions.  I waited until Jan 2 to do anything about blogging my thoughts, which says a lot about how quickly I accept change.  Its not so much procrastination as that it just takes me some time to process thoughts and feelings before I can write them.  So, since its already Jan 2, here is my take on 2009 version two dot Oh!

Well, the first resolution is that I just must get my bookkeeping done on time this year.  I used to always be caught up on that, but ever since life got put in the blender (back about the start of 2004) I have fallen way far behind and then made that a bad habit.  “Normalized deficiency” is when something is wrong for so long you stop noticing it.  Now I have noticed though, and resolved to clean up my act.  No more late fees, no more taking months to invoice people, no more holding checks for deposit, no more tax deadlines missed!  This story about how I need time to accept change just doesn’t apply to slow bookkeeping.

One look in the mirror tells me that I need a resolution about personal growth, actually about personal shrinkage.  Lets face it, I could loose a hundred pounds and still not look emancipated.  Lets resolve to go for 52 pounds lost in 2009, one a week.  Imagine if I was to strap two large paving stones on me every mor ning an walk around everywhere carrying them!  Imagine 52 ounds of butter in a bunch of Walmart bags to carry everywhere!  Makes me never want to eat again.

Hardly anybody makes only two resolutions.  That is only company for each other, not a crowd for the year.  the first two are about wealth and health, so number three ought to be about happiness.  I’m really pleased to report that after thinking about it I don’t need to resolve to be happier or change a whole bunch on this one.  Its more of a maintenance thing, to follow my heart and my head on the path already chosen (or fatefully put in front of me).  I’m pretty happy now.  I think I shall resolve to spread that around, to make others more happy in all kinds of ways, small and large.  Perhaps that is the secret to my own happiness anyway.

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