<p>Throw out more stuff. </p>
<p>Made a good start on the basement thanks to S2 who had ulterior motives, but spent two or three hours down there with me.</p>
<p>Be more organized so I don’t waste time looking for things. For the first time in years, I can see my desktop (the wooden one, not the computer one) because I spent New Year’s weekend clearing out and tossing piles of stuff (some of it 3 years old). I feel so much better – like I can breathe.</p>
<p>Also – make one new friend. And distance myself from the toxic friends. They don’t start out toxic, do they? Because then they would never become our friends. But after a point, when every conversation is about them; when they never ask about you; when they just want to get together to tell you, step by step, what happened on their last date or fight or holiday – time to call it a day. Life is too short.</p>
<p>And get to the gym more often. Which is like the resolution equivalent of wanting world peace.</p>
<p>^^classof2015: I’ve done the toxic friend purge…hardest thing ever…good luck!</p>
<p>rodney – how’d you do it? Just not be available?</p>
<p>It wasn’t me, was it? :)</p>
<p>Gym 2-3 times per week </p>
<p>More autonomy; less going along with others’ plans.</p>
<p>Suffer less.</p>
<p>Nurture friendships. </p>
<p>Finish everything I st</p>
<p>Read the Bible in 2012, one chapter at a time. The priest at our Episcopal church challenged us to do this. It’s got to be easier than losing weight!</p>
<p>Turn the healthy eating/regular exercise mission that I embarked on a year ago into my hereafter permanent lifestyle. </p>
<p>Sell our house as the first step toward moving to the place where we want to spend our retirement.</p>
<p>Be thrilled that the youngest is graduating fr. college.<br>
^ Related to that, not let the frustration at the kid’s lack of direction/ambition/gumption drive us crazy. Doubtless, this last one will be the hardest of all.</p>
<p>“breathe in, breathe out, move on”</p>
<p>buy panniers for my bike so I can eliminate more car trips <5 miles.</p>
<p>Clutter reduction! </p>
<p>If I’d just spend 30 minutes to an hour on a regular basis, it wouldn’t be so overwhelming. Seems simple–I go through one drawer (or whatever is cluttered…) every other night ( or so…). Sooner or later all the drawers would be clean/junk free. I think I’m going to decide on a reward system for myself—putting in 10 hours (cumulative time) toward clutter reduction results in a special reward. I’m still working on the reward system, but the clutter doesn’t seem to be going anywhere! Maybe saying it here/publicly will get the ball rolling…</p>
<p>If you walked into my house, you wouldn’t see clutter. Open drawers, closets, etc or go in my basement storage room…and my soul is bared! I hate it; and have vowed and declared to get rid of it in 2012!</p>