Another post from January 2
We finally have some snow, a generous inch or so that fell on New Years Eve, making the four mile drive home from Torrey and Nadia's a little slower than usual but incredibly beautiful. Though the air temperature was close to 40 this afternoon, there was not as much thawing as I had expected, so we still have our Christmas-y blanket of white all around for at least another day.
The sight of all those still mostly blank calendar pages for 2007 is raising again the hope of new, GOOD, habits being able to be established. I am making lists of things to do, changes to be made, old contacts to be re-established. In How to Read a Christian Book, the author states:
"Start at the first of the year with a resolution to read. Although many New Years resolutions are made to be broken, this one doesn’t have to be. When it comes to reading, it is helpful to think ahead to the books we want to read and to schedule them in the year. The plan should begin with a list of books we want to read. Then, we need to ask,’How many books can we realistically read in a year?’”
It’s that “realistically” that is often forgotten this time of the year. Of course I am going to lose 35% of my total body weight (both by dieting and exercising at least an hour and a half daily); get my first book published, along with at least half a dozen magazine articles or devotionals; spend hours each week with each one of my grandchildren; have guests over at least twice a week; and then read another 60 books or so between making the usual goal of 25 baby quilts. Why should realism enter into the picture in any of this planning?
Meanwhile, it is the afternoon of January 2, and my to do list for the day is barely touched, let alone any work toward the newer goals. I haven’t ventured out into the lovely sunshine for a speck of exercise, and the coffee cake dough is just barely starting to raise; looks like another late evening of waiting for that last doubling in size before putting the cakes into the oven. Forecast for 2007? Sunny expectations with more of the same lukewarm action. But hope springs eternal!
The sight of all those still mostly blank calendar pages for 2007 is raising again the hope of new, GOOD, habits being able to be established. I am making lists of things to do, changes to be made, old contacts to be re-established. In How to Read a Christian Book, the author states:
"Start at the first of the year with a resolution to read. Although many New Years resolutions are made to be broken, this one doesn’t have to be. When it comes to reading, it is helpful to think ahead to the books we want to read and to schedule them in the year. The plan should begin with a list of books we want to read. Then, we need to ask,’How many books can we realistically read in a year?’”
It’s that “realistically” that is often forgotten this time of the year. Of course I am going to lose 35% of my total body weight (both by dieting and exercising at least an hour and a half daily); get my first book published, along with at least half a dozen magazine articles or devotionals; spend hours each week with each one of my grandchildren; have guests over at least twice a week; and then read another 60 books or so between making the usual goal of 25 baby quilts. Why should realism enter into the picture in any of this planning?
Meanwhile, it is the afternoon of January 2, and my to do list for the day is barely touched, let alone any work toward the newer goals. I haven’t ventured out into the lovely sunshine for a speck of exercise, and the coffee cake dough is just barely starting to raise; looks like another late evening of waiting for that last doubling in size before putting the cakes into the oven. Forecast for 2007? Sunny expectations with more of the same lukewarm action. But hope springs eternal!
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