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12/30/2017 1 Comment New Year, New Goals Bighorn Sheep licking salt off the road I read an article on resolutions on the website Career Authors. The fresh take on the tradition of making New Year's resolutions describes perfectly my desire to slow my life to a reasonable pace, to allow myself more time to think and reflect.
Article author Glenn Miller writes: What if instead of resolutions, you chose not what you will do, but who you will be? My main goal for 2018 is to simplify my life. I want more time in the mountains to see creatures like this Bighorn Sheep, and to hike, camp, and fish. As I prioritize, I plan to continue writing short stories and novels. That is one thing I won't be trimming from my schedule. In fact, I hope to make more time for my writing. I will also continue my Thursday short story reviews, which seem popular. I will be cutting back to one post every other week, instead of weekly. On Tuesdays, if I post, look for more nature photos. I have more stories to tell, and not enough time to write them all down. I hope to remedy that problem in 2018. Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify. - Henry David Thoreau
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1/7/2018 11:00:04 am
Happy New Year, and good for you! I think that's an admirable goal to take stock and shift one's direction and perspective a little to find more balance. I certainly hope to do the same in 2018, as the final three months of 2017 found me buried under so much academic and office work that I had not time nor energy to pursue personal writing. I actually turned down additional teaching work for this spring semester -- my bank account wonders how it's going to break even if I'm not essentially working one and a half full-time jobs like I had done in fall -- but I really need to feel productive again. Life is too short, and what's the point if all of your time is consumed by the unsatisfying details, as Thoreau observes? Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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