How was your New Year’s, friends? Mine was lovely. I was briefly worried that I wouldn’t have plans, but a couple of my lovely lady friends came through, and we ended up going to a fancy party in Astoria. My favorite mental image of the night was sitting on a coffee table, looking up above me to see twenty or so flutes of champagne all clinking and feeling amazed that not one drop was spilled on my $20 dress.
People can be so cynical about resolutions. But what’s so wrong about making an attempt to better oneself? Last year I wrote my resolutions on a torn page of binder paper, and taped it above my printer, and while I strayed and maybe didn’t come through on all of them, they did serve as a reminder of what I wanted to improve. I really did cook for myself more, and I wrote nearly every day! I kind of wanted to write something about the inherent hope in resolutions, but then I read what my old friend Eric wrote here, and it’s something I don’t even want to try to match.
So here are my 2013 resolutions. They are written on a fresh piece of binder paper, taped over the sheet labeled 2012, because I don’t think those old resolutions should disappear with the start of a new year.
- Read more Poetry.
- Write with abandon. Stop self-censoring.
- Be Patient. Keep working hard, but have a little patience with life.
- Commit to a volunteer project.
- Be more grateful.
- Cook more Asian food.
- Do Yoga. Find a studio. Buy a package. Make it happen.
- Read at night instead of watching television shows from the 90’s on Netflix.
- Make a more genuine effort to stay in touch.
- Finish two semesters of school
More than any of that, this Susan Sontag quote struck me as something to keep in mind:
“I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.”
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