What a year! I am terrible with words at times but I had a good year. I made new friends that as cheesy as it may sound hope last forever. They came at just the right time as fate has a way of doing that and I thankful for them. My immediate family is the same and the only thing I have to complain is how time goes by too fast. Kids are borrowed and they will form their own lives and families and I get so sad thinking that I won’t have them in my house forever. I am enjoying them and set aside a lot of one on one time. Taking them all out at the same time gets me no where since they all just fight with each other but I have formed a good groove to try to make each one feel special.
I don’t really like making resolutions so I will make goals for 2022 (Dan says it is the same thing but resolution makes it sound so permanent while a goal sounds more optimistic in case I fail)
-Read more books, I hope to start low and read one book a month. I used to read so much when I was younger and I miss carrying around a book in my bag to always distract myself. I have become addicted to my dramas and pay no attention to all of my books that I hope to get lost in them again. I am joining a book club so I wish myself luck that I can keep it up and enjoy the company and discussions with new people. I have a hard time opening up to new people so I hope I clique well in this group.
-Learn a new language. This one will be tough, but I am going to try to learn French. We want to go to Paris again for our 10 year, next year, and I want to be able to somewhat communicate with the people. I can say simple phrases but it would be nice to actually speak with people and connect. How I am going to achieve this is still something I am trying to figure out but I have faith in myself I will find something.
-Craft more. I used to make so many things in my younger years and now nothing except for the occasional scrapbook I want to actually create again. Maybe start small like paint again or learn to sew. Something!
-Write more to my friends. I have so many friends that are scattered everywhere around the world I feel like I should reach out more. I video call them a lot but a postcard once a month or every other month would be easy to start. I have so many postcards from all of my travels I have done I might as well use them right?
-Watch all of my favorite tv shows again. I Love Lucy, Three’s Company, Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Seinfeld, The Office, Duck Tales, The Simpsons, Batman the Animated Series, Rescue Rangers, etc they all have been neglected for too long and I need to re watch them again and bring those memories back again.
-Listen to music again. I used to love finding random artists and lately I have not. My record player has been left to get dusty and I need to bring out all of my records out and have everyone listen to them. Maybe dedicate an hour at home to listen to a record and just relax while old favorites pop up again. Music and books were such a big part of my childhood and I have severely lacked both for too long.
-Go to the art museum again. I grew up going to the Chicago Art Institute on a whim at least weekly and now I hope to go to the Minneapolis Art Institute at least once a month. I used to love getting lost in all the beauty that surrounded me and it always cleared my thoughts and made me more creative and more at ease. I always left happy and relaxed and I feel like I should go back to that because it really is a favorite thing of mine to do.
-Go into the cities more. I rarely leave my suburb, especially in the winter, but I hope to explore St Paul and Minneapolis more. They have so many good eats and good unknown places I have yet to see and explore that I should really make more of an effort to go out.
Ok, that is it. I would be lying if I said I will exercise more and eat better because I know myself and as much as I would love to lose weight I am not at the point where I don’t like looking at myself in the mirror (yet.) When and if that time comes I will just start making an effort to do it.
*I didn’t realize I have over 20 drafts saved and so I will be posting them as soon as I can
Adventures of Janet 