Well, it’s been a while since my last post here. Obviously, I am still a thinker and not much of a doer. In fact, this post may have more to do with procrastination than anything else. Need to be busy working on something else that I don’t want to do. A friend also encouraged me to keep blogging the other day. He thinks that I might have something to write that could be interesting or humorous to others. Not sure where he gets that idea. Haven’t really experienced that anywhere else, but hey, why the heck not?
Been reflecting about a New Year’s resolution. Haven’t been much for those in several years, but recently, something has been percolating. (Love spell check. Evidently, I always thought “perculating” had more of a “q” rather than “percolating” “kuh” sound in the middle. Always learning something new. Thanks, Spell Check.) Someone could reasonably argue that my resolution should be about “doing”. Instead, I’m leaning towards being more reflective, that is, a more intentional, even scheduled, reflection. Whenever I try to “do,” I can’t keep it up for long. I feel neurotic and outside myself. I’m hoping that action that comes from a deeper reflection will be more calm, centered, peaceful and stick around a little longer because the intellectual reasons and will will be there. (1st “will”=noun, 2nd “will”=aux .verb)
My good friend “Johnny Joe” says “‘Blah-blah-blah.’ Just make up your mind to do one small thing [e.g. make your bed] and do it everyday. Then once you have that new good habit in place, add another small one and keep building.” Sounds very reasonable, huh? Well, we’ll see about that, Johnny Joe!
I’m still per-”q”-lating…
In the meanwhile, enjoy this sound. Don’t know much about jazz, but love me some Vince Guaraldi.
Tags: doer, New Year's resolution, procrastination, reflection, small steps, Thinker, Vince Guaraldi
