Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year!




There we were last night. Cheersing! A lot of cheersing. Do you see Hubby there smiling at you? My hand is there at the forefront. We finished seven bottles of champagne. I love the stuff. And had a delicious Indian dinner. Thank you, Madan! I made a Dahl and an apple galette(not very Indian). By the time the new year arrived we were cashed on the couch but in good moods. I wish for more of that for my next year. Wish all of you could have been here.

Now I make resolutions in the minutia.
1. trust my intuition in revision, don't over think the book (possibly too late), expect that I can do it, work hard
2. blog, enjoy myself, focus on gratitude and generosity
3. write the next one, at a focused yet breakneck pace (my definition of breakneck would be a good 2,000 words a week. not much I agree, but I'm better at quality than quantity. And I really value focus over breakneck.)
4. keep a list of all the books I read(I really was jealous of the list at Murphblog, so perhaps I must just do some more copying of PMM)
5. get better at everything, keep practicing, remember practice makes perfect

As Always (thank you for reading!),
Tina
Posted by at 8:10 PM

8 comments:

  1. They sound like excellent resolutions.

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  2. Thank you. I hope I don't forget them by next week.

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  3. I like your resolutions--and they seem do-able. I tend to want to change EVERYTHING that isn't working in my life in the new year. It took me a while to realize that as long as I was pointing myself in the right direction, toward a goal, that was progress enough.

    Good luck! And Happy New Year!

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  4. Heather Kelly! I do too. I struggle with the looking forward, it makes my chest tight and my breathing shallow. I always feel I must rush through everything and then I do nothing. Looking back serves me more. Perhaps I should look at what I accomplished this year, that I wrote so many words means and I can do it again. You know: Must. Keep. Plugging. Away. That is how I face the new year.

    Now I have it in words to remind myself.

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  5. I like your resolutions! Especially the focus on gratitude and generosity. I'm also a writer, but I haven't yet gotten acquainted with many writer-bloggers, and this is cool! I want to read more of your blog and blogs written by writers. I'm participating in the 2010 comment challenge.

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  6. Welcome, Catherine Ensley! and thank you. I love the idea of the comment challenge and if today is any indication it will be fun.

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  7. Your term "cheersing" made me laugh. I'm going to have to use that word! I love champagne too, but I am a lightweight so it doesn't take much to get me giddy! :)

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  8. I have to admit that we got a little giddy. Hence the cheersing. Or because of it? Hmmm. Thanks for coming by.

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