The Next Thing on My List

I have just finished reading The Next Thing on My List by Jill Smolinski which has forced me into a position I had fully sworn off in the last couple of years: Resolutions!!!

Smolinski’s novel is absolute chicklit with the heroine, June Parker, discovering herself while finishing a list for a twenty-four year old girl who dies in her car while June is driving. For a morbid beginning, it is not such a bad read — very, very easy and holidayish. There were a few almost plot surprises and how Parker went about completing the list was rather entertaining.

Mostly though, I came away with the idea of THE LIST. I had always been a resolutions girl until I hooked up with Mr. Husband who seems to be anti any sort of goal, list, aspiration… He just decides what he wants and then does it.

Me, I’m a bit more goal oriented but I’ve been letting it slide the last couple of years.

So….. since it is New Year’s Eve….

Here is my list (maybe if I put it in print I will actually do all of these things!)

Twenty Things I want to Do in 2008

1. Adopt a baby
2. Adopt a baby
3. Adopt a baby…OK, so this is my primary focus!!!
4. Run the San Diego Rock’n’Roll Marathon
5. Lose 50 pounds
6. Sell a freelance article to a major magazine
7. Finish my book or scrap it all together and start a new one
8. Stop obsessively worrying about the kids
9. Stop obsessivley worrying about the kids
10. Stop obsessively worrying about the kids….another huge area for concern
11. Try and sell my Muskoka Alphabet book to a publisher
12. Declutter my entire house
13. Finally decide if we are renovating or moving
14. Put decision into action
15. Put friends further up on my list of priorities
16. Create new and more exciting lessons for work
17. Keep car clean!!!!
18. Be more patient with myself (my priest told me at confession that if I was more patient with myself, I would be more patient with others)
19. Finish decorating the rooms of the Gaffer and Sirtalksalot
20. Find and be myself more often…this I hope is actually inherent in all 20!

Do you have a resolution? Do you have a list? Please add it on and let’s see if we can keep each other partially accountable!

Happy New Year Everybody!!!!!!