We are Resolved
Jan. 11th, 2021 02:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouse It's probably foolish to attempt to post something mundane, but I would like to give it a try.
I know that we are well into 2021 at this point, but I would like to recap my New Year's. If you've been following me for some time, you may know that we have a private family tradition in which we put out a small satchel of dimes (to represent "silver") on our front stoop some time before midnight and then ritually bring them in on the morning of the first day of the year. It's a simple representational spell to try coax money IN the door in the upcoming year (and it harm none, of course.) This year, because Mason is headed off to college, we had him do all the money handling.
Likewise, one of the questions I often have at the beginning of each new year is "Do you make a resolution, and, if so, what is it?" I go back and forth about new year resolutions. Out of curiosity, I went back and looked through my hashtag "new years resolution" and I seem to be pretty to consistent in that I at least talk about a resolution every year--although my level of commitment does seem to waver a lot.
In case you are curious, I will do a sampling retrospective for you:
So, how about you?
I know that we are well into 2021 at this point, but I would like to recap my New Year's. If you've been following me for some time, you may know that we have a private family tradition in which we put out a small satchel of dimes (to represent "silver") on our front stoop some time before midnight and then ritually bring them in on the morning of the first day of the year. It's a simple representational spell to try coax money IN the door in the upcoming year (and it harm none, of course.) This year, because Mason is headed off to college, we had him do all the money handling.
Likewise, one of the questions I often have at the beginning of each new year is "Do you make a resolution, and, if so, what is it?" I go back and forth about new year resolutions. Out of curiosity, I went back and looked through my hashtag "new years resolution" and I seem to be pretty to consistent in that I at least talk about a resolution every year--although my level of commitment does seem to waver a lot.
In case you are curious, I will do a sampling retrospective for you:
- 2020: "I should probably journal on DW more?" (The half-a$$ed resolution that I actually kept.)
- 2019: "I will do a spell every day from my Spell-a-Day book!" (The sincere resolution that ended in a broken bathtub that we still haven't fixed!)
- 2018: A joke about maybe trying to "be nicer" (jury is still out.)
- 2017: Try to read at least 30 books in a year (I think I managed it that year, actually.)
- 2016: "I've decided this year that when I'm angry at some yahoo on social media, I'm going to insult them exclusively from lyrics in the Grinch song." (FAIL. I don't think I remembered pledging this five minutes after I did.)
So, how about you?