I haven't made a new year resolution since, oh, at least my thirties. It seemed, as my elder daughter said, that if you wanted to do something you would be doing it anyway.
However she then revealed that she has made a resolution this year. It is to cook something new every time she cooks. Not once a week, mark you, but every time! Although, as she doesn't cook every day, it is not as tiring as it sounds. Last week she told me she had stuck to it so far. I was impressed.
So today, disappointed by the lack of anything to show for my full retirement last year, I have resolved to write something every day. Either a post here, or a letter, or something for my weekly class.
Here's my first piece, and it reflects the jaded post-Christmas tensions in a household.
"Marriage is a scaffolding sustained by a complex web of mutual misunderstandings. If you press too hard, you risk pushing your foot through the gossamer floor."
We're nearly the same age but I have to wait for my retirement age for another 3 years!!I was so looking forward to retiring this year until the Government changed the goalposts! Perhaps you could do a post on your first year of retirement! Love to hear about it.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Nana. I like your idea and will do just that later on - have only been retired a few months as yet.
DeleteWelcome back and Happy New Year. Yes the Government change of goalposts has scuppered me too...although I am only 3 days a week now so I just have to keep on keeping on. What weekly class do you attend?
ReplyDeleteThanks Libby, Happy New Year. I go to a creative writing class at the local adult education institute. It's really enjoyable.
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