Inspiration, not Goals

Honey, we don’t do “goals” or “resolutions”, we do “inspiration”.

The last thing I need is the pressure and disappointment of New Year’s resolutions I will 100% abandon after a few days. I have ADHD, it’s not going to happen.

However, what I do like is a list of ideas for things to do or track or aim at. Will I read the 20 books I’ve set myself? Maybe. What if I end up having read 15 books by December? That’s 15 books! Yay Kay!

Some of the things on my list are a little too personal to put online, but I can do a reduced list:

  • Get stacked lobe piercing redone
  • Get back into journaling (or blogging, I guess)
  • Tidy and clean car
  • Meet the girlfriend ❤
  • At least 1 public speaking opportunity
  • Read 20 books
  • Get dental insurance
  • Tidy and deep clean apartment
  • Take art classes
  • Use balance board to stabilise joints (hypermobility.. whoop)
  • See a musical
  • Reduce antidepressants
  • Get foot tattoo covered
  • Play a concert with my choir
  • Go to the beach
  • Do karaoke
  • Get Freddie Mercury tattoo
  • Go to planetarium with Mum
  • Write a short story

Some of those are bigger projects, some depend on other things, some are just fun stuff. And, admittedly, some are already in my calendar, so I know they’ll happen.

Thing is – life is both way too serious and not as serious as it often seems. So it’s even more important to keep a good balance between the things we have to deal with, whether we want to or not, and the things that make life worth living.

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