Oh, 2011! I'm not feeling you yet. Your first few days are a series of small miseries, but no matter---I have great plans for you. Hopefully, my undiagnosed ADD wouldn't get on your way too much. Yes, I have so many plans, yet it is rivaled by just as high a level of laziness and complacency. Anyhoo, here are a few of my plans for January. Let's see who's gonna triumph. *Team Will Power*
1. Get my freelancing website up and running.
2. Get all government paperwork and bureaucracy out of the way.
3. Finish THE project that I've been putting off since forever.
4. Finish THE OTHER project that I've been putting off since forever.
5. Sew a couple of dresses for C, who's happily infanticipating. Sana girl!
I'm hoping to change the look of this blog, but it's not really a priority. My real priority this year is to reduce weight. There, I've said it. Acceptance is the first step, I guess. Anyhoooo...
Speaking of plans, what good is a plan if there isn't a planner? Or is it the other way around? Never mind. I want to share with you something I bought for this new year!
I got it from a seller in Facebook. Lovely, right? I was hesitant at first because I don't know the seller. At all. Long story short, it's one of the few times I gambled on buying something from an online seller with no track record (i.e., Ebay feedback). It's way too expensive for my anguished wallet's taste, but the heart wants what the heart wants. And besides, it's one of my last frivolous buys this year, I hope. My mantra, resolution if you will, this year is to steadily let go of my material desires. (Ironic, right? To buy something not quite relevant before letting go of material desires.) Can I do it? I'll try. Trying, in fact. Back to the planner. It has charming illustrations and excerpts from Anne of Green Gables. Along with the planner comes a plastic cover with slots, monthly stickers, and a passcase. My only beef is that the dates aren't printed, and my penmanship sucks---years spent learning Paulinian* writing down the drain---and I had to resort to stamping each date one by one. Yes, one by one, all 365 days twice over. And oh, the paper is thinner than I expected. But no matter, it is soooo very pretty, and for me, whose depth of shallowness knows no bounds (why, that oxymoron is simply beautiful), it's the only credential it needs. Of course, it has a calendar, separate annual, monthly, and daily planners, basic monthly finance log, and spaces for notes, grids, and lists. Oh, lovely.
*Paulinian writing: cursive writing, but a Paulinian worth her salt won't be caught dead calling it otherwise.
