The Once and Future Me
There are many thoughts that run through my head as I plan for the upcoming year. I don’t want it to be like all of the year’s past. I wake up each day looking forward to accomplishing a lot. And then spend a large part of the day, watching all of the TV shows that I’ve recorded while eating meals, playing word games on my devices and thinking about all of the things that I should be doing but somehow never get a chance to do. I will occasionally get an opportunity to work, either as a substitute teacher or storyteller, which will break up the monotony of those days. None of these reflect weekends and time spent at home with Christina, which allow me to enjoy being and doing things together.
There are things that seem to have always been on my list of things to do: Write, both fiction and non-fiction. I want to become published. Music, I have some skills at playing different instruments but am proficient with only some, so practice to become better. Storytelling, There are so many stories out there, including my own that I would love to perform, but not getting enough gigs to actually perform them, creates less motivation to learn and work on them. So, learn and become more proficient at my storytelling craft. Ideally, I would like to become proficient enough at fiddle and guitar, that I can actually tell stories while I’m playing, a feat that I have not been able to accomplish in all my years of training. I can do one or the other, but not simultaneously.
So for personal goals and expectations, those are my thoughts. Then again they always have been and each year they are pretty much the same.
Outside of personal goals, there are also global, family goals. Build on the strong relationship I have with Christina. Do as much as I can to support my son and his wife, as they grow as a couple. Travel, which is one of my wife’s goals, which also will build on our relationship and give me a broader perspective of the world we live in. And help support all those, both family and friends, that need my support.
Again looking back on the past, these pretty much are not new things for me to wish for and look forward to. But as the years go on and I get older, hopefully at some point will be the passages I get to successfully write about.
