Spent the bulk of the day juggling preparations for the work week ahead, facebooking, watching some telly and dinner preparation.
The past few days have been pretty awesome even though it was by no means exciting or eventful by anyone's standards! Spent new years' eve evening at home and the new year's day itself at home too.
I did some reflecting and it dawned upon me that the past decade was an important and eventful one... Career- wise, in the last ten years i graduated, started work and got promoted thrice. Love- wise, i met Shawn and married him. Health- wise, i started seriously exercising in 2005 and have been maintaining a thrice- weekly ashtanga yoga practice. I have also stopped eating meat in June 2005 and am still on my pescatarian diet. Another love aspect which brought me to frantic tears again as i thought about it on 01.01.10 was our cat Bel of course. I adopted and lost him to cancer in that decade. The memories of him are always, always bitter-sweet but i could never ever not think about him every day (it is hard not to when the wallpaper of my phone is still his funny face!). Of course the crying and pain has abated somewhat, but really, all it takes is just that longing to hold his heavy and furry body, to hear his 'meow' responses to my dialogue with him, to feel his kneading on the covers each night... these are what reduces a normally sensible woman to wrecked sobs...
This is him:
Bel
And, back to my ramblings for the next decade...
I never believe in setting new year resolutions. Those, i believe, are just excuses to procrastinate one's resolves to another calendar year. If something is wrong, set it right ASAP! I mean, there is nothing very wrong with starting a year wonderful and right, but what have been holding you back to do it right last year?
For example, a rather common resolution i see/ hear is to be a better/ nicer/ more understanding person... So, when you snap at someone undeserving, you reserve your guilt and resolve till say, 6 months later when 31/12 is approaching??? Does not make sense to me!
In any case, resolution- less, I wonder what the next decade would bring me...
Work- wise: I have no blinking idea! I am not feeling ambitious now!
Family- wise: Travel lots, with Shawn and maybe, my parents cos they are getting older
Pet- wise: Hmmmm... I only want bel! Well, not too keen on having more for now...
Health- wise: too crazy to project a 10 year stretch goal, but with regular practice, perhaps finish the intermediate series in 2 years' time? Oh, and stretch my sad 15 minute runs! I may also turn full vegetarian (lacto-ovo) when i reach 40...
Life- wise: More lives born; some lives lost... very morbid to think of such things at this time!
So, day three into a new decade, insights into my life...
Wow! It's amazing that you plan by a decade. I can't even look as far as 3 months ;P
ReplyDeleteI hope the next decade brings you all the joys and love your heart desires, Joanna. Some lives lost means a renewal of and for others. The good thing is the pain does diminish with time. Hang in there, my dear.