Making lists.

I did start new in 2014. I have started new before, at the beginning of 2013, but I will keep trying till I get it right. Sound like something you have said before? I started with making of list of the things I had on my mind to do. Not a life time list, just a list from the previous day. Things I wanted to do and got side tracked from accomplishing. Side tracking is something I do really well. So on the top of my list is "don't get side tracked" That alone would be a great feat. I did cross off two items on a six item list. Not too bad. Well, I did start late in the day, that has to count for something. Now I will carry over the remaining four items but I will not add a new list on the next day until I finish the last list. Now we can throw away a finished list and feel satisfied. If I added a next day list to a previous day list I will never be done and just feel really bad about that. Yes, writing this blog post is a list item. Great, another check mark on my ledger. It is tedious at times but can bring such relief that we are really progressing in life and not just walking in place.
Now if you ball up the finished list loosely and throw it in a small waste basket you can see the lists fill the basket real quick. This will be satisfying for sure. No it is not cheating. It is an accounting method to put the world in it's place. Keep smiling.

A new beginning.

2014, wow it doesn't seem possible and yet here it is. What will we do with it. Now of course is the time for all those New Year resolutions. Loosing weight, now there is a winner for sure. Can I? , Can you? do you want to? do I want to? You bet I do. Now how will I start. I love that old bit of sage - "today is the first day of the rest of your life", how true that really is. That saying alone gives me the fire to get started. So it will be a healthy breakfast first, then some exercise today will be real easy. I say easy because nature provided a nice bit of snowfall which needs to be cleared from my car, driveway and sidewalks. You see how much fun this new year can be already. I'm sure  you will have your own set of circumstances to start a new beginning for 2014, so right now give it some serious thought, choose wisely and go for it. Remember, baby steps first. This actually is a great time to go buy my new book because it's all about choices in life. Sorry no exercise involved in that because you only have to push a button to go to Barnes & Noble online or Amazon to find my book. "It Takes a Naked Man to Tell a Naked Story" Happy reading.