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inulroAdd me to the ranks of people who don't make NY resolutions but find it a good time to take stock and draw up goals for the coming year.
This year's kinda weird. Major goal (quitting job) has been accomplished. I'm not sure where I'm going work-wise from here, and the whole point of having time off is to figure that out.
The important thing is to not fall into the trap of being an Unemployed Person (you know, "I can't do X today, I've already done Y", where Y is something trivial like buying a few groceries or washing your hair), or to get depressed. To that end, rule no. 1 is going to be: get dressed and leave the house every day. Going across the road to the newsagent and put stuff in the mailbox does not count. There will also be some rule about what times and under what circumstances the TV can be turned on.
I've got lots around here to keep me busy. In no particular order:
(This list is mostly for my reference, but also if I make it public I might feel more obliged to live up to it)
- finish all the half-done DIY jobs in the house and turn my computer room into a nice room rather than a place we dump junk
- sell all the shoes I can't wear any more (this takes care of a good deal of the junk above)
- work on garden if the weather isn't too bad
- work on French and Spanish
- work on half finished craft projects; learn to knit
- keep in touch with people more consistently
- read more
- log my books with Library Thing
And that's not even getting into researching possible avenues of work (paid and unpaid) and writing to my elected representatives. Lots. If all goes as planned, my MP will hate me after two weeks.
There's lots of other things I'd like to do, but I have to walk the delicate balancing act between Doing Stuff and not burning through my savings account in the first month.
Suggestions are welcome, especially for Doing Stuff that doesn't cost money.
This year's kinda weird. Major goal (quitting job) has been accomplished. I'm not sure where I'm going work-wise from here, and the whole point of having time off is to figure that out.
The important thing is to not fall into the trap of being an Unemployed Person (you know, "I can't do X today, I've already done Y", where Y is something trivial like buying a few groceries or washing your hair), or to get depressed. To that end, rule no. 1 is going to be: get dressed and leave the house every day. Going across the road to the newsagent and put stuff in the mailbox does not count. There will also be some rule about what times and under what circumstances the TV can be turned on.
I've got lots around here to keep me busy. In no particular order:
(This list is mostly for my reference, but also if I make it public I might feel more obliged to live up to it)
- finish all the half-done DIY jobs in the house and turn my computer room into a nice room rather than a place we dump junk
- sell all the shoes I can't wear any more (this takes care of a good deal of the junk above)
- work on garden if the weather isn't too bad
- work on French and Spanish
- work on half finished craft projects; learn to knit
- keep in touch with people more consistently
- read more
- log my books with Library Thing
And that's not even getting into researching possible avenues of work (paid and unpaid) and writing to my elected representatives. Lots. If all goes as planned, my MP will hate me after two weeks.
There's lots of other things I'd like to do, but I have to walk the delicate balancing act between Doing Stuff and not burning through my savings account in the first month.
Suggestions are welcome, especially for Doing Stuff that doesn't cost money.
