A time for reflection...

Many things happened in 2004, to say I was ill-prepared for most of them is an understatement. Now I find myself at the beginning of 2005, it presents itself before me: new, untouched, full of things that have never been, full of work that has never been done, full of tasks, claims, and demands. I face it with some trepidation but also with excitement.

These are my resolutions (in no particular order):

- move into a new place and live by myself
- get out of Sydney and out of the country, at least once
- be a better sister, a better daughter, a better aunt, a better friend, a better person (because I stretched myself much too thinly in 2004 and this is the year for making amends)
- do more volunteer work and be more appreciative of my life
- spend less time analysing and feeling the world’s weight on my shoulders, be less angsty and inject some much needed levity in my thoughts (!)
- go skinny-dipping
- read and write more
- enrol in external philosophy classes
- take up pilates and kick-boxing

Thoreau once said "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." This year, for a change from those 23 odd years of existence, I resolve not to step too far away.

Happy new year everyone!!

PS.
Please donate to the tsunami relief fund if you haven't already.