New Years resolutions - the tool of the optimist

Some people claim with great pride that they never make new year’s resolutions. “ I won’t keep them so making them is silly, I just carry on”., is the tone of their plans and pride is the feeling that they never fail. I, on the other hand, love new year’s resolutions. A new start, the best of new intentions and a new plan are a wonderful thing. With the new year approaching, I try and reorganize a busy life, try and squeeze in time for excersise, time for relaxing, time for chats and time for the dreaded book keeping. Because , I am such a fan, I have other times over the year where I review, replan and restart. At Halloween, which is the celtic new year and a a time of beginnings when we move from darkness to light , lends itself terribly well to new plans and Easter also, the time of renewal and resurrection. So I combine all different belief systems to divide my year into three new starts, three little flashes of optimism and three times of the year where I review, realize that the grand plan didn’t work so well but that it hopefully will this time.

So today, close enough to new years, today is the day, the kids go back to school.  One of them starting the last preparation phase for the leaving cert in earnest while the other tackles – I hope – his strong belief that school is a waste of time anyway. Me, I’m back baking since last Thursday, have great plans to not let the papers get out of hand – again and to not work late into each evening and – to get up early every Monday and write this blog, record how I get on and share how I managed to find more hours every day. Convinced that there is a secret supply that I only have to tap into. “I have to be more organized” is the new mantra and more organized I will be. So watch this space to see how this slightly chaotic life will change into one with daily excersise, organized paperwork and evenings dedicated to choir, help with school work and relaced conversations. Once an optimist, always an optimist and nothing is as good as a new start.New Year’s resolutions – the tool of the optimist

Some people claim with great pride that they never make new year’s resolutions. “ I won’t keep them so making them is silly, I just carry on”., is the tone of their plans and pride is the feeling that they never fail. I, on the other hand, love new year’s resolutions. A new start, the best of new intentions and a new plan are a wonderful thing. With the new year approaching, I try and reorganize a busy life, try and squeeze in time for excersise, time for relaxing, time for chats and time for the dreaded book keeping. Because , I am such a fan, I have other times over the year where I review, replan and restart. At Halloween, which is the celtic new year and a a time of beginnings when we move from darkness to light , lends itself terribly well to new plans and Easter also, the time of renewal and resurrection. So I combine all different belief systems to divide my year into three new starts, three little flashes of optimism and three times of the year where I review, realize that the grand plan didn’t work so well but that it hopefully will this time.

So today, close enough to new years, today is the day, the kids go back to school.  One of them starting the last preparation phase for the leaving cert in earnest while the other tackles – I hope – his strong belief that school is a waste of time anyway. Me, I’m back baking since last Thursday, have great plans to not let the papers get out of hand – again and to not work late into each evening and – to get up early every Monday and write this blog, record how I get on and share how I managed to find more hours every day. Convinced that there is a secret supply that I only have to tap into. “I have to be more organized” is the new mantra and more organized I will be. So watch this space to see how this slightly chaotic life will change into one with daily excersise, organized paperwork and evenings dedicated to choir, help with school work and relaced conversations. Once an optimist, always an optimist and nothing is as good as a new start.