The Resolution

So, 2008.

As I mentioned in a comment, I've been psyching myself up to follow 's example by updating every. single. fucking. day. this year. Which, if memory serves, was originally inspired by my almost making it through 2006 without missing a day - at least until a number of things went horribly sideways in November that year and I didn't have the spiritual fortitude to throughly document them. In 2007 I frequently let myself get days or even weeks behind until the prospect of completely catching up was overwhelming. I really want to make it this year; if for no other reason than than to achieve a New Year's resolution goal once in my lifetime.

Of course, I realize there will be exceptions. I might be hurt or sick (which apparently tends to happen in November, if the gallbladder of '06 and the wisdom teeth of '07 are anything to go by. I'm predicting appendicitis in '08. Woo!). I might somehow lose access to the internet for a few days (as happened when my AC cord died and Doug the Best Friend had locked his laptop in his room and my stupid work computers have filtered out LJ for "adult content."), although frankly, my Sidekick can get to LJ's Update Journal page, so that's not much of an excuse. Most likely, I'll lay down for a "nap" and sleep 12 hours. Which, okay, fine...I'll update when I get up and not five days later.

I should probably put some profound stuff right here, but I can't think of anything. And maybe that was part of my problem in not achieving past New Year's resolutions post-wise. In seeking to always include something significant (significant to me anyway - I'm speaking to the idea of writing a several hundred words either anecdotally or in essay format) in my posts, I frequently prevented myself from...you know...writing them. There's nothing wrong with a single-sentence post if it's an amusing sentence. There's no reason to "save" material to write about it later. I have Netflix now - I don't have to plan activities to keep me busy at work.

Also, I have my Sidekick. I should really use it more often to post short observations right when I think of them, if I'm not close to a regular computer.

And, by secular-use-of-the-phrase-for-dramatic-emphasis-God, I will!