That’s my new year’s resolution. I began the day with a bucket list item: be a redhead (see picture below). I had the same feeling looking in the mirror that I had when I became blonde . . . back in ought-three or so
2010: The Red Me
(and I don’t mean 2003!). I didn’t know me for a second or two but I think I’m gonna like this new look.
But I also mean more than just how I look. I want to step out of my comfort zone in terms of friendships, in terms of work (yeah, like that ever stabilizes enough to get “comfortable”!), in terms of my LIFE. I want to try some new things and do some things differently. I thought about this over lunch as I was questioning my friend Beth about her laundry habits (she lets it pile; I wash as soon as I have a load). What would happen if I didn’t do laundry until I ran out of underwear? Would it really change anything? But it wouldn’t be comfortable–aha! That’s what I mean!
Laundry is a little thing, a thing that might not matter much to anyone except me, but it is the little things that make up our living every day that do matter in the long run. What would I do with the minutes I save doing laundry in a week? Who knows – and that’s the point! And I may try it and then step right back into my comfort zone and that’s fine, too. But I want to try . . . I want to think about what I’m doing and why, rather than driving on auto pilot so much.
So, that’s it for this New Year’s Eve. And, of course, it’s once in a blue moon, you know….enjoy. Be safe. Feel loved.
