It’s officially 2008, and we’re off again, this time to lose ourselves in the mountains of Colorado. A little snow action, hopefully.
Did you make any resolutions? Anyone? Seems like that tradition falls a little more out of favor every year, though there are always a few who make their lists, and even a few who stick to them. My parents have started doing something slightly different, in that they don’t focus on a list of ten or more resolutions, but on a single word that sums up what they’re trying to improve about themselves during the next year. Like “patience,” or “generosity.” Then it becomes a creative challenge to figure out how best to fulfill that word as the year moves on and all the new opportunities spring up.
Any words that you all would like to claim? Perseverance is always a good one for me, and I think I’ll stick with it for now.
Blogging may be spotty over the next week, as I’m unsure about internet availability where we’ll be.
I see that smile.
My word for the year is CONTENT–as in being satisfied or enjoying a sense of well-being. That one word summs up a sign I saw that said, “Be Happy With What You Have.”
That’s it. My word for 2008.
At the risk of being altogether too British and/or lacking anything approaching a working sense of humour, my word for 2008 is “write” because that’s all I want to do, and it’s always the thing that gets pushed to the bottom of the heap in the daily grind. So there!
Happy New Year to everyone who reads this excellent blog – keep up the good work Josh, and by golly let’s hope that in 2008 all those blockhead (I love that American word, by the way) agents and publishers finally wake up and smell the shi- er, coffee. 🙂
Writing is a great goal, and you’ve set a good track record for yourself, Chris. Can’t wait to see more of your stories.
2008 can be a great year on both sides of the pond.