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I'm not going to look back at my "stuff I plan to do in 2009" tag and see how well I did. That's not the point.
I learned something this past year. It would be more accurate to say "I am learning something", because I still haven't figured it all out and I still haven't quite taken it to heart. It's not a lesson that's easy to put into words, but when have I ever let that stop me?
It is this: I am the person who chooses what I do with my time. If I have something to do, it will get done when I decide to do it.
It is also this: letting myself get caught up in worrying over wasted time is largely useless. I can't change what I did an hour ago, and quite often I can't change what I'm going to do in an hour, but I can change what I'm doing right now.
I've learned that sometimes I tend to procrastinate by doing things I don't actually enjoy, and I can make myself both happier and more productive by cutting that shit out. I've learned that keeping myself away from a good book for the sake of getting things done is sustainable over an hour, but not a day. (Keeping myself away from a bad book comes under things I don't actually enjoy.) Those are details, though.
The main point is, like I said above, the person who decides how I use my time is me. That doesn't sound like a huge revelation, but it is. I'm still working through the implications.
In the coming year, I hope I will make that decision more thoughtfully.
I learned something this past year. It would be more accurate to say "I am learning something", because I still haven't figured it all out and I still haven't quite taken it to heart. It's not a lesson that's easy to put into words, but when have I ever let that stop me?
It is this: I am the person who chooses what I do with my time. If I have something to do, it will get done when I decide to do it.
It is also this: letting myself get caught up in worrying over wasted time is largely useless. I can't change what I did an hour ago, and quite often I can't change what I'm going to do in an hour, but I can change what I'm doing right now.
I've learned that sometimes I tend to procrastinate by doing things I don't actually enjoy, and I can make myself both happier and more productive by cutting that shit out. I've learned that keeping myself away from a good book for the sake of getting things done is sustainable over an hour, but not a day. (Keeping myself away from a bad book comes under things I don't actually enjoy.) Those are details, though.
The main point is, like I said above, the person who decides how I use my time is me. That doesn't sound like a huge revelation, but it is. I'm still working through the implications.
In the coming year, I hope I will make that decision more thoughtfully.
So okay, we had Christmas brunch with Dad's side of the family today.
From my uncle Johnny, who is wonderful, I received the following book:
It's not, in fact, written on the cover in blinky text, but it should be.
From my uncle Johnny, who is wonderful, I received the following book:
| Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith |
It's not, in fact, written on the cover in blinky text, but it should be.
- Pick up to 15 OTPs.
- Describe them in less than 15 words.
- Have your flist guess the OTP! (Try to guess without looking at anyone else's answers! I'll post the right answers in one week or once they've all been guessed right, whichever comes first, with a note saying who got them right.)
A note: Some of these are from RP (about three of them, I think?), and there's a lot of repeating of fandoms.
( OTPs. Sort of. Some of them are there as filler, to be honest. )
- Describe them in less than 15 words.
- Have your flist guess the OTP! (Try to guess without looking at anyone else's answers! I'll post the right answers in one week or once they've all been guessed right, whichever comes first, with a note saying who got them right.)
A note: Some of these are from RP (about three of them, I think?), and there's a lot of repeating of fandoms.
( OTPs. Sort of. Some of them are there as filler, to be honest. )
Happy "uuuuuugh where is the sun LET'S HAVE A BIG PARTY AND HOPE IT COMES BACK" day, everybody! :D
Atton doesn't celebrate Earth holidays, but he does have that particular eagerness to please that means he revels in the chance to give stuff to people.
This is why, when he saw Kale in the bar, he - without any kind of preceding explanation save 'I've got something for you! - grabbed his hand and started pulling him, with all the fervor of a very excitable puppy, up the stairs.
This is why, when he saw Kale in the bar, he - without any kind of preceding explanation save 'I've got something for you! - grabbed his hand and started pulling him, with all the fervor of a very excitable puppy, up the stairs.