Une femme doesn't really do New Year's resolutions anymore. For more years than I care to admit, my staunch resolution each year was to Lose Weight™, usually accompanied by a heaping cup of self-flagellation. But that old adage about the definition of insanity (doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result) finally made it through my diet-addled brain, and I gave up on that little exercise in futility. (Don't let that ad campaign fool you...Weight Watchers IS A DIET.)
Besides, autumn has always seemed more like the time of year of new beginnings. It's probably a holdover from school days, with new classes and teachers and books and, of course, clothes. Autumn is the time when I tend to do the most wardrobe replenishing, as fall fabrics and colors generally work best for me. Autumn is also the time of the Jewish High Holidays, when we renew our committment to tikkun olam (healing the world). Incidently, The Manolo in a post from last Friday, has his own lovely version of tikkun olam :
Make the world more super fantastic.
Be kinder to strangers you meet on the street. Tip waitresses generously. Smile at small children and dogs, even when they are naughty. Have the kind word for shop girls and cab drivers. Engage random strangers in pleasant conversations about growing flowers, and your last trip to the circus. Resist the urge to use your walking stick to pummel rude people who talk loudly on cell phones.
Be kinder to strangers you meet on the street. Tip waitresses generously. Smile at small children and dogs, even when they are naughty. Have the kind word for shop girls and cab drivers. Engage random strangers in pleasant conversations about growing flowers, and your last trip to the circus. Resist the urge to use your walking stick to pummel rude people who talk loudly on cell phones.
Would that everyone had New Year's resolutions such as these!
But I do have some goals/projects that I'm carrying over from last year, of which de-cluttering my closet predominates. I wrote a few months ago about having too much in the way of "junk food" clothing and accessories, and I've renewed my energies toward culling the herd. I'm also expanding the de-cluttering to other areas, e.g. if I'm going to have chocolat, it's going to be the Good Stuff, I'm not going to feel obligated to finish books that bore me, and I'm going to spend less time shopping and more time in my garden. Oh, and come hell or high water, I'm going back to Paris in the fall.
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