Me vs. Other Me
Me: Uh oh! I made the mistake of looking over prior New Year’s Resolutions. (Yes, I keep such things. They’re in the file with the red tag, marked “Goals & Resolutions: For a good laugh”) Turns out I write down the same things every year! Lose weight, have $12,000 in savings, etc. I’m like a rat on an exercise wheel-thingie, but without any cardio benefit. Help!
Hyperventilating.
I’ve lived in the same zip code my whole life. I’ve been married to the same man for 25 years and counting. I prefer staying home to going out, especially at night. Yikes, and I’m a LIBRARIAN. No wonder I haven’t started a blog or even a Facebook page until now. I have nothing exciting to post or share! To top it all off, my attempts to change and improve my life over the years have been pathetic failures.
Help HELP!
Other Me: Stop it, you freak! You don’t have to be Martha Stewart or the Pioneer Woman. You don’t have to have 3,000 friends on Facebook or 1 million hits on a website. You don’t have to look good in in a bikini. You don’t even have to make New Year’s Resolutions.
Me: Sniff. But I want to. Hey, I read this great article on LinkedIn that says I should record how I spent my time last year. Then I can put everything into categories to analyze what time I’ve wasted. If I did this, maybe I’d discover what I’ve been doing wrong all this time.
Other Me: Why do you insist you’re “doing it” wrong?
Me: I’ll make a spreadsheet. This year’s going to be totally different.
