we here highly resolve
Jan. 2nd, 2026 09:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauradi7dwStill thinking about Abe Lincoln, I guess.
For many years, my resolution every year was to keep a journal. I never was consistent about it on paper, and even little things like an annual list of movies watched or bellringing done fell by the wayside. Then in 2004 I started with Livejournal (which apparently is falling apart now? I haven't been keeping track) and switched over to DW when lots of other people did. I'm still sporadic about it - I went to the Harvard Art Museum (what used to be the Fogg?) last weekend, took a lot of photos, made mental notes, started composing a post, and let it drop.
In my stocking from a family gathering I got an actual paper journal with a clasp (not a lock). I have been talking about trying to have a formal budget this year. The obvious thing to do with the paper journal would be to keep a list of expenses. I am thinking of the notebook my mother kept in the early 1950s
(see my comment at https://lauradi7dw.dreamwidth.org/710633.html )
Before I got the journal, I had decided that my resolution-esque thing would be to clean the house. I do the basic hygiene stuff like wash the dishes and wipe the counter tops and scrub the toilets and bathroom sinks, but I go for long stretches without doing any dusting, and sometimes it's easier to drape clothes over stuff than to put them away. I don't do the stereotyped thing of making exercise equipment into a clothes rack because I use the rowing machine regularly, but I do hang wet t-shirts from the chin bar on hangers (by choice I do not have a dryer).
I mentioned this to Flo, pointing out that I'm the only person ever in this house so my motivation for keeping it clean is low. She was startled, but I don't know why. The only people other than me who have been in the house in the past six months have been the workers in the basement.
For many years, my resolution every year was to keep a journal. I never was consistent about it on paper, and even little things like an annual list of movies watched or bellringing done fell by the wayside. Then in 2004 I started with Livejournal (which apparently is falling apart now? I haven't been keeping track) and switched over to DW when lots of other people did. I'm still sporadic about it - I went to the Harvard Art Museum (what used to be the Fogg?) last weekend, took a lot of photos, made mental notes, started composing a post, and let it drop.
In my stocking from a family gathering I got an actual paper journal with a clasp (not a lock). I have been talking about trying to have a formal budget this year. The obvious thing to do with the paper journal would be to keep a list of expenses. I am thinking of the notebook my mother kept in the early 1950s
(see my comment at https://lauradi7dw.dreamwidth.org/710633.html )
Before I got the journal, I had decided that my resolution-esque thing would be to clean the house. I do the basic hygiene stuff like wash the dishes and wipe the counter tops and scrub the toilets and bathroom sinks, but I go for long stretches without doing any dusting, and sometimes it's easier to drape clothes over stuff than to put them away. I don't do the stereotyped thing of making exercise equipment into a clothes rack because I use the rowing machine regularly, but I do hang wet t-shirts from the chin bar on hangers (by choice I do not have a dryer).
I mentioned this to Flo, pointing out that I'm the only person ever in this house so my motivation for keeping it clean is low. She was startled, but I don't know why. The only people other than me who have been in the house in the past six months have been the workers in the basement.
