Saturday, January 8, 2011

New Year's Not-Goals




The new year is an excellent time to make resolutions about all those things you’re going to change about yourself starting today… so while you’re busy overwhelming yourself, here are a few pleasant things to distract us from our serious, important endeavors that put us on our way to being superhuman, and remind us that we are, indeed, humans, which in itself, can be a wonderful thing. 

1)   a long walk in an unfamiliar neighborhood
2)   a colorful candy store counter
3)   a drive to a small town museum
4)   Talking to an elderly person on a park bench
5)   The smell of soaps
6)   The sound of kids laughing at a playground
7)   Window shopping in front of mysterious antique stores
8)   Figuring out your waiter’s other life
9)   Not picking up your cell phone
10) Flannel sheets
11) Blowing bubbles
12) A giant pot of spiced tea for you and your neighbor
13) A candlelit bubble bath
14) The store that sells pianos
15) Sending a friend a postcard
16) Pretending you’re the invisible man/woman
17) Just listening at the dinner party
18) Glittery nail polish
19) Homemade soup
20) Writing a funny poem in honor of your best friend
21) Hugging your pet
22) Hanging upside down (circulation for your brain!)
23) A cat nap 

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