Sibling Assignment #49: Reminders for 2008

InlandEmpireGirl assigned Silver Valley Girl and me the following task: If you had a list of gentle reminders posted on the corner of your laptop screen for 2008, what would these gentle reminders be? Read InlandEmpireGirl's reminders, here and Silver Valley Girl's here.

1. Write the correct year whenever I put a date on something. Every year this is my one hard and fast resolution for the new year. So far this year, I've only had to date a couple of things and I put 2008 on both of them.

2. Snug should walk at least a half an hour a day. I don't wear a watch and while I was driving yesterday from Kellogg to Eugene, I suddenly remembered (duh!) that I have a cell phone and I can set the alarm. When the phone goes off after 30 minutes, I'll know I've met my goal.

3. No more solo casino trips. I've cut way back on visiting casinos alone already, but I'd like to just eliminate solo trips completely and only go to a casino if I'm with a friend. This reminder is especially important to me in Eugene. I like to take Snug to the beach to play and plan to focus on our time outdoors and not mix in a casino stop in Florence.

4. Write poetry. I've never been very prolific writing poetry. I have several poems going in my head right now and I'd like to work them out. This means breaking a habit. The other poems I've written came spilling out in a single sitting and needed very little work once I wrote them out. I can't depend on this method for all poems and I'd like to start grinding out some poems rather than only recording the ones that gush out readily.


This list seems manageable and reasonable. If walking more helps me lose weight, terrific; if not going to the casino alone helps with our family finances, superb; if grinding out poetry is part of a daily writing habit, out of sight.

That's the way it is with making positive steps in one's life: they tend to connect to other facets of one's life and a general improvement results.