One of the things I want to do or become or add to my life is more contact with people.
Overall, I am not a people person. I am not exactly an introvert, although I claim to be one; rather, I am someone who is content being alone and on my own. Yet, I enjoy being with people I know and who know something about me.
It is the anonymous party, large gatherings, groups of unknown people who throw me and cause me to want to be off with a book in a cozy corner.
My usual contact with people is on FB or by phone with my brother/sister/other family members. In person contact is through the monthly dinners with my Leather house or coffee with my neighbor friends.
Except…this month. That coffee friend and I who haven’t seen each other in weeks…well, we had an unhurried coffee date at my home and the most fun, soul-freeing conversation. I enjoyed it so much that this past week, I invited a friend, who had been away visiting family, to come for supper. She did and again I had a wonderful time sharing an impromptu but good meal with her. And, then last night…she invited me to join her in driving around to view the Christmas lights. Something I have not done in ages! And, an activity that was always shared in the past with family. We had fun!
AND, I have a date to go with my Leather house (4 other people) to view the lights at Hopeland Gardens locally. Another activity that I haven’t done in years.
Finally, I am hosting a cheese tasting on NY Day. Never done one before. Looking forward to trying this activity out.
I guess this goal/resolution/change in my life has already begun. I am having fun with it. Exploring asking others to join me in doing stuff.
I don’t want to fill my life with people time, though. I have learned in the past two years that I wear down without peace and quiet and non-people time. And, when that happens, I seriously need alone time.
But, I think I need more small group or 1:1 interactions that I have been having. Time to reach out to others. Time to find the balance that works for my personality and soul.
That is one of my resolutions. It goes with the overall Health goal that I create every year; although that focus is usually on exercise and eating better. And those two things are an ongoing part of my list of resolutions.
I had thought that I would have more than the usual 3 resolutions this year. Turns out, that I am developing multiple small resolutions that excite me but that incorporate more than one interest. So my usual three ~ Health, Spiritual, Interests ~ are becoming umbrella resolutions with many smaller ones incorporated.
Because of that, I am thinking of making the smaller ones either a yearly resolution or a quarterly one. The yearly ones will be something that I am going to be pursuing all year long (i.e., Scotland trip info gathering and planning) and quarterly ones might be an interest that I have stopped doing for some reason but I want to get back to (e.g., the photography class that I felt so embarrassed in not being able to figure out how to submit the assignment online…and thus quit photography entirely for the past several months). The quarterly resolution or goal will help me to overcome that stumbling block and to continue to do what still interests me.
Speaking of photography…the picture at the top of each of my blogs in 2022 has been one that I have taken during the year.
Another resolution/goal is writing…I am not waiting until January to begin that one. In fact, this is my third post in as many days! More on that one later….
Feathers of My Mind 