Write, plan, do! in 2011
January 16th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Write, plan, do. I’d say these three verbs fuse together to form my 2011 resolution triangle. Resolution triangle? I’ve no clue either, though things do seem to work well in threes minus guy-girl relationships. Plus, I’m currently tutoring and I’ve got angles and vertexes on my mind so resolution triangle it shall be.
Write:
Words. Words are powerful. A simple yes or I do can mean a life-time commitment. A curt no can destroy a man and bring him to self-doubt and question his existence. The Bible tells us a word was spoken, and God thus created life. A few inspirational words can help a losing team comeback to win a finals match. Confessions of the ugly truth, however, can crush the human spirit. Words communicate, words empower. They motivate and inspire. They paint pictures, conjure feelings, and create change or at least plant ideas.
For me in this New Year, I want to read more, write more, grapple with issues and then twist and turn and toss around words until I can make them fit my thoughts at least resemble what I want. I want to stop a bit, if even just once a week, to record my random thoughts, my emotions, my epic fail stories, songs to be sung, and funny conversation or quotes by friends. My memory sure ain’t what it used to be, or was it all even all that sharp before? Either way, there’s not a whole lot of excuse not to write. If I don’t have pen and paper, I for sure have my blackberry where I can jot down my to-dos or need-to-go-tos. Time to get writing.
Plan:
It’s like a four letter expletive to me the way I cringe when I hear or think of this word. What is it about me that is so anti-planning? Is planning so awful? Maybe I wish I were Mozart and all the ideas would come straight from heaven into my brain and then from my brain out of my mouth or to the tip of my fingers holding an ink pen. Perhaps planning for me seems like a trap, the exact opposite of spontaneity which equates to fun. Or maybe it represents the inevitable stepping into adulthood, which is full of responsibility and complex decisions, whereas “I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys R Us kid.” Truly, I deeply sympathize with the person who stated “maturity is an acquired taste.” It seems I am still in the acquiring stage and often avoiding placing helpings of grown-upness on my life paper plate. Still, think it’s time too to at least give it a go. Who knows, maybe my good friend Karen is onto something with “planned fun.” Perhaps it could be fun to chart out the possibilities of my life. If this, then this. Hypotheses with conclusions to be made through the final step of doing.
Do:
Nike, so cliche, but sometimes the simple cliche way is the best way. Why complicate so much? As a friend from high school once eloquently explained the way to approach a love interest, “喜歡就泡嗎， 幹!” I sit back, deliberate, and watch opportunity after opportunity pass me by. So just buy it! Like Groupons. I’m so glad I at least followed my impulses there and was able to check off sky-diving from my bucket list. What I need to do is buy or accept my plans. And to generate those plans. And to write down the plans, and the results, and the ups and downs along the way.
Small steps. Baby steps. One at a time. Soon we’ll be tap-dancing along the stage of this show called life.
