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31 December 2017, 05:50 PM
wtg
I resolve to eat more chips and guacamole in 2018.
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Bazootiehead-in-training
31 December 2017, 07:54 PM
Doug
31 December 2017, 08:08 PM
CHAS
Play more music, whether anyone can stand to listen to it or not.
-------------------------------- Several people have eaten my cooking and survived.
I bought a Mediterranean cooking magazine yesterday. I am resolved to try many of the recipes. Made a nice Moroccan soup last night. Will make Koshari tomorrow.
I am resolved to finish 2 quilts that I started last year: One wool applique and one pieced.
I am working on Debussy's Preludes and am resolved to learn them this year. (I'm about ready to record Voiles and will post it when I do.)
Do more art. And focus on and appreciate what I have, rather than what I am missing.
-------------------------------- Jodi
01 January 2018, 10:49 AM
jon-nyc
Sight reading practice.
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01 January 2018, 11:01 AM
Mary Anna
Exercise more.
Play more piano.
Those two shouldn't be hard, since I did very little of either this year. There's nowhere to go but up.
I'm trying to come up with a mid-life shift in attitude away from self-improvement and toward self-care. I enjoy playing the piano and I enjoy some exercise. What I really need to do is make more spaces in my days for things that are nurturing. Instead, I strike things off a to-do list and then I'm so burned out that I don't have the get-up-and-go to look for a new piece to play or to put on exercise clothes and hit the yoga mat, even though I know that I would enjoy those things more than an hour on the computer.
I've made some small inroads here. Let's see how 2018 goes.
Originally posted by jon-nyc: Sight reading practice.
Yes! Add play more music to my list. Our son is visiting, he has been taking voice and guitar lessons, and I told him to bring his music - we’ve been playing (uke, guitar, piano) and singing every day and it’s been really fun.
-------------------------------- Jodi
01 January 2018, 11:33 AM
Bernard
Maybe I'll take up nose flute! Yes, it's played with the nose; the shape of your mouth changes the pitches. Plus, if it strap it on your face, you can play Uke at the same time!!
I like this attitude: self-improvement resolutions imply that something's wrong with you that you're supposed to fix. Self-cultivation is about doing more of the things that bring you joy. Let's do it!
Jodi