Not going to do a Year in Review; plenty of far more articulate people are doing those. Not going to do resolutions; I never manage to keep them and end up feeling like a failure. Instead, let's all breathe a sigh of relief that this dumpster fire we call 2019 is over in a few more hours. Truthfully, I don't hold out much hope that 2020 will be much of an improvement, given the last couple of years, but depending on how you count, it's a new decade, and people are trying to be optimistic for the next Roaring Twenties.
I have a milestone coming up in the middle of next year, and I'm hoping to make some life changes with that in mind. (Again, not calling them resolutions, since that never works out...) But looking at a half-century, and seeing that I could be doing things better, differently, more mindfully – that's a good thing, right?
It will be a balancing act between wants and needs, work and home, me and family, and I'd really like for me not to get the short end of the stick by sacrificing everything for everyone else. Easier said than done, with a disabled adult child at home, but I am not the sole caregiver.
I intend to finish Book Two of a series I'm writing, then go back and reread Book One and see if I need to make any changes to continuity, and the make edits to Two; first priority. Second, I want to construct the risers for my collection once and for all, which may mean going online and seeing about finding the materials for free (I'd rather not pay for scrap if I don't have to). Third, quit smoking – for good this time.
I'd also like to get a website up and running for this stuff, something a little easier to manage than a blog. I have so much information about female action figures, and no good place to put it. The blog format is not ideal.
Anyway... here's to surviving 2019. See you on the other side.
