Just starting

Day 1

Do over - begin anew - are words associated with 'start'. I have a tendency to multi-task; this is a bad trait for someone that doesn't always finish things. I have begun two new blogs. I have two old blogsthat are still lingering out there in cyberspace. I have two incomplete scrapbooks that I have started. I participate in conversations and then change it to something completely different without finishing the last one.

Can a person start over and over? No, you start-stop or (worse) start-quit. I am proud that I don't quit the important stuff - marriage, child rearing, paying the bills, employment, and friendships. I do stop or quit the non-essentials (frequently): diets, exercise, personal budgets, and journals. I am also weird/anal about some things such as begin reading a book, finish reading that book. I always finish the food on my plate - good or bad. Running - I always finish. I may not do the amount of miles that I wanted, but I always make it back to the starting place/finish line. The two marathons I ran last year were tough. I wanted to quit at mile 20 on the last one, but I did not. I slowed down, but I finished.

I have set a new challenge for myself this year. I would like to finish everything! If I start, I want to finish. I will complete each task. I will make a list, put it in my phone, put it on a calendar, write it on my hand. I will do it!

The next thing that I am going to do today is get off the computer, send the last few emails of the day, return a phone call that I am dreading, and clean up the house. The last thing that I will do is finish the day by going to sleep. I will then start over tomorrow.