New Years Resolution (in October)

It's Sunday, the 49ers are on a "bye" week, and the weather is lovely in San Francisco.

Last night I had a great evening with an old friend from college whom I have not seen for over a year. Hayden stopped over in SF for about 12 hours as a layover from Singapore. Unfortunately he had not slept a wink on the plane, and promptly passed out in the spare room for an hour before dinner. The conversation was delightful, possibly because it comes only once every year. But maybe because Hayden is such a cheerful, optimistic person (without being annoyingly perky). Yes, Hayden is sans perky.

At the end of the night, I drove Hayden to the airport, and I reflected on my life. Since I speak to Hayden so infrequently, our conversations include topics that have been boiled down to salient points, without fluffy polite/modest hubris. If only more conversations could follow this pattern, a great deal could be accomplished in a short period of time. But maybe that is what confession is for? Insert your religious preference for atonement here.

Regarding this blog, I want to make certain changes that I hope translate into my daily life to produce something more. Some are simple resolutions. Others are akin to behavior modification that will require a lot of energy and mental gymnastics.
Resolutions:
1. I will post more photos on this blog. Since I have not posted any at all, this should be the most straight forward one. Hopefully. Hopefully.
2. I will take more photos of the stuff I bake. Baking has continued to fascinate me, and it satisfies the same part of my brain as eating the baked good. Thus, if I bake it, it will be psychologically as rewarding as eating it, without any of the calories.
3. In dealing with difficult decisions in my life, I will envision that I am helping out a client who has the same events occurring. This allows me to not get so caught up in my self-wallowing, self-denial, fear-of-rejection that I fail to do anything at all.
4. I accept that my health insurance situation is hopeless and I need to do something about it. I still believe there is a flaw in the system, but at this time, I am resigned to not be in the system. It's really just too expensive and I cannot afford this.
5. I will play tennis regularly.

Now, off to tennis. More posts later. Perhaps this time with photos!