I made a couple of New Year’s resolutions. As I’ve said before, I take New Year’s resolutions very seriously. They went into effect January 1st…but they’re feeling quite real now.
- Regain a sense of peace in my life. (…missing since 1989)
- Have a strong body.
- Keep a journal.
Well, I’ve been a little frustrated at my slow progress at bootmaking. It was a lot easier in Coleman Texas. Here I have all my usual distractions…and now and then some unusual ones. I read a magazine article a little while ago, that said “successful resolutions should seem like a gift to yourself”, not a prescription or prison sentence. I’ve felt overwhelmed the last six months; that doesn’t leave much room for trying new things or for bursts of creativity. My 2001 resolutions seem like good ones. They’ll take some work though…like I’m limiting myself to working on my web page no more than 5 hours a week. (This is drastic. I did what the article told me to do…pick a number then cut it half…ouch.) And I’m back to lifting weights twice a week…and I made blogger.com my internet start-up page.
So far, so good…I think it’s all working. Last night I worked on a new page feature. It took me longer than I thought…so now I’m done until Monday. Today I walked to the flea market. Checked-in with the tool guy. He says he hardly ever gets shoe repair tools, but he’ll keep his eyes open. The only other thing I was looking for was a small secondhand cooking pot to keep in my camper. No luck. I’m not paying $6…get real. Anyway, on my walk back, I stopped at the garage sale across the street. I met a woman named “Snow”. She’s got a bag of scrap leather lost somewhere in her garage, but MORE IMPORTANTLY…I find she’s going to school to be a machinist. She suggested we team up…she gets interesting class projects to work on…and I get hard-to-find-yet-affordable-custom-made boot tools. Today’s reward for turning off my html editor.
