Off to a Strong Start

Well, here we are. A week into 2019. My thoughts are racing and I'm full of ideas, but what writer isn't? It's the ability to put those ideas into words, shape them from the abstract into an identifiable form, that makes us writers instead of day-dreamers. Plans are the same way. It's easy to plan. It's hard to take the steps toward whatever goal we want. Big ideas, grand schemes, those are easy. It's walking the path, following the journey through all the detours and set-backs, that becomes the challenge. We're human. We're curious. We get lost. We lose sight of what we want. It's hard.
Not to say it's a bad thing to want to explore new options or to reevaluate our plans, but if that's all we ever do, then nothing will ever happen.
And I know I'm tired of staying in the same place. I want to make something new happen. I want to learn to set goals and be realistic in my expectations for reaching them.
I want to publish a book.
I want to get a short story published in a magazine, or anthology. Somewhere.
I want to be more organized.
I want to cook more, sew more, paint more.
I want to... enjoy being me.
It won't be easy. Hell, no. I'm a daydreamer. I look out car windows and get lost in the scenery. I have imaginary arguments in the shower until the bathroom is so steamy I can barely breathe. I lie awake at night and tell myself stories. I'm all over the place, all the time. I don't want to change that part of me. All I want to get better at is having fun while I do it. If I enjoy what I'm doing, who I am, then the doubts and second-thoughts I struggle with should be easier to bear. I might get somewhere.
This blog post I'm writing, it was on my To-Do list for the day. It's not the most important, or the most profound, but it's done. I did it.
And that's enough for now.
Thanks for listening to my rambling. I'll have a story posted here in a few days. Until then, take some time to really look around at the world. Pay attention to what you see. Have feelings about it. We're human and while we might not be the most rational, organized, or stable of people, this is our world to experience. Don't miss out on that chance.