Stuff

As I took a look at things I wanted to accomplish for 2011, getting a regular blog going was one of them. It seems that I have started and stopped a lot over the past few years, but for some reason, I think things will stick this time. We'll see. The other goal was to lose weight...yes a resolution once again, and already broken for 2011...but I digress.

I have decided that I like getting older. I know stuff. "Stuff" is an overlooked word, btw. It really encompasses so much and is very succinct. I like that. My "stuff" includes the biggies about life, raising children, being divorced, dealing with family members who are ill and one of my favorites, home repair. (just kidding but wouldn't it be cool to know how miter? Look, another goal...sigh) Anyway, I also know "stuff" about education, teaching middle school students, coaching volleyball and track and various other education related topics.

With each year, my thoughts about all of these things are tweaked, rearranged or even deleted at times. But what I have discovered is the most important "stuff" to know is really quite simple and can be summed up in a quote I read this week...
And what does January hold? Clean account books. Bare diaries. Three hundred and sixty-five new days, neatly parceled into weeks, months, seasons. Let us realize this year, that all we have is all we could possibly want. - P Nicholson

So not only will I strive to blog, improve my list of "stuff" and try to be, in general, the best person I can be, but I will strive to keep that quote in the forefront of my mind and recognize that life really is quite simple. I do have all I could possibly want, and am grateful for all of it.