rebeccmeister | Act With Purpose

I usually seem to be able to come up with New Year's Resolutions by roughly the end of January. Perhaps that is for the best, as that's approximately when most people find themselves slipping back into the old habits they'd hoped to change. Perhaps it's also for the best because I spend a good portion of January quietly thinking about resolutions, the need to resolve, so I'd like to believe my resolutions are reasonably well thought-out and meaningful.

I've been toying around with the idea of making my resolution to act with purpose this year. Not that I think I've been particularly lax about doing so up until now, but I'd like to keep considering the idea. It follows on my ever-changing relationship with the passage of time. I'd like to think, what is purpose? Do I have purpose? Should I have purpose? How does one even measure the success of this resolve?

I've been feeling stuck in the midst of a giant Grad School Swamp, and part of the point of this resolution is to work away at figuring out the Swamp. Do I need to get out and go somewhere else? Do I stick around and work on making something different happen?

So there it is, for now. I can't really help myself--I'll keep at it, whether I'm officially resolved to do so or not.