Tomorrow Has Come!
December 2021 Blog
Tomorrow Has Come: A Haiku
The time to do what
You put off is now. There will
Not be a better.
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
Today is yesterday’s tomorrow. The
day I swore I would do “it”. Time to do “it”.
Starting to work early on my New
Year’s resolutions. I feel I need to catch up and get super-organized before I
can’t.
The Sam Rock sequel will be
published next Spring, but I need to schedule and complete several more
following that. I need to have a prolific year.
I also need to get all my pesky
personal life in order. Medical,
insurance, financial. You know, all that stuff – just in case.
Time I guess also to start
downsizing my possessions. I really, really, really don’t need all this stuff I
have accumulated over these many years. I could never move this stuff again – even
if I had to move (which I’m not anticipating any time soon).
I have a closet full of stuff I’ll
never wear again and drawers full of gadgets I’ve totally forgotten I have.
There are also boxes that are still packed
from my last move (surely full of things I don’t need and will never use again).
Also, I’ve kept receipts and papers
well past their get-rid-of date. The only things I don’t want to want to part
with are the original drafts from my novels. I’m kind of fond of those pages.
My biggest problem is that I can’t
past making plans to get stuff done to actually doing stuff. You know, that old
three-step deal; (1) Conceive, (2) Plan (3) Execute. I’m great in the first two
– not so hot in the third.
I’m trying to go back to scheduling
my time, but I’m having trouble sticking to it. There are always distractions –
including not wanting to jump out of bed in the morning to get started.
Maybe
it will help with winter coming on. I won’t be spending so much time outside.
Maybe if I’m looking at what needs to be done, I’ll tackle it sooner. And then
there’s the storage spaces we’re paying for. It would be nice to be able to
save money this coming year.
Perhaps I’ll even have more brain
space to write more and get to publishing faster. Sur couldn’t hurt. Maybe even
have some fun next year, when the pandemic is finally over and we can all
breathe freely again.
Hard to imagine, but we’ve been at
this for two long years now. We’re still wearing masks and keeping our
distances. And now we even have a new
and possibly more easily contracted variant ”Omicron”. When will it end? Would
sure like to see more people embrace the vaccines that are available. It sure
couldn’t hurt.
We actually went out the other day
to a restaurant to celebrate my birthday and my friend’s . We went to lunch at
our favorite place, which used to be packed for lunch every day. Now, it’s nearly
empty. They have even down-sized the menu, and it’s printed on one sheet of
paper for a one-time only use. Everyone is still friendly, but there are a lot
of new faces, and like everywhere else in town, they are hiring.
No one seems to have the staff
now-a-days to service even the most limited clientele.
Well, here’s hoping for a brighter
and better New Year. We certainly deserve one – world-wide – all we’ve all been
through.
Here’s hoping for a milder, gentler
winter also. Not looking forward to nasty weather on top of everything else.
Happiest of New Year’s to us all!
Until
next time, read and write to your heart’s content. My eclectic collection of
reading matter may take your mind off things. Enjoy.
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Hopefully,
this month we can enjoy our holidays and next month will find us actually
embracing in a great New Year.
