New Year's Resolutions

For me, September 1 has always been the ‘new year’. The kids are going back to school and we are all settling in to the new season as the leaves begin to change colour, we start getting out our fall and winter clothes, and our thoughts turn to what we want to achieve after the long lazy, hazy days of summer are over. We might decide to start something new like a new type of exercise or a a new course of study.

In today’s reading from Simple Abundance Sarah Ban Breathnach says that January’s resolutions are made “when we are worn out in spirit, body and pocketbook, and when we have no real urge to do anything but rest.” I feel that way about New Year’s resolutions too!

The beauty of resolutions made in September is, Sarah says, that they are private and no one else knows we making them. I love this distinction! I am enjoying a few days at home on my own right now, sorting and pitching, maybe doing a little clothes shopping, and looking at which online courses I might like to take this fall. Ooooh! A postcard making course offered by the Monastery of St Gertrude in Idaho looks good to me.. a new way to make art that seems doable, easy and fun!

What are you inclined to sign up for this fall? Whatever you decide to do, enjoy it all!