One of my 2010 new year’s resolutions is to write more often and to share that writing with others. I love writing and I actually journal nearly daily, but I’ve been resistant to sharing my writing publicly. A big dream of mine is to publish a book that I’ve been loosely working on, which means I have no choice but to get over my resistance to sharing my thoughts and insights publicly. I’m pushing through that fear by blogging, hopefully a bit more regularly this year.

To that end, perfectionism is another ill-served habit that I’m giving up this year. My posts won’t be perfect; I’ll use too many commas where they are not needed, (like that); prepositional phrases may also be overused in an effort to help you understand what I mean (see what I mean?); and I may even use incorrect verb tenses. But I will not let perfectionism freeze me from full expression and from just getting it done. Perfectionism is just residue from my good-girl Catholic school upbringing, and if I can recover from dogma saturation, I think I can heal from perfectionism too.

There will be other resolutions such as spending more quality time with my friends and family, meditating more regularly, and, of course, more exercise, but overall I’m aware of which habits help me and which hinder. Writing, however, is a passion that I’d like to give more room for expression. Thank you for supporting me through the good blogs and bad!

Happy 2010!