1. Wintertime
comfort foods, habits, hobbies. Food? Mac and cheese. Habits? More moisturizer! Hobbies? I don't think I have any winter-specific hobbies.
2. Favorite
seasonal/holiday music and songs. I love Andy Williams at Christmastime.
3. The
people I want to spend more time with next year. My newish friends: Joanna, Elaine and Nancy. I love and treasure my friends of a lifetime, but I also appreciate the need to forge new connections. And that gets harder as we get older.
4. How
much I could change my life in 1 year if I focused. Probably lots!
5. The
valuable lessons I learned this year. That permanence and control are illusions in life.
6. How
I’d describe 2022 in 10 words. Boy, dental work is insanely time consuming and very expensive.
7. My
favorite reads of 2022. I'd recommend three biographies that gave me new insights into lives I thought I knew: Lady Bird and Lyndon by Betty Boyd Caroli, The Book of Joe by Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci, and All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson by Mark Griffin
8. Best movies I saw in 2022
9. Favorite TV shows/episodes of 2022
10. Memorable
experiences from 2022. I will spare you the litany of my health issues. Suffice to say, I'm happy and grateful to leave them behind.
11. Three
people I enjoyed spending time with this year. My nephew. My oldest friend. My classic movie tribe.
12. How
I handled challenges this year. Not all that well.
13. What
I’m leaving behind in 2022. Getting up with the alarm clock each weekday morning.
14. How
I changed most from beginning to end of the year. After 18 years, my employer and I parted company.
15. What I want to tell myself before the New Year. Change isn't always bad.
I'm going to have my own dental drama coming right up. I've had a broken tooth for... uh... three years?! and I'm finally getting it fixed.
ReplyDeleteGreat list of answers today. I couldn't get into the movie of Elvis. Didn't like the way it was filmed. I have no "newish friends" and the old ones are dying. You're right when you say that it's difficult to make friends as we get older.
ReplyDeleteI might read The Book of Joe. I saw him on CBS Saturday Morning - a really engaging guy who doesn't take himself too seriously.
ReplyDeleteI think you've handled your challenges this past year very well, myself. Of course, I only know what I've read, but I think you've done a good job under the circumstances.
ReplyDeleteMy husband retired this year and he isn't enjoying it as much as he thought he would. I think it is because we are living in this apartment while our home is being rebuilt. He has started volunteering at a food pantry two days a week and that has helped.
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