Purposeful

One of the descriptors of setting resolutions is –with purpose or purposeful–. Setting resolutions is an exercise in futility for most people; me among them. My shelves are plenty full of futile exercises; it’s unnecessary for me to chase down more. However, the effort in dreaming about a more perfect me surely cannot be all bad?

I’m joining a movement (since there’s a movement for everything) in a type of frugality for a year. I’ve pledged to make no clothing purchases for the year. I already have more of anything I could possibly want to tie-up, button-down, pull-over, hike-up or slip-on. What more could be needed? If I can keep one under aged, under paid Asian garment worker from threading a needle for me for a year I should do my part. I acknowledge I’ll indirectly break my pledge a few times throughout the year—with most run-event entries another damn shirt winds up stuffed in a bag and subsequently stored on a shelf. I’m still reconciling and since I’m actively in the market for a quilt-maker for most of my shirts I can live with it. Less livable will be sneaking socks and underwear out of my Ames’ drawers by November if we have an especially hot and humid summer resulting in full-scale disintegration of anything that touches my most gnarly parts. Here’s hoping for a mild Summer.

My second pledge will be to more vocally express opinions and thoughts. It’s about the only non-medicated form of reducing blood-pressure I have a reasonable chance at accomplishing. Bottling up too many things can have a cumulative (adverse) effect. Such as my conflicting confusion and disgust that I live in an area (Kansas–specifically) that requires a three day waiting period to purchase a marriage license….yet has a zero-day waiting period to purchase a firearm. Which of the two seems to be more likely to cause irreparable damage and destruction if purchased in the heat of the moment?

Vocalizing things such as that will help relieve some of the pressure build-up better ensuring yet another year as a 40+ male taking zero recurring medications. Of which I’m quite proud.

While I have a number of other lifestyle type areas to address and improve–it’s really only these two that’ll be attacked with purpose. On a regular and recurring basis I’ll deliver some sort of record of progress simply as a self-check. I already feel better–as if I’m helping make trax to a great new year……

AniMal