Upgrading Your Personality

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Today

Both days are pretty but today is very cold. It's a good idea to stay inside and look at the flakes through the glass. A good day for reading, but most days are. A good day for trying to get organized... a tedious task always. 

I'm reading a book about writing, of course, and came across an interesting chapter titled "Upgrading Your Personality".  It's a small chapter and I like it despite that it wanders a tiny bit and doesn't totally commit to the idea that a personality can be upgraded. Yet it's restating an old concept in a new way. Sometimes that's the only way to get someone to think. Eric Maisel PH.D. writes: "It turns out that if we do not upgrade our personality, it tends to degrade." (from A Writer's Space) With every part of my body slowly going to hell, I hate the idea that my personality will soon follow. As a preventative measure, I'll immediately add Upgrade Personality to my list of New Year's Resolutions.

Christmas Day 2012

It's just after 8:00. The house is again quiet except for the sound of a movie about a brave mouse, and the humming of the dishwasher we use only after we have guests, like tonight. It's 12 degrees outside and will probably be in the single digits before dawn. Winter has finally hit Colorado like a frozen hardball.

We went out twice to find a suitable Christmas tree (meaning cheap and not half crispy brown) only to come home empty-handed each time. I was dragging a box out of the room when I got the idea to make a tree or, more accurately, a rough approximation of a tree, out of the cardboard. Better than nothing and it gave us something to hang our colorful lights on.

Merry Christmas and happy holiday hoopla to all. It's my hope that you enjoy the rest of this year so it can fade away with some self-respect. (I live to personify) Our next big moment will be New Year's Eve and, yes, I enjoy spending the evening reflecting on the past year, and all the possibility inherent in the new year.