river_kate

In my head, I think of entries almost daily and usually don't actually post them.

My bedroom is cleaned and organized now; it has never been in such great shape as is the rest of my apartment. I've struggled with clutter and disorganization for the last 25 years and I don't know how this happened but it's like a minor miracle. And to think, it's happening at the end of the year. Every year I feel miserable because once again, I'm a slob living in a mess. Not this year!

There's an astrologer, Kelly Rosano, that I get newletters from. She usually makes sense and is not annoying and I actually read the newsletters instead of deleting them. I don't follow astrological advice slavishly, but sometimes something sparks my interest and is helpful to me, which is proven to be true later. Now she says that the new moon is Sagittarius on the 16th is a great time to set one's intentions for the new year. She also says that Mars, the action planet, is going retrograde on December 20th until March 10, 2010, and that our patience and dedication over the next few months will pay off with energy and passion in the spring when it goes direct. Or something like that. Somehow, this is jiving with my weird internal calendar. I'm done with all my holiday stuff this year and have tidied up loose ends as much as possible and for me, it feels like the year is over. I'm also aware of what I want next year to be about.

That being said, I don't make resolutions anymore. They absolutely don't work for me. I've adopted choosing one word for the year, something I learned from Christine Kane's blog. Examples of words are courage, nurture, patience, etc. Well, I'm not saying mine here. My words (two) for 2009 worked rather well, but I think one word does it better.

It's been raining all day here, melting the snow and my body is sluggish and I feel peaceful.