Wrapping Things Up

17 Dec 2019

At work, we’re almost to our winter break (no classes), and that’s got me thinking a lot about the end of the year which is fast approaching. A lot has happened this year, and there’s still room for a lot more to happen yet… Anyhow that’s got me thinking about the things I really should wrapup or finish before we ring in the new year.

We’ve done a lot of work on the house this year, but there are a lot of little things that have been left unfinisheed along the way. So I’ve been trying to make a list of them to get these little things that are so easy to put off, finally finished:

finish nailing trim in place in the entryway/closets
stain & put in place the floor trim in the doorways
fill the gaps where the floor boards have contracted with some putty

I’ve also got my reading goal for the year, which is currently still a little short - 90/100 books. I’m a little behind, but not too bad. It’s not impossible at this point, however I do need to have the books to read them. I’m waiting for a few holds to come in at the library, and that should add 5 more manga/graphic novels which are pretty quick reads. I’ve also just started The Golden Compass, which seems like it should move along fairly quickly. That leaves 4 more books to find and read before year end. There are a few more books in that His Dark Materials series that I could read, but there’s a fairly long hold on those from the library, so I’ll probably have to look elsewhere.

My last bit of wrapup stuff is around personal goals. I try to take some time to think about goals throughout the year, and track those in my bullet journal. However, I like to revisit these at the end of the year and look at how things turned out. Did I meet my goals? Did my goals change? What do I want to do next year? I haven’t really had time to dive into this yet, but that’s also on my year end wrapup agenda.

I’ve also been thinking a lot about the things that I’m appreciative of. I haven’t really been making a list so much as just thinking about them, but it feels like it is time to do a little better there and put some of these in writing. I want them to see them on paper so that these things get more of the recognition they deserve. Let them be something I can come back to and revisit when the going gets rough.