Tuesday, December 10, 2013

WHAT NEXT?

2014 is just around the corner, and starting a new year always leaves me wondering what's next.  I'm not much of a planner, at least not for the long haul.  Maybe short term planning is a product of old age, but that's foolish because you should never let time slip up on you.  I didn't plan on being old.  My lifestyle was such that a guy like me shouldn't plan on being eighty, and I'm still not planning on being here that long.  But you never know.  That's not really my choice to make, so about the best I can do is wonder what I'll be doing should I last a few more years.

One nice thing about being old is that you're under no obligation to do anything spectacular.  With few demands and expectations on me, life is pretty much a go with the flow thing.  I don't have an action plan, in other words.  When it gets right down to it, life is more about how we react to what goes on around us.  I can't control what other people do, what happens in the world or even in my community, so all that's left to me is to react to what happens.  I didn't plan on having emergency surgery back in early June, but I did . . . and then a month later, I went back to the hospital with a bleeding problem.  I reacted by doing what they told me to do.  My life has changed some, and I'm a little wiser.

I enjoy work, staying busy doing something, and that's sometimes a problem when you're the boss.  I work around the house some, and I spend time in my shop across town, and I write books.  2013 was a good year in that regard.  Seven of my books are now in print, and there's more to come.  I'll go into 2014 expecting to double that number before the year is out.  I'll finish old projects and start new ones.  I'll do a better job of taking care of myself.  And most of all, I'll try to enjoy life. 

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