6 and 12 Packs!

And I don't mean the beer variety.

In an effort to start writing more often, I am resurrecting an old creative writing exercise from my college days: The Pack Attacks.

They are basically listicles, either six or twelve items long. Never fear, I will still do my Megalists from time to time as well. 

Now that I am recovering from the past few years of PCOS and my hysterectomy two months ago, I finally feel the desire, the will and even the strength to write again. I've been reaching for my notepad to write out an idea before I forget it, a habit that I have missed for some time and am glad to welcome its return (even if it happens in less-than-optimal times, like when I am trying to sleep). I find myself just writing again, much to my delight and gratitude to the Creator.

I am still a work in progress, and it's my hope that these new 6/12 lists will help me get into the habit of writing every day...which I hope in time will lead to my working on my books every day.

It's exciting. I am starting to feel like "me" again, and that includes writing, I'm excited, and I'm grateful. 

And hopefully, my journey of a thousand steps starts right here. 

My New Year's Resolution: 12 Thank You's

I subscribed to Muppet Magazine when I was a kid (and how I wish I still had them). In a holiday issue, Miss Piggy gave advice that I still remember and follow to this very day: if you make New Year's resolutions fun, you'll have no trouble keeping them! 

So every year I make a "6-pack" of resolutions: three for fun, one for my spiritual wellbeing, one for something I've put off for far too long, and finally, one for my own damn good.

I am test-driving a new type of ZPT post: lists in the form of either a 6-Pack or a 12-Pack. Why not start with New Year's?

So here we go...!

•6-Pack #1: New Year's Resolutions•

In 2015, I resolve to...

1) Go to at least one tattoo convention and get at least two tattoos this year.

2) Go through photo box and sort: get undeveloped film developed, put worthy photos in frames, put other photos in albums, scan into the computer the photos I inherited from Grandpa, fill the photo cubes Jonathan bought me, make locket photos for me, the girls & my goddaughters (maybe a soft photo baby book for Miss Morgan). 

3) Go to Disneyland! And be sure to catch Merlin and the Sword Ceremony!

4) Finish the Old Testament, at least one chapter per Thursday. 

5) Write 12 thank-you letters to and for people who deserved them in 2014.

6) Cut red meat out of my diet after my surgery (and thusly no more anemia).

Happy New Year!