To Joy! To Life!

“I do it for the joy it brings
Because I’m a joyful girl
Because the world owes me nothing
And we owe each other the world”

— Ani DiFranco

It's the seventh day of the new year. Sweet Sixteen.

What kind of blogger would I be if I didn't talk about how I plan to move forward this year?

I'm currently sitting on my couch, with my feet on the ottoman. The upstairs is rented out on Airbnb and I'm living downstairs. The guests woke up at 4am and tromped all around making breakfast before leaving the house for what I'm assuming was some kind of sunrise tour. My house is pretty messy but, it's also clean thanks to my friend Danielle. I've got big boxes of crap to go through. Whatever. I've worked out 9 days in a row - which is like nothing - but I'm super irritated I haven't lost any weight. I've done nothing of consequence today. I've puttered around the house and dabbled in this and that. I just started painting the legs for this desk that I want to put together. Two out of four are painted on the lanai the other two are laying in my hallway. I don't have a menu plan for the week but the fridge is full of food. My little dining room table is covered in paperwork but seriously, whatever.

All this? It's how I plan to move forward.

I don't have goals right now. Not real ones. Not tangible ones with action plans. I don't have one little word to focus on.

This is life. Find the joy.

in case you're wondering about those Ani lyrics you can listen the song Joyful Girl here. It's an oldie but a goodie.