New Beginnings

It's a new year. Glad to be done with the holidays, and back to normal life.

And what about "normal" life. What's so comforting about it? Maybe it's the comfort of daily rituals and knowing what to expect. Isn't is funny how we sometimes need that, and sometimes dread it?

I have been working steadily now for over 4 months. It's nice to be able to count on a steady income, and attempt to plan for our future...a future that is shaped in eventual retirement, in having "enough money" and enough energy to do some of the things we really enjoy. Like traveling. Like spending unscheduled time. Like being more creative with our days because the whole day will not be taken up with working, providing, shopping, and scheduling our lives around a routine.

So, I currently embrace the routine. Security has always been important to me. But I also long for that spontaneous, irresponsible urge to chuck it all, and take big risks. Anyone else feel that way?