new years revolutions

rev·o·lu·tion/ˌrɛvəˈluʃən/
[rev-uh-loo-shuhn]
a sudden, complete or marked change in something
 

my new year's revolution: i quit my job.
how's that for sudden, complete, and marked?

it's not a resolution, because it's not something i've resolved to do--i already did it. it's done. and now a lot of other things are going to change.
{i love change. now you know what to get me for Christmas next year.}

i prefer a revolution to a resolution because it's easier, in a way. because you make an action, not just a choice, a single action that affects everything {example: getting married, buying a house, taking a job, moving, going to university, etc}. and then if it was the right thing, that initial action, there will be a bunch of positive little offshoots sprouting up all over your life. in this case, it's things that i might have "resolved" to do but never actually gotten done for lack of time.

 i'm going to teach piano lessons and spend more time volunteering and going for coffee with someone who just needs to talk and keeping the house clean and cooking something good for barclay to come home to and reading and learning and growing and praying and just being ridiculous with my friends and my husband.

going to shows.
walking around.
writing.
trying new things.
trying new things that are not the same as the other new things which i've already tried.
maybe even trying new things over and above the aforementioned! wow!
and some other stuff.
lots of that.
plus sleeping a lot, because being sick all the time makes you tired. but i'm excited about that too, because i need it, and haven't really been getting it lately.

the excitement that is welling up in my ribcage is shining out my eyes like a hundred jillion flashlights.
i will miss my job, and especially the people here, but this is absolutely the right move for right now.

oh i'm just tickled pink.