Somehow, the start of a new year is always special - even though it's just an arbitrary change in the number at the end of the date. I usually get a surge of motivation to clear out old things and take care of a few overdue projects, and try fresh starts on things that somehow petered out over time.

Which means that I am trying to get a bit more of a semblance of order in the cupboard that holds tools and materials, and trying to clear the desk at least partly again. There's a few more nooks and crannies that could use a going through and a throwing out, too. I've also gone back to tracking what I eat for a while, as all the travelling in the last few months has somehow whacked my sense of how many things to eat at what time out of alignment, and now I'm getting that back, too. Also, all the coffee (with milk, of course!) and a few more of a small thing here or there, in combination with travelling and stress and probably also way too much wheat have resulted in a weight slightly above what I like, so that is getting under control again at the same time. Whew.

Getting things back as they should be and being more orderly is not, by the way, my new year's resolution. I'm not doing the "I will do X in the next year" thing, actually - instead, I like to use the allover feeling of a possibility for a fresh start that the new year brings to try something new, or to do something better than before. That is sort of tied in with said motivational surge, and sometimes things did stick and sometimes they did not, but I am not beating myself up about them if the latter was the case.

I'm curious to find out how far the motivational surge will get me this year, as it, too, invariably peters out after a while. But then, I'm used to that, and I am determined to make the most out of it while it lasts!

Do you have a surge like this, too? Or do you do the classic New Year Resolution thing?