IOU Sentences

I forgot some days in January so here are some make up sentences.

14. There are four seasonal smells that are universally recognized by the human race. 
17. Let's start with autumn.
18. Autumn smells like wet pavement after the first rain since summer. 
19. Like the first shiver down your back.
22. Like the dry, dusty smell of orange leaves. 
24. Winter smells clean and bright and hollow. 
25. Like mud and puddles. 
26. Like frosted windshields. 

27. Spring smells like the inside of a Monet painting. 

28. It smells like life and hope.

29. Like the first flower poking out of cold, hard ground. 

30. And, finally, summer smells of dust and melting asphalt. 

31. A mustiness fills your lungs in summer, along with the heat. 

Galaxy

If I could, I would tattoo our galaxy on the inside of my skull like a planetarium so when I'm bored through out the day I can close my eyes and look at the stars. 

Happy birthday

Nobody loves you when you're 23. 

Seattle

I went to Seattle and forgot to write. 

Mouse

Even a dead mouse makes me jump.

Success

In my experience, caring is the most important prerequisite to success. 

Sinus infection

You know what is worse than a sinus infection? An allergic reaction to my antibiotics. 

Laundry

Laundry is the worst. 

I'm Sorry Amy

I spilt coffee on Amy Poehler's book. I wish I had done that with Mindy Kaling's book. I just finished Mindy's book. I just started Amy's. I love Mindy but I love Amy more. I guess a coffee stained book is a well loved book. 

Black

On Saturdays we wear black. 

Do It

If I knew what I wanted I would have already done it. 

Technically

Technically it's 1/9 but I am counting this as 1/8 because I haven't gone to bed. 

Tonight I lit three candles and watched tv. 

Forgot

I had a sentence but then I forgot it.

Learning

As long as you're learning I think you can do almost anything without regret. If at the end of the day you can say, I know something now I would have never known otherwise, you have succeeded immensely.

Jury Duty

People on juries are required to wear lots and lots of perfume and or talcum powder.

Late

I'm late and Mike Birbiglia would hate me.

Fame

Sometimes doing nothing yields satisfying results.

Food

I ate tacos and Fenton's ice cream today and I am so full I just might explode.

Anxiety

Anxiety gets caught pressed up against your breast when you fold your arms across your chest.

Anxiety is the monster hiding under your bed and in your closet, all green eyes and prickly skin.

Anxiety burrows underneath your covers late at night, waking you up empty and alone.

Anxiety wakes you up in a dull way with tepid coffee and cold feet.

Anxiety is an itchy sweater you pull at the neckline of as you commute to work.

Anxiety stretches the silence between stuttered sentences and injects them with self doubt.

Library

If I know anything for certain it is that a well organized personal library is the most valuable and beautiful thing in the world.

Ground Rules for a New Year

One reason I have decided to resume blogging is that it is one of my New Years' Resolutions.

In honor of that, and in trying to hold myself accountable this year, I will list here my 15 resolutions for 2015.

1. Minimize Social Media Use

2. Disconnect from Technology

3. Read More

4. Drink More Water

5. Make More Time to Exercise

6. Nurture Your Body and Soul

7. Pursue Hobbies

8. Meet New People

9. Consider Your Future

10. Make Use of Mornings

11. Have Fun

12. Be Adventurous

13. Pursue Simplicity

14. Be Generous

And, the reason we are all here now,

15. Write more.

These seem like pretty straightforward resolutions. The biggest difference between this year's resolutions and previous years is that I have broken down each resolution into 12 parts. Why 12, you ask. Good question. I love the inquisitive attitude. Keep it up.

I choose 12 because there are 12 months in a year and thus every month I will either focus on a new aspect of my resolution or I will raise the stakes for that resolution. Why does this matter to me, you ask. I see you heeded my advice re: maintaining your inquisitive attitude. Please continue to heed my advice, I'm very clever and wise. It behooves you to listen to me. But back to your question.

I have made Resolution 15, the writing resolution, in to a very concrete resolution not just for every month but for every day in that month. So good news, I will not only update my blog more in the new year, I will update it everyday, anything and everything I write this year.

Yeah, I've heard this before, you say-- which reminds me I don't particularly appreciate your snark while I'm grappling with self-improvement. I think the thing I have said more on this blog than anything else is that I will blog more. But I finally found a way in which I might be successful which is a strategy I think anyone can apply to anything.

Don't get too excited, it's not original at all. Even remotely. But pay attention anyway.

I have decided doing something small and daily is better than doing something big and never. In the past writing has meant sitting down and focusing on writing something long, or meaningful, or creative, or original. Which means I could make excuses for not writing sooooo easily. Mostly the excuses were along the lines of I don't have time to sit down and focus on writing. If I got past that hurdle however, then it turned into I can't think of anything long, or meaningful, or creative, or original.

So in the month of January, starting today, I will be writing at least one sentence everyday. And then posting it here to encourage accountability. When February (an unreasonably hard word to spell in my opinion) arrives I will up my word count to 200 words a day (you don't need to remember this, I will remind you). And so it goes, adding words to each month until I can properly write again without feeling like I'm going to the dentist to pull teeth.

A sentence a day doesn't sound very impressive. In fact it sounds downright depressing that that is my standard but I'll tell you that writing 31 sentences in the month of January will be 31 sentences more than I wrote in the month of December. It's more about getting back into my routine than it is about writing something brilliant and earth shattering. You can't win if you don't show up. (See my advice is amaaaazing, you should keep reading)

And besides, look how many sentences I wrote today! I'm such an over-achiever.

This is where you come in. Your New Years' Resolution is to check back here whenever you are bored, wasting time on the internet, and you've read all the articles on Buzzfeed (girl, you are such a Miranda).

Hey, and Happy New Years.

New Year, New Look

This New Year's Day, I am most excited to announce the new relaunching of my blog. Goodbye Kierisma, Hello Private Thoughts for the Public Eye. I have decided to re-vamp the old blog as opposed to starting an entirely new blog so that if readers are so inclined they can access the archive. I, myself, probably won't bother.

So Welcome to the new face of my blogging.