{"id":10798,"date":"2015-01-01T11:33:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T16:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/?p=10798"},"modified":"2015-01-04T20:30:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T01:30:29","slug":"beginning-as-ill-go-on-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2015\/01\/beginning-as-ill-go-on-in-2015.html","title":{"rendered":"Beginning as I&#8217;ll Go On in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_10800\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10800\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2015\/01\/Domino_Cascade.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10800\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2015\/01\/Domino_Cascade.jpg\" alt=\"cc aussiegal\" width=\"597\" height=\"318\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">cc <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Domino_Cascade.JPG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">aussiegal<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Leigh Bardugo, author of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250027438\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1250027438&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=unequyoked-20&amp;linkId=RMYM73ZWIZ7OQKUQ\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Grisha Trilogy<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2014\/11\/happy-halloween-from-the-sun-summoner.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">and cause of my Halloween costume<\/a>) is running a series of creativity sprints, starting at noon today. \u00a0The goal is to <a href=\"http:\/\/lbardugo.tumblr.com\/post\/106640034740\/begin-as-you-mean-to-go-on-2015\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cBegin as You Mean to Go On\u201d<\/a>\u00a0in the new year (she has <a href=\"http:\/\/lbardugo.tumblr.com\/post\/71654961414\/are-you-ready-writing-creativity-sprints-faq\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a FAQ here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t necessarily mean, if you plan to clean your garage this year, that you\u2019ll go out and clean the whole thing, or even spend two hours on it, to really make a\u00a0<em>good<\/em> start today. \u00a0Even spending\u00a0<em>five minutes\u00a0<\/em>counts.<\/p>\n<p>Why? \u00a0Because now cleaning your garage is a thing you do!<\/p>\n<p>On January 2nd, you won\u2019t have to choose to \u00a0<em>start<\/em> cleaning your garage, you\u2019ll just be\u00a0<em>continuing<\/em> the work you already began (and get to take advantage of the <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/281626\/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-secret\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seinfeld Streak<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s what I\u2019m planning to do today (I\u2019ll come back and edit in strikethroughs as I knock things out):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><s>Choose my saint of the month<\/s><\/li>\n<li><s>Bake scones<\/s><\/li>\n<li><s>Twenty minutes of\u00a0<em>lectio divina<\/em><\/s><\/li>\n<li><s>Apply for one job (my fellowship ends in June, so this is a habit I <em>really<\/em> need to build)<\/s><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019ve got other things I\u2019d like to do (pleasure reading, work on my Udacity class, some writing, gym), but I\u2019m going to hold those four as my Begin As You Mean to Go On commitments\u2013things I\u2019ll be able to return to tomorrow, the next day, etc and think \u201cThis is something I\u00a0<em>already<\/em> have a habit of doing, not something I\u2019m starting\u00a0<em>de novo<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What (if anything) will you deliberately begin today?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10803\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10803\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2015\/01\/scone.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10803\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2015\/01\/scone.jpg\" alt=\"And then there were scones\" width=\"411\" height=\"287\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And then there were scones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Usually when I pick a Saint of the Month, I have a bit of\u00a0<em>tsuris<\/em> about what I\u2019ll\u00a0<em>do<\/em> with the saint \u2014 last month,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2014\/12\/so-where-should-a-gal-go-to-meet-some-saints.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">I thought about kiboshing the whole thing<\/a>. \u00a0But I figured, in the spirit of Begin as You Mean to Go On, I should do the smallest part of engaging with saints \u2014 just plain\u00a0<em>picking<\/em> one, and continue the project tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>So I spun up <a href=\"http:\/\/jenniferfulwiler.com\/saints\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jen Fulwiler\u2019s saint generator<\/a> and pulled up\u2026. Saint Augustine!<\/p>\n<p>I get to begin the year in the company of my confirmation saint, and I already know\u00a0<em>how<\/em> I\u2019ll be seeking him out. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/firstthoughts\/2014\/12\/reading-saint-augustine-in-2015\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Colin Garbarino is running a book group<\/a> for Augustine\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0199540632\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0199540632&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=unequyoked-20&amp;linkId=FIAC7ZKJ63NLKTKR\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>On Christine Doctrine<\/em><\/a> from January to March, and I\u2019m now all signed up!<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the first step makes all the subsequent ones fall in place.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leigh Bardugo, author of the Grisha Trilogy (and cause of my Halloween costume) is running a series of creativity sprints, starting at noon today. \u00a0The goal is to \u201cBegin as You Mean to Go On\u201d\u00a0in the new year (she has a FAQ here). 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