{"id":1325,"date":"2012-01-17T11:23:54","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T16:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/whatshesaid\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2012-01-17T11:23:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T16:23:54","slug":"new-new-years-resolution-and-its-not-stop-procrastinating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/whatshesaid\/2012\/01\/new-new-years-resolution-and-its-not-stop-procrastinating\/","title":{"rendered":"New New Year’s Resolution and It’s NOT Stop Procrastinating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A picture I took in California's Sierras on a day I was paying attention.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

I\u2019ve finally come up with my New Year\u2019s Resolution. Seeing as how it is currently, technically, January 17, it should probably be \u201cstop procrastinating.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Pay Attention.<\/p>\n

Pay attention to my email and my calendar. Pay attention to the dust under the couch and the dog\u2019s walking. To the book I\u2019ve always wanted to write and the web site I\u2019m building.<\/p>\n

Pay attention to my kids, to their rumbling tummies and missing shoes. To their essays and concerts and plays and soccer games. To the things they\u2019re saying and, even more, not saying.<\/p>\n

Pay attention to my husband. That\u2019s a big one.<\/p>\n

Pay attention to the golden clouds of the sunrise, to the crimson feathers of the cardinal in my yard, to the whisper of the trees over my head.<\/p>\n

Hear the songs that might, just might, be drifting down from Heaven.<\/p>\n

Wrestle the iPad and the smartphone into their proper places. Release the uptotheminuterightnowbreakingnews for a while. Leave those dust bunnies under the couch in peace for an hour while I put together a puzzle with my son.<\/p>\n

Everything in its season.<\/p>\n

Focus. Life is fleeting. So fleeting. I don\u2019t want to miss it.<\/p>\n

I want to pay attention to it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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