I can do this. I will do this.

I have been thinking for some time now that in 2011, I would make daily blog posts about my dreams. I don't mean my hopes and dreams, I mean my dreams from the previous night's sleep. I have notoriously lengthy and elaborate dreams. Some are prophetic, some are my mind working out my problems, and some are the nonsensical results of electricity and chemicals randomly firing in my brain.  But my main purpose for keeping this daily dream journal is the demand of the daily routine. We all have daily routines but it seems this particular daily ritual will bring some order to my mind's chaos and give me a daily outlet for being the analytical and creative person that I am. Plus, it will be something to look back on- a permanent record of the subjects that were on my mind and in my heart on any given day. 

I am contemplating starting this blog with an entry about the dreams I had last night. But, it's not the new year yet. Suffice to say that the dreams I had last night felt good while I believed they were real. But three times I woke up mad because I knew that my wishes had not actually been granted and that I had only been duped into those feelings of fulfillment. There's something profound in that previous statement- I hope you didn't miss it.

Tonight the old year hobbles out the door and the new year arrives (sometimes with a scream or a bang, sometimes, it just shows up on your doorstep unannounced.) Well I say good riddance 2010. I knew ye well, and still I did not like ye. If I thought last year was a challenge, this year was even more of one. I have high hopes that in 2011 things will start to look up for me. It's time for my ship to come in. So here's to a Bright & Shiny New Year. Skål!