This year, I set just two specific and measurable daily goals for myself: to walk 10,000 steps and to write a haiku.
I’ve been keeping the poems in a note on my phone, but I think I’d like to share them in weekly batches here on my blog. It only makes sense to accompany each of these posts with a photo from a recent walk, since I’ve been taking a lot of those to reach said step goal.
So without further ado, here’s the first week of my year in haikus:
January 1
Arbitrary, yes,
but energizing, hopeful—
first day of the year
January 2
Tomorrow, to work
after ten whole days away
I’m still not ready
January 3
Pink clouds, rising sun
My timid hope warms and grows
I think we’re still friends
January 4
Our day off, you’re sick
so we rest and take it slow,
living on the couch
January 5
“Are you listening?”
Jimmy hums in my chest and
I shout-sing along
January 6
Kittens taking baths
Carefully lick every part
End up rumpled, damp
January 7
Perfect starchy food,
made eight different ways and shared
Potato party!
EDBP! 