Why are we here, to paraphrase the one-time vice presidential candidate? More on that later. But it connects to the annual one-word resolution challenge.

I've thought a lot about this year's word. For a moment -- the moment in the liquor store today, when the clerk asked how I was doing -- I thought the word might be persevere, for I found myself saying: "I persevere." Sounded like a character cut from the final edit of "O, Brother, Where Art Thou?" Still, I toyed with that word for about five minutes, but it sounded too put-upon for a woman who so far this Dec. 31 had a) enjoyed a $4 soy latte b) sorted books to divide between multiple households* c) was buying a six-pack that cost $11.99 d) had worked out with my personal trainer, who also happens to train an Oscar winner (but he trained me first!) -- believe me, I could take this list all the way to z without breaking a sweat.

So, no. I am lucky enough to transcend persevering.

I considered "Atone," but only because I wanted to make a joke about "toning."

So if I wasn't limited by one word, what would I say about 2013. That I want to put one foot in front of another. That I want to be organized in ways I am not. That I want to use my time and my money well. I waste both, although far more of the former than the latter. (Buying robots isn't wasteful, right? I am building an army, after all.) That I want to watch every episode of "Supernatural." (Sorry. But I do.) That I want to write a better book than the one I wrote in 2012. (OK, the 80 percent of a book I wrote in 2012.) That I want to be a little less promiscuous with the parentheses. (Um, duh?) That I want to be a better spouse, mother, friend, writer, employee, neighbor, citizen. I have to be honest -- #'s 1 and 3 are the big challenges.

I have everything I need. I have more than I need in terms of stuff, less than I need in terms of time. So what do I need to do? I am afraid that word is a horrible modern coinage, but it's one that works for me this year.

REPURPOSE.

Repurpose this dormant site, which will return to its roots, open to all. I will also publish this on my website and provide a link on my two Facebook pages, but TMP returns to its original format. I have come to realize there was a special joy to this place, which I found after my friend Keith Snyder told me that the point of blogging was to be loose and fast. WordPress is wonderful, but I am neither fast nor loose when using it. So consider this the beta version, with the more perfect version to follow on the blog.

Repurpose my time, so much of which is wasted. Although not on Facebook, which I adore. Facebook got me through this year. It will probably get me through '13. Circumstances have conspired to make me a bit of a shut-in. Without virtual friends, I would very little social contact. Still, I have to find more time to read. If one doesn't read, one can't write.

Repurpose my money. Details? I'd rather show you my naked body than talk to you about my finances. But let me just say what I always say: People are weird about two things, love and money. And they are really weird about money.

There are probably more examples. But enough about me. What's your one-word resolution for 2013?