I found it pretty fitting to write my first real, official blog post about my New Year's Resolutions. Resolutions may seem pointless to some, as many people don't often follow through with theirs or forget by year's end (or even week's or month's end). I've been feeling like there is something so new and refreshing about the start of this new year, a clean slate, and it has made me want to write my own resolutions. I probably feel this way (refreshed, clean slate, etc.) because I came up with most of these resolutions in the shower, the cleanest place you can go, unless you shower in a college dorm.
In Goal Setting 101, you learn that you must set attainable, clear, and measurable goals for yourself in order to succeed in reaching your goals. Most of the following statements of mine are potentially unattainable, mostly unclear, and definitely not measurable. But these aren't goals, these are resolutions. I'll set some attainable, clear, and measurable goals at a later date (hopefully before December 31, 2012).
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2. Get healthy. This could have really been its own resolution list (track what I eat, eat more fruits & veggies, drink more water, drink less booze, don't eat as much junk food, work out regularly, start running again, take vitamins, lose 25 pounds, etc.) but I'll just leave it as vague as getting healthy for now. I have a lot of work to do on this one, and you, my dear blog reader(s), will hear a lot about this endeavor of mine.
3. Be more conscious of money. Along with this one goes: stop using the credit cards, put myself on a budget, consolidate some loans, and save some money.
4. Be on time. This is one of my pet peeves when I experience it with other people, and I hate to admit that I'm one of the worst. For such a type-A personality, planner extraordinaire like myself, there's really no excuse why I am late to pretty much everything.
5. Finally move out of my mom's house. It's already in the works, pending resolution #3. About damn time, 24-year-old self.
6. Get happier. Certain circumstances in my life, which I'm sure you'll hear about some of which ad nauseum in the forthcoming blog posts, have made me feel like a Negative Nancy lately. I need to get back to focusing on the glass being half full rather than the glass being half empty.
7. Stop worrying so much. See resolution #6. Negativity and worrying, when combined, often cause a downward spiral into self-destructive and insecure thoughts for me.
8. Get a puppy. Pending resolution #5.
9. Maintain my friendships better. I have some fabulous friends all around the country and all around the world. I really need to do a better job of connecting with them, and in some cases, reconnecting with them. This also holds true for my friends close to home.
10. Travel. I know I'll be headed to D.C. at some point this upcoming year, but I'd like to travel to a couple of new places if possible. See resolution #3 for why this might not happen, but see resolution #9 for why it should.
Well, there it is, my awesomely vague list of 10 things I'd like to accomplish in the next 364 days (it's pretty much January 3rd, and this is a leap year, so...yeah, math). First on the to-do list regarding resolution #1 will be writing an accurate and expanded "About Me" section for this blog and then subsequently whoring out the link to this blog to all of my social circles.
Love & fresh starts,
Molly
