Resolutions are SO 2011!

New Years

I don't like to make resolutions because they make me feel like such a failure when I lose sight of my resolution within the first couple of weeks. I've done all the cliche's, too. Lose weight, eat healthy, give up random foods and habits, you know the ones. Beside, I can give stuff up during Lent! So, this year, I've set some goals for myself, good goals that I want to accomplish! (Thanks to Amy Leigh Strickland for giving me the inspiration to write everything down this year!)

#1: Keep in contact with friends. And no, I'm not talking about "writing on their walls" or tweeting them or even texting them. I really feel like I'm losing touch with my best friends who are like sisters to me, and that's just painful. While I was on Christmas holiday, I promised I would make the effort to call them (yes, on the phone!) once a week. They promised to stay in better contact, too. I have two friends back home that I desperately miss and will make an effort to call. I'm also going to get back into writing to my friends, too. I used to be such a good pen pal, and I love making cards, so why not put it all to good use? Who doesn't love receiving "snail mail" these days - and let's face it, it really is slow so I need to send out my godmother's birthday card now for next weekend!

#2: You're reading it! I'm going to keep up with this damned blog. I'm the girl that has a dozen half-written-in journals lying about in boxes all over my parent's basement. I lost track of this blog during November when I was frantically working my way through NaNoWriMo, but now I have no excuse. I'm going to make the effort to blog once a week about books I'm reading, progress with my writing, what the girls and I are up to, and my adventures in DC.

#3: Directly related to #2: writing. It's January 1st, and I promised my lovely editor that I would stay away from my NaNoWriMo piece for a month and well... time's up! I'm excited to get back to it and really dig into it. Of course, I've come to the conclusion that I need to get it printed so I can take a red pen to it! I'm gonna feel like such an English teacher with my red slash marks... I can't wait! Of course, in reality, I'll likely just stick to working in Gdocs and Word, but that's OK, too. My goal is to be finished with the story (still needs a damned title!) by the summer so I can start to focus on NaNo2012, which is going to be a sequel to NaNo2011... I'm getting ahead of myself! But, I'm really excited to get on with this!

#4: Read only new books this year. Well, new to me, anyway. I have a whole list of books over on GoodReads that I want to read, and this year I'm not going do any repeats. With one exception, and that being that I'm going to reread "The Hunger Games" in the beginning of March before the movie comes out... which will lead to me reading "Catching Fire" and "Mockingjay"... OK, that's it, though. I get those three books, but then the rest will be all new reads!

#5: Working out. OK, this is an oldie but goodie and it's really not a resolution, I swear. I've set a goal for myself to get my ass moving once a day, at least four days a week. I just inherited my mom's Wii along with the Wii Fit board and several active games, plus with my Pinterest addiction and all the workouts I've repinned onto my fitness board, I have no excuse to not meet this goal! I do enjoy trying new things, so printing out these routines and implimenting them will be something new to try... and torture myself with... ugh, this really should be #1 on my goals but... ugh...

Seems like a good list, right? I've got so much more that I want to accomplish this year, but this is a good start. I'm on an adventure with this job, and I have a lot of opportunities at my fingertips... I just have to reach out an touch them. I know I'm missing a lot... school, debts, meeting Prince Charming (stupid boy is probably lost somewhere, right?)... but hey, it's only January 1st, remember?