The obligatory post of the new year.
You guys know I change my mind every day, right?
Well, with this new year comes this:
I'm moving to Portland. Yes, it's true. I leave a week from Monday. Sudden, I KNOW.
I'm scared. I'm excited. I'm terrified. I'm hopeful. I'm bipolar about it basically.
But I'm going to live by two general ideas this year (or at least try to).
1) "Just do it!" (Thanks Nike?)
2) It's better to KNOW than to WONDER. In other words, I have to stop saying, "I wonder if I'd like it in Portland..." and instead just go find out for myself. I mean, if I live there for a year and I don't like it all that well, I'll know and I can cross it off my list of places I think I'd like to live for an extended period of time.
I have an apartment set up, but other than that I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't have a job lined up yet, but I'm not all that picky. I'd like a job that paid pretty well (and had health insurance! haha), but if I have to work at a grocery store (and buy my own health insurance damnit) and live paycheck to paycheck, that's OK too. I'm young. I can do that. Thankfully there are a lot of free things to do in Portland, so even if I'm poor, I'll be entertained!
Other than that, as I say every year, I'm going to get that six pack this year! haha. I would like to try and really get into very healthy eating as I believe it will help me get into the kind of shape I need to be in to hike the AT in a year (or two). Plus, any sort of unhealthy food normally makes me feel like total shit because my digestive system hates me.
I'd also like to actually attempt to get a guy and keep him for a while. I'm not looking for a husband, but I know I need to stop being so freaking picky and mean. I scare guys. I know I do. They tell me I'm scary. haha. I CAN'T HELP IT. I just have to speak my mind about certain things and I don't think pick up lines are funny at all. Sorry dudes.
Other than that, I'd just like to end this next year by knowing that I can do anything and that I am fiercely independent. As stupid as this sounds, I need to become my own biggest cheerleader and stop thinking so negatively about everything, including my self worth.
It's going to be an adventure, for sure. I'm thinking of buying a video camera to document the highs and lows of this first year of my life being truely on my own. We'll see. I'd have to find a half decent video camera on sale. We'll see. I hear the Sony Handycams are decent? Anyone have experience with one?
Well, with this new year comes this:
I'm moving to Portland. Yes, it's true. I leave a week from Monday. Sudden, I KNOW.
I'm scared. I'm excited. I'm terrified. I'm hopeful. I'm bipolar about it basically.
But I'm going to live by two general ideas this year (or at least try to).
1) "Just do it!" (Thanks Nike?)
2) It's better to KNOW than to WONDER. In other words, I have to stop saying, "I wonder if I'd like it in Portland..." and instead just go find out for myself. I mean, if I live there for a year and I don't like it all that well, I'll know and I can cross it off my list of places I think I'd like to live for an extended period of time.
I have an apartment set up, but other than that I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't have a job lined up yet, but I'm not all that picky. I'd like a job that paid pretty well (and had health insurance! haha), but if I have to work at a grocery store (and buy my own health insurance damnit) and live paycheck to paycheck, that's OK too. I'm young. I can do that. Thankfully there are a lot of free things to do in Portland, so even if I'm poor, I'll be entertained!
Other than that, as I say every year, I'm going to get that six pack this year! haha. I would like to try and really get into very healthy eating as I believe it will help me get into the kind of shape I need to be in to hike the AT in a year (or two). Plus, any sort of unhealthy food normally makes me feel like total shit because my digestive system hates me.
I'd also like to actually attempt to get a guy and keep him for a while. I'm not looking for a husband, but I know I need to stop being so freaking picky and mean. I scare guys. I know I do. They tell me I'm scary. haha. I CAN'T HELP IT. I just have to speak my mind about certain things and I don't think pick up lines are funny at all. Sorry dudes.
Other than that, I'd just like to end this next year by knowing that I can do anything and that I am fiercely independent. As stupid as this sounds, I need to become my own biggest cheerleader and stop thinking so negatively about everything, including my self worth.
It's going to be an adventure, for sure. I'm thinking of buying a video camera to document the highs and lows of this first year of my life being truely on my own. We'll see. I'd have to find a half decent video camera on sale. We'll see. I hear the Sony Handycams are decent? Anyone have experience with one?