Overdose at Christmas, give it up for Lent
Quoted from Livejournal:
In 2009, I resolve:
+ to get healthy. No, I don't mean lose 302 pounds in two weeks. I need to figure out what's going on with my relationship with food. In the month of January, I want to walk for ten minutes a day every day and do push-ups every night; I want to pack my lunch for work every day that month and make it decently healthy.
+ to get emotionally healthy. I don't know what this is going to take, but I want to focus first on my anger and forgiveness issues. Anger is such a waste and I think it was the core cause of my misery in 2008.
+ to do things for me/to stand up for myself. I want to start saying "yes" again to things that will make me happy instead of worrying about others' expectations. This will be monumentally easier this year (at least I hope so).
+ to get my passport. I also hope to say "go to Europe," but there's no telling what kind of money or time I'll have.
+ to save more money. I need to stop being wasteful with money and learn how to once and for all stick to a budget. I'm surrendering my credit card until the spring for starters -- I've racked up a ton of charges (most of which, thank god, I can pay off in time). This is also the year that I need to open an IRA, which I want to get accomplished before spring.
+ to start writing again. Travel memoirs. Gotta get on that.
1. Yes! Losing 12 pounds this year would have been AWESOME, had I not gained 15 the year before. ;) I hope to keep that going, but instead of focusing on "being thinner" I want to get healthier. I really want to run a 5K in the spring more than anything. Also? Since red meat has more or less vanished from my diet, I resolve to try and be pescatarian by the end of 2010.
2. Check times a billion. I can't explain it. There are down moments, sure. But there's something in me that just sees the hurdles and jumps them. I don't always do it with grace, and I've had my share of failings. It probably has a lot to do with Number 3, actually...
3. YES! Living with Colleen had a LOT of influence on that. Surround yourself only with positive people and you will be so so rewarded. Living with someone who didn't make me APOLOGIZE for who I was changed my mentality for good.
4. Ergh. The app is filled, the photos are taken... it's just a matter of finding a Saturday to suck it up and do it.
5. Every year I say I'm going to save for retirment. I figure this: Right now, I make enough to save a teeny bit, pay all my bills (incl horribly high car insurance and car payment), and have a social life of two diners and/or bar trips a month. Do I have a little bit of debt on my credit cad? Yes. Do I make an effort every month to pay it down? Yep. I think it's important that I stopped being scared of debt this year and understood the real concept of "emergency money." Still: in 2010, I will clear that credit card debt.
6. Hmm... I did write, quietly. But this year was a little different. I've been pushed from all directions (OK, mainly coworkers and family) to start really writing things down. The stories I tell, in one way or another, lead to "you should fucking go into comedy!" or "why aren't you writing this?!!" And the truth is it's because I am not expected to toss away a Real Job for something creative and risky. It's bad enough being in an industry where I'm criticized for doing what I love (thanks for the support... yeah). I suppose it's my refusal to take that risk that's stifling my creativity to begin with.
So, in 2010:
1. I will continue working out and making better food choices and cooking more. I will run a 5K by my 24th birthday. I will be a certain size bridesmaid's dress by October.
2. I will go to Europe.... bien falt! <3
2a. I will not let the future freak me out. 3,000 miles is far. But we've got Skype, and planes and cars. ;)
3. I will get serious about my future (well, maybe). Maybe find a real place in Mercer County, if this magazine job keeps working the way it's been working (which, by the way, with no offense to my NYC brethren.... it's AWESOME).
4. I will understand who's my family now. I will be a better friend to those who truly matter to me. I will understand I can't save my parents' marriage, but I will do my best to have relationships of respect with my family members. Even my brother.
5. I will do something good for writing and storytelling. For now, I promise to enter at least ONE writing contest next year.
In 2009, I resolve:
+ to get healthy. No, I don't mean lose 302 pounds in two weeks. I need to figure out what's going on with my relationship with food. In the month of January, I want to walk for ten minutes a day every day and do push-ups every night; I want to pack my lunch for work every day that month and make it decently healthy.
+ to get emotionally healthy. I don't know what this is going to take, but I want to focus first on my anger and forgiveness issues. Anger is such a waste and I think it was the core cause of my misery in 2008.
+ to do things for me/to stand up for myself. I want to start saying "yes" again to things that will make me happy instead of worrying about others' expectations. This will be monumentally easier this year (at least I hope so).
+ to get my passport. I also hope to say "go to Europe," but there's no telling what kind of money or time I'll have.
+ to save more money. I need to stop being wasteful with money and learn how to once and for all stick to a budget. I'm surrendering my credit card until the spring for starters -- I've racked up a ton of charges (most of which, thank god, I can pay off in time). This is also the year that I need to open an IRA, which I want to get accomplished before spring.
+ to start writing again. Travel memoirs. Gotta get on that.
1. Yes! Losing 12 pounds this year would have been AWESOME, had I not gained 15 the year before. ;) I hope to keep that going, but instead of focusing on "being thinner" I want to get healthier. I really want to run a 5K in the spring more than anything. Also? Since red meat has more or less vanished from my diet, I resolve to try and be pescatarian by the end of 2010.
2. Check times a billion. I can't explain it. There are down moments, sure. But there's something in me that just sees the hurdles and jumps them. I don't always do it with grace, and I've had my share of failings. It probably has a lot to do with Number 3, actually...
3. YES! Living with Colleen had a LOT of influence on that. Surround yourself only with positive people and you will be so so rewarded. Living with someone who didn't make me APOLOGIZE for who I was changed my mentality for good.
4. Ergh. The app is filled, the photos are taken... it's just a matter of finding a Saturday to suck it up and do it.
5. Every year I say I'm going to save for retirment. I figure this: Right now, I make enough to save a teeny bit, pay all my bills (incl horribly high car insurance and car payment), and have a social life of two diners and/or bar trips a month. Do I have a little bit of debt on my credit cad? Yes. Do I make an effort every month to pay it down? Yep. I think it's important that I stopped being scared of debt this year and understood the real concept of "emergency money." Still: in 2010, I will clear that credit card debt.
6. Hmm... I did write, quietly. But this year was a little different. I've been pushed from all directions (OK, mainly coworkers and family) to start really writing things down. The stories I tell, in one way or another, lead to "you should fucking go into comedy!" or "why aren't you writing this?!!" And the truth is it's because I am not expected to toss away a Real Job for something creative and risky. It's bad enough being in an industry where I'm criticized for doing what I love (thanks for the support... yeah). I suppose it's my refusal to take that risk that's stifling my creativity to begin with.
So, in 2010:
1. I will continue working out and making better food choices and cooking more. I will run a 5K by my 24th birthday. I will be a certain size bridesmaid's dress by October.
2. I will go to Europe.... bien falt! <3
2a. I will not let the future freak me out. 3,000 miles is far. But we've got Skype, and planes and cars. ;)
3. I will get serious about my future (well, maybe). Maybe find a real place in Mercer County, if this magazine job keeps working the way it's been working (which, by the way, with no offense to my NYC brethren.... it's AWESOME).
4. I will understand who's my family now. I will be a better friend to those who truly matter to me. I will understand I can't save my parents' marriage, but I will do my best to have relationships of respect with my family members. Even my brother.
5. I will do something good for writing and storytelling. For now, I promise to enter at least ONE writing contest next year.