2010 shall be mine, dammit!
So last year, I had the same title post except it was 2009 shall be mine, dammit!
Except 2009 wasn't mine...at all. 2009 really sucks/sucked. I've been ready for a new year since about March, and finally it's about here.
I had two goals for 2009.
1. Lose 30 pounds (BAHAHAHA!)
2. Write a novel (BAHAHAHA *falls out of chair*)
Yeah...those things didn't happen. I did loose weight then I gained it back. Then I lost it again. Then I gained it back and then well, I think I might have gained a couple more pounds after that. BUT I did accomplish a couple things that I didn't even set for 2009.
1. I really quit smoking. I started to quit smoking at the end of November of 2008. If you knew me well enough, you would have laughed in my face that I said I was going to quit. Because I ALWAYS for years said I was going to quit. But I did it! Sure, I've snuck a few in, but I haven't had a real smoking habit for over a year now. And that feels pretty damn good.
2. I'm going back to school. Me, the girl who completely hated school is going to school. It's not a "real" college as in I'll be spending four years in a place taking a bunch of classes I'll never in my life have any use for. (Can you see why I never went to college?) Instead I'm going to a tech school where I'll focus on everything I will need for working in the medical field. I'm shooting for billing & coding cause they make a pretty penny. And I would like to make a pretty penny.
3. I've realized what story I should have been writing all along. Thanks to NaNoWriMo, I wrote a whole bunch of crap that I could turn into something more. I also realized while going through the crap that Gracie and her crazy ways isn't the novel I should be writing. I can write humor - at least, I think I can. But I need more in a book. I need drama, I need laughs, I need angst, and there's gotta be some death. So I've been focusing a lot on Gus's story. My girl who goes back home after seven years and faces everyone she left behind. And plus, I've missed the hell out of Memphis. He's so fun to write. So yea, one short lived vampire novel and one crazy fun novel and I realize that's it's time to get my ass in gear and get the one story I've been running away from, done.
There are some other things that I hadn't exactly accomplished, but I learned about myself. Big things (not just my weight here) that I know I plan on working on. Because if I don't, I'll be miserable. And who the heck wants to be miserable? Not me!
So what's going to happen in 2010? I have no clue. I'm not setting any goals here to look back on and feel like crap I didn't accomplish. This year I'm just going to live life, write my heart out, and get off my ass about so many things. Cheers!
PS- Sorry if this is rambly. I'm sick and I'm doped up and I'm so tired of lying in bed.
Except 2009 wasn't mine...at all. 2009 really sucks/sucked. I've been ready for a new year since about March, and finally it's about here.
I had two goals for 2009.
1. Lose 30 pounds (BAHAHAHA!)
2. Write a novel (BAHAHAHA *falls out of chair*)
Yeah...those things didn't happen. I did loose weight then I gained it back. Then I lost it again. Then I gained it back and then well, I think I might have gained a couple more pounds after that. BUT I did accomplish a couple things that I didn't even set for 2009.
1. I really quit smoking. I started to quit smoking at the end of November of 2008. If you knew me well enough, you would have laughed in my face that I said I was going to quit. Because I ALWAYS for years said I was going to quit. But I did it! Sure, I've snuck a few in, but I haven't had a real smoking habit for over a year now. And that feels pretty damn good.
2. I'm going back to school. Me, the girl who completely hated school is going to school. It's not a "real" college as in I'll be spending four years in a place taking a bunch of classes I'll never in my life have any use for. (Can you see why I never went to college?) Instead I'm going to a tech school where I'll focus on everything I will need for working in the medical field. I'm shooting for billing & coding cause they make a pretty penny. And I would like to make a pretty penny.
3. I've realized what story I should have been writing all along. Thanks to NaNoWriMo, I wrote a whole bunch of crap that I could turn into something more. I also realized while going through the crap that Gracie and her crazy ways isn't the novel I should be writing. I can write humor - at least, I think I can. But I need more in a book. I need drama, I need laughs, I need angst, and there's gotta be some death. So I've been focusing a lot on Gus's story. My girl who goes back home after seven years and faces everyone she left behind. And plus, I've missed the hell out of Memphis. He's so fun to write. So yea, one short lived vampire novel and one crazy fun novel and I realize that's it's time to get my ass in gear and get the one story I've been running away from, done.
There are some other things that I hadn't exactly accomplished, but I learned about myself. Big things (not just my weight here) that I know I plan on working on. Because if I don't, I'll be miserable. And who the heck wants to be miserable? Not me!
So what's going to happen in 2010? I have no clue. I'm not setting any goals here to look back on and feel like crap I didn't accomplish. This year I'm just going to live life, write my heart out, and get off my ass about so many things. Cheers!
PS- Sorry if this is rambly. I'm sick and I'm doped up and I'm so tired of lying in bed.