Welcome to my New Year

[mis_creation]

Nearly, anyway.

For my personal yearly calendar, I've got the time between my birthday (the 11th) and Samhain (the 31st) to prepare myself for the new year. Yes, this is completely arbitrary but I find it fun and useful for me.

My goals for the new year (not Resolutions because everyone knows those are never really kept) and in no particular order...

1. Let myself learn how to dance
2. Make some actual decisions regarding my future
3. Get a workout schedule established and stick with it
4. Continue trying to better my eating habits
5. WRITE SOMETHING, IDIOT!
6. Make a proposal for the 2010 Sirens, on any of the six or seven ideas I have...
7. Be more proactive in something
8. Save more money
9. Try to be something more of a grownup, whatever that means...

Let's stick with nine. I couldn't think of any more and nine is a nice number.

Comments

[ayla-britestar.livejournal.com]

I like your goals, although I wouldn't know where to begin on how to be more like a grown-up. Adulthood is overrated. I think that Avenue Q song (the end one) about how everyone is a little dissatified encapislates the post-college life pretty well.

Also, happy early birthday. Any special plans?

[dukerevolution.livejournal.com]

Being more proactive...

I learned this from the Jim Carey movie Yes Man (very good, by the way, if you haven't seen it). I know it's a fictitious movie, but there's still something to be learned from it.

Say yes to things. Not everything like in the movie, but say yes to opportunities you don't immediately want to do. Just do them anyway. I guarantee you'll have a more positive outlook on things. It worked for me. I didn't feel like going to a friend's house, but forced myself, and had fun. I didn't want to go to the zoo with my family, but forced myself and enjoyed it.

It's really handy.