Official 2010 New Years Resolutions (that I WILL keep!)

"Resolution number one: Obviously will lose twenty pounds. Number two: Equally important, will find sensible boyfriend to go out with and not continue to form romantic attachments to any of the following: alcoholics, workaholics, commitment phobics, peeping toms, megalomaniacs, emotional fuckwits or perverts." -Bridget Jones Diary

Seriously though, I do plan on making serious strides in becoming healthier- not losing weight. I do need to drop about 10-15 pounds, but I really need to just focus on eating healthier and exercising. To achieve this, I WILL be working out in the gym at my complex, and I will be cooking homemade food more often.

In conjunction with resolution number one, I am again cutting sodas out of my diet. I did this for 2 years in high school, and have never felt better. I lost weight, my skin looked fantastic, and I was just...more energetic.

I will focus on myself for once, and not on making everyone around me happy at the expense of my own happiness. I stayed in a failing relationship for 1.5 years after I realized that I was unhappy- I will not repeat this mistake. I am completely fine on my own, and don't need a significant other to complete me.

I will also focus harder on academics. Jeff's poor study habits rubbed off on me last semester, and I can't afford for that to happen again. Graduation Dec 2010 baby!

I would also like to work on my relationships with my friends, and spend more time taking care of them. I have an amazing core group of friends from high school and OSU, and I never want to lose them. I am making some great friends at GSU (well, they've graduated!), and I want to continue to get to know them better. :D

I will show my family how much I care about them, and focus on making sure I am creating good, lasting memories with them. My grandparents are getting feeble, and it makes me extremely nervous. I lost my grandfather in Sept. 2008, and look back now and wish I could have known him better and spent more time with him. I don't want to regret missing out on how amazing they really are.

And lastly, I want to start going to church again. I stopped 4 years ago, due to pressure from Jeff. I want that support system back in my life, and the structure it gave me. It just feels like I'm missing something.

"I do think New Year's resolutions can't technically be expected to begin on New Year's Day, don't you? Since, because it's an extension of New Year's Eve, smokers are already on a smoking roll and cannot be expected to stop abruptly on the stroke of midnight with so much nicotine in the system. Also dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary, moment by moment, in order to ease your hangover. I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second. " ~Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary

New year, new beginnings?

So Jeff and I broke up, and I think it might be for good this time. The reasons are too personal to explain, but it was pretty awful. But I know this is for the best. I can do so much better.

Christmas was absolutely amazing, and I am so thankful for all of my gifts. I am so lucky to have such a great family.

I love being at home- it makes me realize how much Atlanta sucks (especially now that Elyse and Sarah graduated). I love seeing the snow fall; we've gotten close to half a foot since I got home, and it's fantatstic.

I am so excited for new years tonight!

Sure, Sure

I for real just had a fantastically realistic dream about Jacob, from Eclipse. I'll leave it at that, but...wowza. It was AWESOME.

It's almost Christmas!

I can't believe Christmas is just a few days away...and I'm just as excited now as I was when I was a kid.

First posts mean new beginnings, right?

I've decided to follow in elysiepiecie's footsteps and start a new blog, since my Xanga from high school/beginning of college has...been neglected. Maybe this one will be more successful.

I'm a 21 year old fourth year student studying Anthropology- with a focus in museum studies, and I can't wait to graduate in December 2010!