So we made it to 2013. It's amazing how fast time goes. Was it really ten years ago that I spent New Year's Eve in El Salvador?? Was it really almost a decade since I finished high school?? Was the first Christmas Dinner that Kasia and I hosted really twelve years ago?!?!
Wow. I feel like all this time has gone by and I haven't noticed.
Regardless, in the spirit of it being a new year, I figured I'd be cliched and come up with some goals for the year. I don't want to call them resolutions, since that title is just begging for me to break them ASAP, so goals works for me.
Anyways, here they are, in no particular order:
1. Get a real job. Not a temporary, for now, or in the meantime type of job, an actual full-time, permanent position. With benefits. The whole temp thing just isn't working out for me. I need something with a little more security and longevity.
2. Move out. I'd love to have my own place, and it'll have to happen this year. Currently, I live at my mom's, but she'll move in with her boyfriend soon, which means I'll definitely have to find somewhere. Somewhere in Sauga, I think, not downtown. And I don't want to look for a roommate, I'd rather have my own place. As for moving in with Matt, well, I have no idea. I like the idea of seeing him every day and sleeping next to him every night and waking up to him every morning, but I also like the idea of having my own space and decorating how I want to and getting the chance to live on my own. Plus, I have no idea how he feels about moving out with me anymore, since I tossed us aside. Twice.
3. Go on vacation. Not camping, but somewhere that I can lay on the beach, drink lots, and not have to worry about a goddamned thing. Cuba, maybe?? Or somewhere different, like St Maarten?? Just somewhere that if I wanted to do nothing for a week, I could. Even El Salvador would be good, although that would be much more heartbreaking to leave than anywhere else.
4. Go somewhere new. Similar to the vacation one, but with more doing. Maybe sightseeing or a tour or hiking or whatever. Machu Picchu?? Thailand?? Somewhere new and interesting and awesome. Honestly, I'd even settle for somewhere closer and less exotic, but till new. New Orleans??
5. Learn a new language. Or possibly work on the two half languages I know (Spanish and French). Maybe learn some new Polish words?? The last few I learned were a few years ago. Time to add something to my mental translator!!
6. Finish a story. I've been stuck for the last while and haven't been able to write too much, even tough I have an incredible amount of ideas. Maybe I can work on getting them out?? I've still got some up on my FanFiction profile, and I've got maybe 20 pages of another. I've also got like 35 pages of an original story, and a bunch of stories left anywhere from 2 to 5 pages. I really should work on those.
7. Find a new hobby. I keep saying photography or painting, but I do neither. So I need to give them my all or get off the pot and find some new ones. I can't imagine me knitting or anything. Cooking?? Maybe more event planning?? I do love me some planning. I could definitely make that into something fun!!
8. Pay off debts. Honestly, I need to do this. If I'm smart about it, and I find a job soon, I should technically be able to pay off all the people I owe money to, and fix quite a bit of my credit, this year. I obviously can't finish OSAP this year, but I could do almost everything else. Or, quite possibly, everything else. Let's aim for as much as possible and hope it goes well, okay??
9. Lose weight. I have to find a way to get rid of at least 60 lbs. HAVE TO. I can't use any machines or go crazy (stupid back), so I've gotta take up swimming and an aerobics class. Maybe I'll join Kasia in Zumba, as much as I don't like it. I've also gotta do yoga or something to help stretch out my back.
10. Relax. Be healthy. Smile. Honestly, I need to just learn to enjoy life and laugh it off when it goes wrong. I need to not blow everything out of proportion and I need to not over think everything and stress myself out to the point I get panic attacks. I need to be on the offensive much less and not bite everyone's head off. I need to think less for me and more for others, and sometimes, I need to think the opposite.
Wow, that's more than I planned to set for myself. I don't think they're hard, though. At least, most of them aren't, so I should be able to find ways to get them done, right?? Or possibly, and maybe even more realistically, I'll forget all about them until the end of the year.
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