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Clean Slate & "New Years" Resolutions.

03/02/11 at 01:05 AM by HelpMeSleep

life is great right now. I mean, I’ve been fairly stressed and it’s showing in my grades, but I’m feeling deeply optimistic. my (now former) roommates are gone and my new roommates are seeming like a serious improvement. living with intelligent, motivated, considerate, and actually cool people will be a very positive change. I feel like I have this fresh start and I like it a lot. I even feel like I’m over the ever elusive ex. so here’s to a life without bitches and bullshit.

that said, now that I have this delightful clean slate to start from, there’s something I’d like to do. I’ve written out new years resolutions every year since the dawn of time and this year I was so busy with the combination of my mono misery and trying to write a decent admissions essay for USF, I blew it off. I know it’s now the first of march and the year is already 1/6th of the way done, but the way I’m feeling, it’s seems like the perfect time to finally write those 2011 new years resolutions. I feel like I’ve found a bit of clarity so far this year and there’s a lot I want to pursue to really better myself and be as happy as I can be.

11. be neater. pretty self-explanatory. I want to make sure I’m as considerate as possible of my roommates and this apartment that I share.

10. cook lots, with friends and out of my cookbook. I just want to have fun with it and learn how to make new things.

9. be more careful with my finances. pay off any money I owe, save some money, budget myself better.

8. read more. I love to read but I get so caught up with school that I stop reading for my own enjoyment. my sadness over Borders closing has drawn my attention back to my love for books and I don’t want to forget that anytime soon.

7. re-establish a regular workout and healthy eating routine. I have so many great plans for this year. I want to be as confident and healthy as possible so I can enjoy them to their fullest.

6. go out, party, spend time with friends. have lots of fun. I’ve been realizing lately that I can do something most nights and still work hard in school.

5. be involved. I have really grown to love everything about the business club at school… the friends I’ve made, the opportunities it has presented me, the activities we’ve done. I will definitely stay involved the rest of this last semester and when I transfer in the fall, I want to get even more involved at my new school.

4. work more. this sort of goes with the whole fixing my finances thing… I definitely want to pick up more hours where I can at both the city and the store and look into other summer work as well.

3. go to church every other week, if not once a week. I feel good after I go and maybe I can learn something or find some answers I’m looking for.

2. don’t get angry when there’s nothing I can do about it. let things go and feel at peace. as they say in that AA prayer, “grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change”.

1. be happy, be positive, live every day to the fullest.