My New Year's Resolutions for 2009
- Lose 8 pounds, because 8 is my lucky number and me minus 8 pounds would be nice
- Quit smoking - I'm not a smoker, but I smoke...especially when alcohol is involved. None of my friends smoke anymore and none of the bars allow smoking. So unless I want to continue to be the reject who has to go outside and smoke, I need to quit.
- Start to let go of a lot of anger I hold onto for things that happened in the past - high school, college, grad school -- lots to let go of
- Pray more
- Get to bed earlier
- Get to work earlier
- Try not to let work stress me out, at the end of the day it's just a job
- Buy less clothes and wear more of the clothes I have
- Take more time to read more books
- Make more time for Mii -- on my Wii
- Get back into painting
- Work on my flexibility so my ponche stretch is 180 degrees like all the 16 and 17 yr. olds in my ballet class
- Come to terms with the fact that I'm not 16 or 17 anymore, so I can't expect my 27 yr old self to dance ballet like I did when I was 17 (but I sure as hell can keep trying)
- Take care of my house: sod my yards, fix up my bathrooms, fix my deck, and other landscaping to my yards
- Be more cautious about my finances, save more
- Work on hiding my frustrations when people get on my nerves
- Work on calming down my road rage
- Re-learn German with Bradley
- Do more active things on the weekends, less laying around
- Be better about staying in touch with family and friends -- force myself to talk on the phone, even though I avoid it
- Grow my hair out as long as I can get it, and when it fails because it's too thin (like it always does) invest in extensions - the Jessica Simpson affordable ones
- Try not to care so much about what other people think and at the same time try not to take things so personally
- In addition to resolution 3, stop asking Bradley if we are ok and stop constantly seeking validation -- leave the poor boy alone and let him love me
- Wash my car more - inside and out. It's seriously deprived.
- Spend as many weekends as possible in the summer in Charleston, on the beach.
- Get a puppy - a mutt with a little Chow in her
- Play the lottery.
- Work on my back posture, especially when sitting at my desk at work. I'm thinking of bringing in a balance ball...seriously.
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