New Year's Resolutions

I despise New Year’s resolutions. People always claim that this will be the year they lose weight, stop smoking, quit being such an ass, etc… It generally lasts for about a week and then slowly the person goes back to their pre-resolution ways. I tend not to make resolutions because typically when I say something out loud I feel a strong need to follow through. (Hence the reason that I like to keep my resolutions to myself so that if/when I don’t follow through, the guilt will be minimal.) This year I’m going to publicly declare my resolutions, so that not only will I be more likely to follow through, but so that I’ll have more support in sticking to them. So here goes:

1. Write more in my other blog. It’s the place where I vent my frustrations, say things that I really think and feel, and basically where I just all around bitch. As of now, I don’t intend on ever letting anyone else read it – it’s all mine.

2. Be healthy. I can’t stand fad diets, or when someone claims to be dieting but then shoves a Twinkie in their mouth. It has been proven that diets don't work - you have to change your lifestyle in order to be healthy. Am I always healthy, ah…no. For the most part I eat relatively healthy food, but I eat 6 times more than I should and then sit on the couch and watch TV after eating it. So, for me, I just want to focus on being healthy – whatever that means for me. In my quest to find a way to incorporate it into my lifestyle, I'm gonna try something for a month and if I stick with it, great. If not, then I'll try something else.

3. Learn (or experience) at least one new craft/hobby every month. I’ve had great success learning to knit recently, so I’d like to keep it up.

4. Read even more. Start adding some non-fiction to the list of must reads. I love being able to have conversations with “smart people” and feel like I have some idea what I’m talking about!

5. This one is going to be the hardest… Stop being so damn passive aggressive. I’m a nice person to a fault. I don’t want anyone’s feelings to get hurt, I don’t want conflict, and I most certainly don’t want confrontation. So I tend to hold back my true feelings, keep my mouth shut, and just let things be. Don’t speak to me for months and then strike up a conversation because you need something - I’ll come through. Do something shady to me and I’ll still smile and speak nicely to you when I see you out and about. Of course, in both of these situations, I’ll say things behind your back and most likely write about you in my other blog (see item #1) So, my resolution is to speak up more when it’s warranted, but learn how to do it without being bitchy. Added in with this one is to be a real friend to those that are real friends to me, and let acquaintances be just that.

Now I’m off to type my real resolutions in the other blog :)