I was never fond of New Year’s resolutions as a kid. That and what to give up for Lent. I always felt as though I was out to please other people. Like the kids at school- regular conversation around this time consisted of what so-and-so did last Saturday night, and resolutions.

  “Oh that’s a good one.” 

  “You should be able to do that.” 

  “Remember last year when you said you’d lose 20 pounds? Hope this one lasts.”

  It occurred to me that I seriously did not have a grasp on resolutions before now. I’ve had quite a year this past one. Really connecting with my boyfriend, new job, lack of personal time. I’ve really fallen behind on the things I thought I would have done by now. Sure, I’m only 20, but I’m not getting any younger.

  Resolution #1- of course, write in this blog every day. Gosh I hope this works out.

  Resolution #2- get a work out schedule. This is the first time in my life when I can seriously say that I’m out of shape. Being a dancer in high school, staying in shape was a breeze. All you do is show up for practice and do Pilates at home on the weekends. Even right out of college, I had a lot of spare time to fill in with trips to the gym. But now, with my job that tends to consume my free time, I find myself getting flabby. I’m generally thin, so you can’t see it- oh God, I hope you can’t! But I can see it. I’m pretty sure my boyfriend has noticed as well, but he’s too sweet to really say anything in fear that I might start crying. So I’m hitting the gym. I miss my kickboxing class L

  Resolution #3- read more books. The older I get, the more I realize how much I don’t know. Sure I’m going to college, but I’m learning in a very stagnant way. The classroom setting seems to steal all of the joy out of learning sometimes. Not with my journalism classes- pretty much everything else. Even Spanish- which was a major priority for me before I took the class, lost its glimmer about the third class in. Before I read my two books over Thanksgiving and Christmas break, it had been a year- let me repeat that, A YEAR- since I had read a book besides a text book. That just makes me sad inside.

  Let’s see how long my resolutions last. I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to keep up with them for the most part. I couldn’t imagine reading books non-stop while taking 18 hours in school. Yea, that’s not going to happen. And I’m sure I’ll end up slipping alittle with this blog. The point is to try to make a slight improvement for you life. May the force be with me.