I cannot believe I just wrote that....2013! It seems so weird and I feel like 2012 flew by in some aspects yet dragged on in other's! I had high hopes for 2012 and most of htem were met in some way, shape or form.
So, with every new year, comes a new set of resolutions. And I always wonder, how many people ACTUALLY follow through on what they set out as a resolution on January 1st each year? Do they succeed with each? Or fail miserably? As I hung out with my friend Shannon and her boyfriend Dan last night, I thought of how maybe instead of calling them resolutions that maybe I'd call them goals instead. Goals of things I want to work towards and achieve for a better me in 2013.
What's on my resolution/goal list for 2013?
{JOB}
-Yes. I currently have a job working in the restaurant and I love most of my co-workers. I also have been blessed to have a tutoring job part-time (really only 2+ hours a week). And of course, I was blessed to land my job as a TA that I started in October. However, I worked way too hard and way too long to just spend my life as a TA. Don't get me wrong, I love the district I work in but my goal for 2013 is to find a job. By the end of this year, I'll be 27 and I would really love to have a full-time teaching job, with benefits. Even if that means moving out of state, then so be it! It's time to really bite the bullet and grow up.
{EXERCISE}
I joined Planet Fitness last year and I was pretty good going for awhile. Then when I got my TA job, it kind of fell by the wayside. If I have a gym membership, I might as well make use out of it! I need to carve out more time for exercise. I feel if I do, maybe I'll have more energy.
{CLEANING}
It's a little known fact among my friends that my room can quickly become a black hole! Ha ha! I still have a pile in front of my dresser that I need to clean up (but lack the motivation to do so) but I would like to be better about cleaning and not procrastinate so much!
{LOVE}
-i have enjoyed my last two months of singleness. And I did enjoy my relationship when things were good. But let's face it...who wants to be in a relationship when you're miserable and just know it won't end well? And when your friends & their boyfriends know it won't end well. I hope to discover more about what I want from love and God. I'm still reading When God Writes Your Love Story and honestly? I cannot wait to see what unfolds for me in 2013 in regards to relationships/love. I know my right one is out there. He'll come when I least expect it.
{FRIENDSHIP}
I am ready to carve out more time to have with friends. It is hectic with such opposite schedules and all living in different parts of the state/country. But when we're together, we just pick back up like no time has passed. I cant wait to see where 2013 takes all of my friends!
What are your resolutions/goals?
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Monday, January 2, 2012
New year, new me!
Well, now that it is 2012 and the world is suppose to end ya know, maybe it is time to work a little on myself. I firmly believe that no one is perfect. We all have room for improvement! With that being said, I know there are things I want to work on in this new year.
For one, I want to join a gym. Some people might find it a weird request to ask for a gym membership for Christmas, but I did. Did I get it? No. I could go to my Uncle Tom's gym for free but it is kind of out of the way. I mean, not by that much but when I did have it, it took me a half hour to go and kind of a waste of gas. I was going to join LA Fitness but it's $12.95 a WEEK. How my brother Brian affords that I will NEVER know. So, I am going to try Planet Fitness. I'm going to do $10 a month because I dont plan on bringing anyone with me and I dont need tanning. So I am looking forward to working out and getting a flatter stomach! :)
Secondly, I want to work on getting my "real adult job" aka you know, a teaching job. They are hard to come by in New York so I really might have to start looking elsewhere. I thought having Spanish would be helpful in finding a job...not so much, which is why I went and got my Special Education extension. New York is just so expensive to live here. I am 25 years old and living at home. It's great but I can't wait for my own place! My friend in Georgia is 24 and just bought her first house. What she probably paid is a DOWN PAYMENT on a house here. Insane. I look forward to finding the dream job I have wanted ever since I fell in love with learning languages.
Organization! I always love how right after Christmas that Target has every type of organization bin/tool on sale. New year, fresh start! Something I noticed this year was my credit card bills would come in and I'd be scrambling last minute to find them. Too often my bills ended up getting paid late and then I'd get a late fee. $29 or $35 late fee is just ridiculous. So, in an attempt to curb this problem, I decided to take manilla file folders and have one for each bill I get. Color code the tabs with high lighters (finally my office suppplies obsession will pay off!). And, I also ordered myself a planner from ErinCondren.com which I can't wait to get. This thing I will be carrying with me to help me keep myself organized, write down due dates for bills, etc. Hopefully this helps me!
I have almost finished the calendars for my mom & sister-in-law. I decided to hold off on my grandma's for next Christmas. I just need to decide on 101 pictures to print when I order them as well because I have a code for 101 free prints! Have to figure that out by the 4th. In keeping with the "new me" theme, I need to not wait until the last minute/after Christmas to do them. Be more proactive in 2012!
I also want to read more. I am still trying to finish "The Help." I keep bringing it to work to read while I am waiting for my brother, try to read it before bed, etc. I recently purchased these two from Barnes & Noble and can't wait to read them:
Please feel free to give me any suggestions! I also love finding books to put on my Kindle. :)
The other night after the wake for Shannon's dad, a group of 10 of us went out to get some food and have a drink. We went to TGIFriday's by Olivia's house and I had my phone on the table because I was checking something. The waitress was pouring my Pink Punk Cosmo and spilled it on my phone! ARGH! So now all the keys on my Blackberry are sticking. While it still works, it is annoying. I am trying to hold out for April because that is when my phone is due for a renewal of the contract. I'm going to try and hold out til then so I only have to pay $100 for the iPhone 4. I dont need the 4S for the snazzy features. It also could not hurt to take it to the store and see if they can help me.
I also love this shirt. It's part of the "Warriors in Pink" to find a cure for breast cancer. Jennifer Aniston, who I adore and want to meet, designed it. Each shirt costs $20 (white or gray) and 100% of it ($12.55 a shirt) goes to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. To date, $3,098, 589.00 of donations have been made. ASTOUNDING! I really think I will order one.
For one, I want to join a gym. Some people might find it a weird request to ask for a gym membership for Christmas, but I did. Did I get it? No. I could go to my Uncle Tom's gym for free but it is kind of out of the way. I mean, not by that much but when I did have it, it took me a half hour to go and kind of a waste of gas. I was going to join LA Fitness but it's $12.95 a WEEK. How my brother Brian affords that I will NEVER know. So, I am going to try Planet Fitness. I'm going to do $10 a month because I dont plan on bringing anyone with me and I dont need tanning. So I am looking forward to working out and getting a flatter stomach! :)
Secondly, I want to work on getting my "real adult job" aka you know, a teaching job. They are hard to come by in New York so I really might have to start looking elsewhere. I thought having Spanish would be helpful in finding a job...not so much, which is why I went and got my Special Education extension. New York is just so expensive to live here. I am 25 years old and living at home. It's great but I can't wait for my own place! My friend in Georgia is 24 and just bought her first house. What she probably paid is a DOWN PAYMENT on a house here. Insane. I look forward to finding the dream job I have wanted ever since I fell in love with learning languages.
Organization! I always love how right after Christmas that Target has every type of organization bin/tool on sale. New year, fresh start! Something I noticed this year was my credit card bills would come in and I'd be scrambling last minute to find them. Too often my bills ended up getting paid late and then I'd get a late fee. $29 or $35 late fee is just ridiculous. So, in an attempt to curb this problem, I decided to take manilla file folders and have one for each bill I get. Color code the tabs with high lighters (finally my office suppplies obsession will pay off!). And, I also ordered myself a planner from ErinCondren.com which I can't wait to get. This thing I will be carrying with me to help me keep myself organized, write down due dates for bills, etc. Hopefully this helps me!
I have almost finished the calendars for my mom & sister-in-law. I decided to hold off on my grandma's for next Christmas. I just need to decide on 101 pictures to print when I order them as well because I have a code for 101 free prints! Have to figure that out by the 4th. In keeping with the "new me" theme, I need to not wait until the last minute/after Christmas to do them. Be more proactive in 2012!
I also want to read more. I am still trying to finish "The Help." I keep bringing it to work to read while I am waiting for my brother, try to read it before bed, etc. I recently purchased these two from Barnes & Noble and can't wait to read them:
Please feel free to give me any suggestions! I also love finding books to put on my Kindle. :)
The other night after the wake for Shannon's dad, a group of 10 of us went out to get some food and have a drink. We went to TGIFriday's by Olivia's house and I had my phone on the table because I was checking something. The waitress was pouring my Pink Punk Cosmo and spilled it on my phone! ARGH! So now all the keys on my Blackberry are sticking. While it still works, it is annoying. I am trying to hold out for April because that is when my phone is due for a renewal of the contract. I'm going to try and hold out til then so I only have to pay $100 for the iPhone 4. I dont need the 4S for the snazzy features. It also could not hurt to take it to the store and see if they can help me.
I also love this shirt. It's part of the "Warriors in Pink" to find a cure for breast cancer. Jennifer Aniston, who I adore and want to meet, designed it. Each shirt costs $20 (white or gray) and 100% of it ($12.55 a shirt) goes to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. To date, $3,098, 589.00 of donations have been made. ASTOUNDING! I really think I will order one.
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