Resolution
Jan. 19th, 2009 07:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coffeesnob318I'm a little slow on everything this year. So now I'm getting on with my resolutions.
First a recap on how I did this last year:
"1. Reading - 75 books this year."
Um....not even close. I read the least that I've read in a long time. Probably since high school. I've been quite the un-literate this year (as evidenced by my use of such non-words as "un-literate." And, um, "non-word." Ahem.).
"2. Edit novelette written during NaNoWriMo so that it's send-off-able and send it somewhere. I have no expectations that anything will come of it, but I want the experience of the process."
Apparently, my lack of expectation was right on the money. I can barely stand to look at the novelette now, much less edit it or let it ever see the light of day again. It haunted me all year.
"3. Break this rut. Try something new. I don't know what. I know that I would like it to be a boyfriend, but I'm a little picky to be willing to obtain a boy just to fulfill a resolution. It just seems these days (perhaps even more apparent during the holidays) that everything I do is something I've done before, just with different cast members. I want something new. I just don't know what it is yet. I'll keep you posted. Be sure to stay on the edge of your seat."
Wow. Done. And done. I think I went overboard. In addition to being more open-minded and adventurous on the boy front, I've moved around like mad. All my stuff is still not at one place. I moved out to Providence Village (which is like another planet compared to any place I've lived before) and back to Denton. I've gone through a couple of roommates and am now looking at having the place to myself. It's been a while since I've lived alone. But I decided that I'm tired of living with people to whom I am just a temporary fix. That sounds harsh. I don't mean that they think I am temporary - they love me and are there for me - just that our living together is. I am not ready to live with anyone else who is not committed to me for the long haul, and right now, the only person who fits that is me.
"4. Run a 5K. I want to run a marathon by the time I'm 40, so this is a mini-goal to send me along that way."
I so did not do that. This year.
My new resolutions are:
1. Be healthier. I have an exhausting, borderline OCD plan for doing so. So far, I am sticking to the plan.
2. Deal with my debt. I have a plan (which includes scheduling meetings with a financial adviser on campus who will keep me accountable to the plan) for this, too.
3. RUN A DAMN 5K. Seriously. It is just not that long a distance.
4. Read 50 books. I'm just not myself when I'm not reading on a regular basis.
First a recap on how I did this last year:
"1. Reading - 75 books this year."
Um....not even close. I read the least that I've read in a long time. Probably since high school. I've been quite the un-literate this year (as evidenced by my use of such non-words as "un-literate." And, um, "non-word." Ahem.).
"2. Edit novelette written during NaNoWriMo so that it's send-off-able and send it somewhere. I have no expectations that anything will come of it, but I want the experience of the process."
Apparently, my lack of expectation was right on the money. I can barely stand to look at the novelette now, much less edit it or let it ever see the light of day again. It haunted me all year.
"3. Break this rut. Try something new. I don't know what. I know that I would like it to be a boyfriend, but I'm a little picky to be willing to obtain a boy just to fulfill a resolution. It just seems these days (perhaps even more apparent during the holidays) that everything I do is something I've done before, just with different cast members. I want something new. I just don't know what it is yet. I'll keep you posted. Be sure to stay on the edge of your seat."
Wow. Done. And done. I think I went overboard. In addition to being more open-minded and adventurous on the boy front, I've moved around like mad. All my stuff is still not at one place. I moved out to Providence Village (which is like another planet compared to any place I've lived before) and back to Denton. I've gone through a couple of roommates and am now looking at having the place to myself. It's been a while since I've lived alone. But I decided that I'm tired of living with people to whom I am just a temporary fix. That sounds harsh. I don't mean that they think I am temporary - they love me and are there for me - just that our living together is. I am not ready to live with anyone else who is not committed to me for the long haul, and right now, the only person who fits that is me.
"4. Run a 5K. I want to run a marathon by the time I'm 40, so this is a mini-goal to send me along that way."
I so did not do that. This year.
My new resolutions are:
1. Be healthier. I have an exhausting, borderline OCD plan for doing so. So far, I am sticking to the plan.
2. Deal with my debt. I have a plan (which includes scheduling meetings with a financial adviser on campus who will keep me accountable to the plan) for this, too.
3. RUN A DAMN 5K. Seriously. It is just not that long a distance.
4. Read 50 books. I'm just not myself when I'm not reading on a regular basis.
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books
Date: 2009-01-19 09:43 pm (UTC)THey are easy to predict what is going to happen, but then again... they are not geared towards the 30+ crowd.
If you are going to read them and also watch the movie. Watch the movie first. It was hard not to be real harsh on the movie, since it wasnt exactly like the book.
Anyway, good luck with the resolutions. I am still adhearing to my resolution from over 8 years ago... to never make another New Years resolution....
Have a WONDERFUL year!!!
margarett
Re: books
Date: 2009-01-20 06:32 am (UTC)I just can't do it. The vampires sparkle - sparkle! - when they are in the light. As opposed to dying, which is the whole reason vampires tend to avoid the sun.
...SPARKLE! Nope. I just can't do it.
But I have so many books to read it's ridiculous, so I will find plenty to read.
Re: books
Date: 2009-01-20 03:19 pm (UTC)I don tknow how much it was advertised out there, but I think I saw 1 pre-view. But then again we do not ever get out.....ever. So any at-the-movie-pre-views.. were never seen by me. When Julie brought the book over.. I really knew nothing about it. It sat on my desk for 2 weeks. THen I figured I would try to read it before going to sleep. It sat on my nightstand for another week.
I read 15 pages, while tired.. adn not interested... you know.. vampire book. Too cliche for me to read. Anyway, she said her boyfirend wanted to read it. So I told her I would give it back so he could read it. She told me to keep it since we were leaving for a week for Christmas. . . So.. unwillingly I did. SO, I started to read in the car on the Saturday before Christmas.... I finished all 500+ pages Tuesday morning... at 3:30!!!! and then was bummed I had not paced myself, and had a week before I would get the next book. Give it a try. I liked it, and I have nto wanted to read like this in a LONG time. I am rereading book 4 now. cause Julie doesnt need it back yet...... It is still good.
margarett
Re: books
Date: 2009-01-21 11:02 am (UTC)Sparkle!
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Date: 2009-01-19 10:16 pm (UTC)*cheers*
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Date: 2009-01-20 06:32 am (UTC)no subject
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