2012 Resolution Time!
Happy 2012, everybody!
So here we are at the beginning of a new year. As always, I made a few resolutions, but before I get to them, let’s see how I did on last year’s.
1. Use the Nikon more. Well, I definitely failed on that one. I think I used my Nikon even less in 2011 than I did in 2010. So it goes.
2. Cookies once a week. My goal, here, was to make cookies less often, and I certainly did that. I probably made fewer than 15 batches of cookies this year, which is a huge change. I think I’m ready to dispense with this one. You can never have too many cookies.
3. Cook healthier. I guess I failed on this one, too. I didn’t cook healthier, but I cooked less. That’s expensive and much less fun. I’ve been cooking a bit more lately, and I want to carry that into 2012.
4. Read fifty books. After my bucketload of fail comes a truckload of WIN! Somehow, I got my fifty books in – a day early, even! I’m trying it again this year, but more about that later.
I think my fifty books achievement offsets the others enough to call 2011 a good year for resolutions. Hell, it was a plain ol’ good year. I found my man and I got the most awesome job ever. Who could complain?
And now, onto this year’s resolutions. I’m keeping them fairly reasonable, so I might be congratulating myself again this time next year.
1. Read fifty books. Again. I should note that reading so much was easier last year, at least during the first half because I didn’t have a job. I spent three hours a day reading at Starbucks. Now I might spend a couple hours once a week because time is suddenly in short supply. I do have added incentive this year because I’m cross posting my book posts to a library blog, and I really want to keep up with it. That also means that I want to make my reviews a bit more reviewy, like not spending the whole review talking about why I don’t remember plot details.
2. Be more domestic. I fluctuate between housewife and couch potato, and I spent most of 2011 in the latter mode. I need to cook more and clean more. I have too damn many cats not to be cleaning something constantly, anyway.
3. Keep up with friends. I’ve always been bad about returning phone calls and emails, but I’ve been so busy this year that I’ve let it get out of hand. I have really awesome friends, and I need to keep in touch with them. I have people in Chicago, Lafayette, and Belfast who I’ve neglected for far too long.
Here’s the big one:
4. DEFEAT THE THESIS MONSTER . I think I finally have the right incentive to finish writing my thesis: I want to enroll in LSU’s MLIS program in the fall so Palmer and I can move to Houston after I claim (thesis-free!) master’s #2. After over a year, I finished the first chapter, so I only have two twentyish-page papers to go. I can do it! Right?
So there are my four. Think I can do it? I’m pretty sure I can. I think 2012 is going to be an awesome year.
