2012: Goals and Resolutions
1. Speak Less, Listen More.
This bad habit has plagued me my whole life and it is THE WORST.
2. Stick to the “If It Takes Less Than Five Minutes, Do It Now” law of tasking and to do.
3. End all my food meltdowns and basically eat like a rockstar.
I’ve learned that sugar in all forms is basically my gateway drug and that the whole “I’ll just have one…” is just me asking for a binge fest. As fun as it all was, Christmas was a gastronomic disaster in that I ate so much sugar that I made myself physically ill. That combined with the resulting emotional stress made December 26th feel like a vacation through the 8th and 9th layers of hell. And I spent the past two days psychologically flogging myself for not having better self control.
I’m tired of seeing myself as a product of my past and current struggles with eating disorders. Clearly, I have some work to do and finding a resolution to this problem must become a priority. These cycles have to stop.
4. Run a [half] marathon with Jenn and Jess.
5. Work Harder and Smarter.
The days of working on auto-pilot must end. I’m a grown-up, with a big girl degree hanging on my wall at home. It’s high-time I start acting like it. Even if I’m not totally in love with each task or project, it deserves my full attention. End of story.
6. Improve French
7. Read More
Next up: ‘North and South’ by Elizabeth Gaskell. ‘Spending Less Time On The Internet’ also falls under this category.
8. No More Trash Talking.
I have a bad habit of talking badly about people I find particularly unpleasant; ex-boyfriends, acquaintances, the girls who use too much hairspray and wear those fug printed tights in public and give me the stink-eye as I walk down the street, or people who have otherwise wronged me — and there’s little reason for it. I’m a generally insecure person but I don’t need to cause or contribute to bad energy by being a negativity gnome.
9. Listen to more Neil Young.
10. Write more about things other people care about.
