You can probably guess one blogging trend that I've noticed over the last few days: new year's resolutions! Personally, I'm more of an anti-resolution kind of girl. Not that I think that resolutions are bad or that you should aim to not change at all, but I believe that if you want to change something about your life, then you should just DO it instead of planning out a list and waiting for a specific date to start. I get that it's a nice way to start the year and it gives you something to work for and look forward to, but I think it's also a big form of procrastination, and I definitely don't need any more procrastination in my life.
However, I'm also a sucker for making lists and setting goals (you should see the amount of index card to-do lists in my trash can right now - WOW), so I'll brainstorm here and leave you with a list of a few goals that I would like to work toward in the new year.
- Better scheduling habits: I'm in my fifteenth year of school and it's high time that I really nail down some good scheduling habits. I'm tired of burning myself out with all-nighters and having never-ending to-do lists that carry over week after week as I fail to accomplish everything that I need to do. Whether it means that I have to pay more attention to my planner and set schedule reminder alarms in my phone or that I have to disable Netflix and Tumblr on my computer, I really need to work this year on using my time wisely and efficiently.
- Try out more recipes: I'm tired of eating the same pasta, fish, and chicken over and over. Part of my boring diet is due to my own laziness in grocery shopping, but I really want to work on trying out new things, maybe one new recipe a week. I'm only taking four classes and have only two evenings of meetings this semester, so there are no excuses. I will shop better and cook more!
- Exercise: My physical health has never really been on the top of my list of priorities, but maybe it should be. My mom is always telling me that now is the time that I should be developing good eating and exercising habits, and I can't tell you how many times I've heard that my body is going to slow down so much as I age and that I'll never have this body again. Well let me tell you, sometimes I'd rather not have this body now! I'm of pretty average build and I'm not the biggest girl in the room, but I'm definitely not the smallest one either and I'd be lying if I told you that I could go through a whole day without having any insecurities about my body. Most of the time I'm pretty comfortable with myself, but I don't get any good warm-and-fuzzies from comparing photos of me now to photos of me from 2.5-3 years ago. It's taken me 2.5 years to gain the freshman 15, and I'm realizing now how stupid I've been not to take advantage of the recreational facilities available to me both on campus and in my own apartment complex. It's definitely something that I'm going to be paying more attention to this year, both so that I'll feel a little better looking in the mirror and so that I don't get winded anymore walking from one class to another - it's hard work regulating my breathing so everyone around me won't realize how out of shape I am just walking up a hill to get to the English building!
I know myself better than to try to make a longer list than this, or even to try to include something about writing more blog posts. If it happens, it happens, but these are the things that I've been thinking about the most lately so they're what I'm going to focus on the most in the upcoming semester.
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