New Year!
It always seems like a great swipe to blank out a slate that may or may not be filled with decisions that I'd rather not relive. I like the idea of starting anew but dislike the fact that I always feel like I need to wait for the New Year to start. It's almost as if my brain resets itself once that clock rolls over to midnight on January 1st.
This year, as usual, I made my resolutions. This year, unlike last year, I have a pretty decent plan to make this work. And, having been working three jobs while studying and maintaining a house (though maintaining is loosely used in this context) I feel like I just might have the willpower to finish, complete, or fully tackle the resolutions at hand.
My list is below:
1. Cut out soda COMPLETELY.
2. Drop weight (this is always on my list but #1 should significantly help)
3. Read one classic novel per month (I'll list my list of novels later)
4. Go to the gym 3-4 times per week
5. Complete and Win NaNoWriMo 2013, Camp NaNoWriMo both months
6. Finish my MTE course on time (with a deadline of April 27, 2013)
7. Write every day (I'm shooting for 1-3 hours)
8. Pay off credit card and accumulate no new debt
9. Get published (in progress)
10. Pay down my new car (we won't be able to pay it off completely but we can make a decent dent)
As per my #3 Resolution, the novels I am tackling are listed below:
January: Anna Karenina
February: Emma
March: Dante's Inferno
April: Finnegan's Wake
May: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
June: Les Miserables
July: Gone with the Wind
August: War and Peace
September: Bleak House
October: Nicholas Nickleby
November: Vanity Fair
December: War of the Worlds and 1984
So, those are my goals. Good luck to anyone else who will be pursuing their New Year's resolutions as well!
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