A Good Start

In an effort to record some progress and keep all my devoted blog readers updated (like there are so many of you), I've started making at least a little progress on my non-resolution resolutions.

First step began two evenings ago, when I spent the entire evening balancing my checking/savings accounts and figuring out how much money it actually takes to sustain my life for a month. It felt good to finally have everything pretty much in order. Now, if only my upcoming paychecks can live up to my projected needs. Hopefully.

In other news, I haven't made any attempt to become active yet. But, I discovered the perfect amount of sleep to feel good in the morning: 8 to 8 1/2 hours. Maybe now I can plan an appropriate bedtime. Instead of thinking, I can survive on 6 hours of sleep, I should be thinking...I need 8 to 8 1/2 to function tomorrow. This is all wishful thinking, because I haven't been able to make myself have a bedtime since I was like 14. We shall see.

Snowy day today. On the Early Show on CBS, the weather map said our part of the country was the "Frozen Tundra." I would say that's pretty appropriate. I've been enjoying the morning off of work, but feel somewhat obligated to go in this afternoon. I'm rather enjoying just watching the snow blowing around outside my window rather than going out in it.

Until next time!

Non-Resolution Resolutions

I've never been a big fan of New Year Resolutions. They rarely work out, and then when the next new year comes around you just look back and think about the failed attempts.

So...I normally don't make any. That doesn't mean that I don't think about things that I want to change when the new year rolls around just like everybody else.

A couple of things that I would like to change (but that I will not label as resolutions):

1. Worrying. I worry way too much. Probably enough for me and five other people. This has been pointed out to me multiple times, mostly by my boyfriend. And lately, I just know that I'd be a happier person if I'd quite worrying about how things are going to turn out and just let them happen. So, here's to hopefully at least worrying less from now on. I somewhat made the decision on Sunday at church. It's been working pretty well so far.

2. Budgeting. I've tried budgets before, but never stuck with them very long. Since my savings account was emptied of it's last few dollars at the end of December, it's more important now more than ever to figure out where the heck my money is going, and to plan for it.

3. Exercising. The times are against me at this point since I just lost my free gym privileges as a college student, and I have no way of paying for a gym membership. However, I do have taebo dvd's, and some excellent home workouts in a magazine I subscribed to. I have not started anything yet, but I hope to.

I think three is a pretty good number for resolu....I mean....changes. We'll see how it goes.

Bittersweet

Part of me is rejoicing that I'm not joining the rest of the college masses and going back to classes tomorrow. And part of me feels really weird that I'm not trying to find the cheapest textbook and looking up to figure out where my class meets tomorrow.

Being done is weird.

That is all.

Happy New Year!

2010. Seems like a foreign number, right? I remember when my youngest sister graduated from kindergarten, they announced the class of 2011. Everyone laughed, and I'm pretty sure I thought that the 2000's would never exist.

But here we are, ten years into them. 2010 seems to be starting off with a lot of exciting prospects on the horizon.

So what does this year hold for me? I guess we'll have to wait until December 31, 2010 for the complete answer.