Resolving

Since I already have quite the un-accomplished list of things to do in the next few months, I didn't feel the need to go overboard on resolutions. Yet I couldn't pass up the chance to challenge myself to be a better person and commit some ideas to paper. And yes, real paper, as in my journal. Or in the words of that girl in Bridesmaids, "a sad, hand-written book". Ha! Well, I guess it's not all sad stuff in there, but plenty of it. Hopefully that will be changing in 2012. And so, about those resolutions...

• Big commitment to less food waste and better meal planning and frequent cooking. This is something I got started on last year but need to step it up, both for my diet, my life (crazy w/ school sometimes) and my budget.
• Cook at least one recipe out of every cookbook on my shelf or it goes in the Goodwill pile. I don't have a ton, but I know some are just collecting dust and there's nothing I love better than simplifying my "stuff". Less is more.
• Continue focusing on my mental well-being and just be a more calm, rational, thoughtful person and friend.
• Conquer my budget once and for all - find a balance and get there, without falling back into the awful cycle of paying off credit cards then racking them up again. This could be tricky with some recent life developments, but I'm serious about it now. 30 has me REALLY ready to drop the plastic and start saving for a house.
• Stay in touch with people I love and do a better job with birthdays, sending cards, etc. I'm not a huge celebrator but I know it's very important to let others know you remembered them on their day and I want to do this. I need to get a stash of cards, write up dates on my calendar and stay on top of things.

That's really all I could come up with. Of course, there's still the list of 30 things...down to 25, but really 24 since one had to do with Christmas gifts and I most certainly did not catch the DIY bug as I had hoped. But that's ok. It's better to be honest about ourselves than hold ourselves accountable to things we cannot or do not want to do.

Ok 2012. I'm liking you already. And I'll like you even more if I can manage these few resolutions. Let's do it.