RESOLUTIONS

i believe that the betterment of you and yours is an ongoing, yearlong process so i've never been big on the new year's resolution.

i am always trying to be better - a better person, a better friend, a better daughter,a better dancer and now a better teacher.

this year i thought i'd try something different. it's the beginning of the new year and for some reason, the older i get the more this seems to matter. it no longer feels like any other day but an opportunity for change.

however, to focus only on the changes that need to be made seems rather self-deprecating - doesn't it? i don't think my life is so wrong that i need to create a whole list of changes that need to be made every year. i live my life as i see fit - for the most part - and am generally pretty gung-ho over how my life's turned out.

i do have one change for 2008. i will work less this year. this isn't so much a product of me needing a new year's resolution - it's just a timing issue. i've been on vacation and the other handful of schools and organizations i work for have been shut down for the holidays. it's time to make some serious decisions about what NOT to pick up again. i will decide this in the coming weeks.

this year i will also resolve to NOT change some things in my life. who says your new years resolutions have to be about change?!

so here it is - my 2008 new year's resolutions:

1) will work less
2) continue to not smoke
3) continue dancing
4) continue blogging about fun, random, nonsensical items
5) continue to be fun, random and nonsensical
6) continue perfecting the art of the momentary crush
7) continue perfecting the art of mass consumerism
8) continue feeding my facebook addiction/stalking
9) continue to love
10) continue to be loved