I realize that, in a couple of days, it will be February, and the New Year thing will be remarkably late, but I feel justified in whining that this month has been crazy, and I do not feel guilty for not blogging during January. I do not have the same excuse for the other months in which I have not blogged.
Some day I will add posts for some of the recent happenings in my life: a trip to Lubbock, a concert, a trip to Park City during the Sundance Film Festival. However, all of these things occurred the short span of a week, along with a pretty important job interview. So those will have to wait.
For now, I want to talk about my New Year's resolutions because I feel like it is a good way to hold myself accountable to accomplish them. I only had one resolution for myself for 2012, which goes something like this:
Quit messing around. (I know, it sounds like something my dad used to say to my brother Shane when he was a kid, accompanied by a good-natured shove to the back of Shane's head).
It seems like, since my mission, I have been looking forward to accomplishing some big goal in my life: graduating, getting into a masters' program, finishing classes, getting hours, taking the licensure exam, defending theses/dissertations, getting a job, keeping a job. You get the idea. Sometimes, I use these things as an excuse not to do other things in my life--the little things.
Consequently, I do not exercise regularly, my temple attendance has gotten spotty, and there are perpetually dishes in my sink. And I let these things slide because of the bigger goals, and think, "I'll have plenty of time for that stuff after (fill in the blank)."
Well, I am running out of these big goals/excuses, and it's time to fix some of these little things in my life.
Happy 2012!
