Sorry this is almost a week late...I'm a slacker. =)
Here are a few of my resolutions for 2015! I'm excited for the new year and what it has in store!
1.) Be more active.
I plan to buy a good pedometer, measure my typical steps, and then increase them by almost double. I have eating healthy down pretty good (with the exception of the occasional noshing on pizza, weekly soda, and extra serving of dinner). I think those things, when done sparingly, are harmless, and sometimes even necessary. I'm a firm believer of food therapy, as long as it doesn't turn into food addiction. Anyways, I think my problem is I sit too much!
2.) Come to a decision about more school and my future career.
And that decision could just be 'NOPE' or 'not for awhile', but it needs to be made.
3.) Get a 2nd part-time job OR (as much as I don't want to) a full-time job, in order to say goodbye to hospital and credit card debts in 2015.
In 5 years, I want to say that I worked my butt off to be debt-free and be 'where I am now'. My current job is my favorite one so far, but sometimes (summer, winter break, every time it snows) my hours just don't cut it. =/ I have the feeling this may (but maybe not) help me accomplish #2.
4.) Be a better friend.
In the past year, I often felt too worried and stressed about my own troubles to be able to reach out to other people. I don't want to do that this year. My worries may still be there, but I think letting them go and caring for other people is way more important, and beneficial for all involved. I would hate to look back and see that I missed out on a friend's life, joys, and sorrows, because I was too busy pitying myself for my current situation.
5.) Listen more, look at my phone less.
I don't have the greatest hearing, and that can't always be helped. It will never be perfect, but I know it would get a little better if I paid more attention to people, not things.
6.) Along with #1, I would like to take better care of my appearance.
As a survivor of depression, waves of self-doubt and insufficiency and "ugh, people don't like me/talk about me/think I do a poor job" still hit me. A lot more often than I'd like them too. When I have been in my best shape physically, I also took better care of myself and felt my best emotionally too. And so I've made a small list of tiny little things I can do, habits I can develop, to not only look better but feel better. Like not skipping out on that extra 5 minutes of flossing and mouthwashing before bed, doing some squats or other exercises and stretches instead of sitting while watching tv, and painting my toenails.
Like President Hinckley said, each day "try a little harder, to be a little better".
