res·o·lu·tion

ˌrɛzəˈluʃən/[rez-uh-loo-shuhn]

–noun

1.  a resolve or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something.
2. the act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.
3. the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose.
4. a solution, accommodation, or settling of a problem, controversy, etc.
I don’t do “life update” blogs that often, I mostly have just blathered on and on about random things, so this is awkward for me to type. At any rate, as you probably guessed from the title, I’m making some resolutions for the new year.  I know I’m late on the bandwagon for this, but I figure that my late start could be forgiven as most people have bailed on any effort towards their resolutions for 2011 already anyway. Bummer dudes.
As trite as making resolutions is, I made up my mind that I would at least give a few “a good go” this year. I thought I’d give myself a few weeks to really think about what these little adventures in behavior modification should be. My list is pretty epic. It’s more like a Bucket List than anything but, what can you do?
2010,  made me aware of some things about myself that I’m not entirely impressed with.  Somethings, I’m proud of, but somethings…not so much. There are goals that as of today, my 25th Birthday, I haven’t even cracked into.  Some I’ve all but given up on.  I’ve realized that the thing getting in the way of me getting to where I know I need to be, is me. So…here’s my list for the year. I don’t expect these all to resolve in a year, but I will damn well begin the process this year!
* Stop defining myself by anything other than Jesus.  – It’s just too damn hard to be a Tetris piece all the time. I define myself by my family’s expectations, by my political party, by my age, my gender, by the money I have and don’t have, by the relationships I am in or not. All else is nonsense.
*Fall in love with eating and making good food. - I have a cooking twitch. I like to cook. I must explore this and learn as much as I can in this year.
*Make Music.  – In my stupid poorness, I’ve sold off all my musical instruments. None of which I could play anymore. This makes me sad. My goal is to learn to play the piano this year.
*Become a “glass-half-full” girl. - This one is going to take some work. :) Pessimism runs deep in these veins and it gets in the way of good things. I’m going to do my best to not be so damn dark all the time. Pray for me. :) lol
*Get back to school.   – Don’t worry, I’ll update the name of the blog when this one happens. :)
* Stop drinking bad beer. -  I live in Duluth, this is completely do-able!
Alright 2011, let’s get comfy. We have some work to do!
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