I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Resolutions.  In fact, I think it’s just the word “resolution” that I don’t like. To me, the word “resolve’ implies that I will do everything I can to accomplish something. Sometimes things happen and a resolution is impossible.  I prefer the word goal.  I also prefer to make my goals not too far out of reach.

My big goals for 2010 are:

• To not accrue any more credit card debt.  I really would like to work on paying any debt that I have down.  I do have one big purchase planned, a new laptop, but I’m purposefully saving up so that I have enough money for it *before* I buy it.
• Successfully complete project 365.  Not only do I want to actually finish, but I want to do a decent job at it. Some days are gonna suck, I realize that, but I’m forbidding myself from using my iPhone to take pics, which I think was my downfall last time.  (Emergencies are a different story, in fact, I think I’m revamping how I do the project completely… details to come soon.)
• Move out of my parents’ house.  I moved here for financial reasons and I plan on staying here through May, but after that, I think I need to find my own place.  However, this will probably mean I need to find a better paying job.
• Travel some more.  I have two trips in mind (1 to visit Beth in Alabama, the other to England for a friend’s wedding) and I’m hoping both work out.  If I can do more trips, that would be great -  I really do enjoy traveling, and for a while I didn’t get to do any, so I’m more determined than ever.

I’d like to think my goals are attainable but we shall see.

Meanwhile, I also have some things I’d like to see happen which are quite possibly not up to me, but best left up to fate:

• Find that better paying job. I really do like the job I’m at right now but unless some miracle happens and I get a big pay increase, I can’t afford to stay there.  However, finding a teaching job is hard, especially these days, but I will give my job hunt everything I have.
• Get out more.  I feel like I’ve spent too much time cooped up in my room, I want to go out, have fun.  I’m in my twenties, this is the time to have fun, isn’t it?  Along the same lines, I need to make more friends that WANT to go out.
• Meet a guy.  Sigh.  I’m not asking to meet THE guy, but I’d like to at least have a few dates, if not more.  Being single for 2009 has been okay, even great at times, but I think I’ve had my fill of being on my own and I’d like to have someone to “come home to”, if you will.

That’s it.  I have to admit, I think I’m looking forward to twenty-ten.  This is going to be the year I turn 28 (for the first time, lol), hopefully the year I get a MacBook, and… well, hopefully a lot of things.  I have high expectations but not lofty dreams.  I’m going to do everything I can to make this coming year a great year… hopefully it doesn’t let me down.  Scratch that, it WON’T let me down.  I’m starting this year with a positive attitude.  Woohoo twenty-ten!

*[twenty-ten = 2010. Because when I see the number, that's how I say it in my head.  Is it just me?]

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