hello 2011...

i'd like to forget 2010, it was by no means a bad year at all but it is officially 2011 now and that's what i would like to focus on. i've heard that your more likely to stick to a goal if you say it out loud, if you have a witness, if it's publicly stated. so here i go...i list my goals for 2011. some of them seem like your typical new years resolutions..save money, lose weight...but i'd like to just think of them as goals or even a check list if i can do the following things i will be sure to have the healthy, happy year i'm hoping for:

1. save, save, save.

(it should also say make,make,make) money that is...in order to make the move i need to and want to make this year i need to be saving and spending money wisely. (we've already started this by cutting our cable to basic cable, it's cut our bill in half!! i don't really miss all those channels anyway and i'm much more productive!)

2. make a move.

more specifically...nyc!! next year when the ball drops i want to be counting down from my brooklyn apartment!

3. feel better about my body.

i could say lose weight or tone up but really i'd just like to feel better about my body. being more food conscious could help, i've had already begun trying and now loving several new foods in 2010, and i'd like to carry that on.

4. make use of my free time, have several creative side projects.

i've kind of lumped the two together but i think they go hand in hand. on days that i have off i need to motivate myself to get out and shoot with my camera, or sit down and sketch, or paint or sew!! i just need to not let myself lose creativity. i've noticed when i browse other blogs that a lot of photographers blogs have minimal words and just tell their stories and events with their pictures. when i update this blog i feel the need to type in words, which may not be bad but a separate blog just for my artistic photographs might be the push i need. (also, i've already taken a step in the right direction today! i started searching for and entering a few photo contest!!)

5. make use of my friends.

i know that sounds silly and i don't mean make use of them as in actually using them. i just mean spend more time with them. a good majority of my friends have graduated, a few are off at grad school and a few will be graduating in may but as a whole most of them are home looking for jobs and now have some more...free time. i'd like to take advantage of this time. i know i will be sad when i eventually do move away and getting together with a friend means more then just a half hour commute. plus, i'm looking to feel inspired. this is how i feel when i get together with my friends. they are all beautiful, positive, and inspiring women and after a get together with them i leave feeling happy and good about life and myself. it's amazing that a few close good friends that you can laugh and smile with can do that to you.

all in all, and like every year in past, i'm hoping for a big year this year. and no doubt whatever it holds will be big! there will be tough times but also plenty of good times and i am excited to take them both on because all of them, good or bad, will make me a stronger and better person.

also on a final note, it's january! my birthday is right around the corner but more importantly we are another month closer to warm weather!! so far this winter hasn't been to bad but i still long to be...in the sun! :)