2017 Resolutions
When it comes to resolutions for the new year I'm more loose in how I develop them, especially since I adhere more closely to my wish list than to my resolutions. New Year promises, after all, often fade from memory once the harsh trials of life push at our determination.
Still, that doesn't stop Pitbull from being excited about New Year Revolutions.
So here are some goals that I've decided to set forward for myself.
New Year Revolutions
- Develop a scrapbook style that is uniquely mine. Over the course of last year, I noticed that while Project Life worked better for me, I felt stagnant when introduced to a strict set of cards. They often included the same color scheme, and while that was nice at first, I found that many of the cards didn't call to me in the same way I thought they would--particularly, certain colors only mattered a portion of the time, and some colors were too harsh. This year I'd like to scrapbook something that is more mixed media, more chaos & patterns & all sorts of things. Something adventurous but also filled with the distinct qualia I know as me. That's what I'm hoping for.
- Stay hydrated, keep healthy, and fill myself with the right vitamins. At the moment I am currently in need of 98 ounces of water per day, and while I'm aware that we digest some water through our food, I hope to gain a better balance in my stomach. I've been feeling tired and exhausted, and while I chalk most of that up to iron deficiency and the general lack of *exciting* variety in my food, I still think water's important! I should treasure water while we still have it.
- Never forget to stay in touch with friends. I'm graduating this year. Yes, it's terrifying. But I'm gradually coming to terms with stepping out into the unknown. And while I am afraid, I know that I am not the only one in the same boat. My friends are there, and while we drift apart to different locations, I hope to keep in touch. Friends are your love, your life, and their fond thoughts will keep you safe.
- Learn to drive, love. Fly.
- Get a job to build credit! This is more of an Official Grown-Up goal, but I also know the job economy's rather stagnant in places, so if I end up volunteering, that's okay, too. It helps build experience.
- Purge & organize my closet. There's this incredible need to get a consistent style, and while I have the color scheme down (earth tones with the hint of pink & rare purple), I seem to lack a lot of basics. (Plus I am forever on the search for a nice dark brown cardigan. I didn't think it'd be so hard to find.) It's not just the clothes in my closet that need organizing--my belongings need to be sorted through, especially after graduation, and I have to figure out what I need and don't need in the next chapter of my life.
- Earn the things on your wishlist--aka, learn self-discipline. I find that this is an incredibly important skill that should be learned at some point, and while it's fine that I use it to get through 200+ pages of reading a week, it should also be noted that it's beneficial to be able to establish a set of rules for yourself! I need to push my writing out, even if I hate it, because writing when I feel *inspired* is going to make me a very fickle person, which I want to avoid in the future.
- Read! Read and see where life takes me. That includes writing, as well, as I have to do both to figure out what I really want my style to be. If I have to take on multiple projects at a time, I have to organize that. But first I have to figure out what I want to take with my writing.
- Practice self-care. In the age of the Internet it's so easy to get overwhelmed with all this news, but it's also important to take a rest every once in a while. I know I'm anxious, I know I'm stressed on some level I can't understand, so at the very least I need to find ways to unwind from the rest of the world. And if that ends up with me indulging in hobbies to help balance the good & bad in life, then that's fine.
- Resist. Stay knowledgeable and keep fighting the good fight. 'Resist' happens to be my word for 2017 in the way that 2016's word was 'golden'. For 2016 I put gold somewhere in every scrapbooking layout, so for 2017 I plan to resist falling into a creative archetype and make 2017's yearbook a collision of wonder and splendid chaos. In that same respect, I have to remember that in my everyday life I have to resist. There are always causes to support and people to protect, and as a historian, I have to help make sure that everyone knows the world that we're being brought into.
Stay hydrated!
Yours Sincerely,
Dianne
