Let’s take a look at my 2011 resolutions and see how I fared, shall we?
- Read more books
SUCCESS. Mind you, this is only a success because I did read more than I did in 2010, which is a little pathetic because I really don’t remember reading much at all in 2010. But I did read a lot during breaks from school, and I even brushed up on some English classics. So, I’m chalking this up as a success. - Incorporate Mandarin more into my daily life. Some of this must be tangible: keeping a Mandarin journal, finding a language partner, etc
FAIL. Unless you count the few texts/snippets of conversation I have with my boyfriend that’s in Mandarin Chinese, although that probably doesn’t count at all because it’s always initiated by him. I did write an academic research paper in Chinese for the first time this year though, so that’s something. - Maintain a daily happiness journal
SUCCESS. Here’s proof. - Keep an account of my finances
SUCCESS/FAIL. I qualify this as success/fail because while I kept better tabs on where my money went, I didn’t stringently budget or account for every single expense. This needs to be improved upon. - Gain more work experience in my field of study
SUCCESS. Last semester I completed a internship in Amnesty International USA’s media relations department, so that’s a pretty big win right there! - Live in the moment
SUCCESS. For the most part, I definitely did this. I have become more outgoing and social over the years, and I’ve tried to capitalize on this. Especially as it’s my last year in college – if I’m not going to branch out now, when am I ever going to?!
Here are my resolutions for 2012:
- Read at least 25 books (I feel like my bookworm high school self would be laughing at this small number, but let’s not aim too high here)
- Budget my money more stringently (account for all expenses! build up savings! don’t buy useless crap!)
- Keep in touch with friends far away at least once a fortnight (texts, emails, Skype dates, smoke signals, etc)
- Work on outline for draft of novel THE MOST HAPPY (the last time I worked on this was so long ago I only have the foggiest details of what I’ve already written)
- Run a Twitter contest
- Try out at least one new recipe a week
Not bad on the resolutions front! I know you will do just as well this year! I love your goals!
The Twitter contest intrigues me.
Congrats on meeting so many of your resolutions!
I absolutely need to read more this year, too. I don’t know what happened; five years ago, I was reading a book a week. And then a book a day. And now a book a month, MAYBE. Good luck on all of your resolutions – I’d love to see how the twitter contest works out.
Happy 2012!
Your resolutions for this year seem pretty nice and able to accomplish.
“Living in the moment” is something I need to do more of. Hm… I should try to do that this year. Unfortunately, it’s quite difficult to do in my current environment. P:
Congratulations on your accomplishments last year, and good luck to you for this year!