I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Thursday, January 3, 2013

The Power Of Resolution

So I don't ever remember consciously making New Year's Resolutions. But yesterday, on my drive back home to Ypsi, I started thinking of things I want to do this year and whole bunch of resolution-type thoughts came tumbling out. I am going to print and post this list in my apartment but I also think this list is flexible - that I will be adding things to it throughout the year. Hopefully, by the end of 2013, I will be able to cross them all off!

New Year’s Resolutions 2013
  • Explore the music and culture scene of Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti 
  • Have more open communication with my friends and any boys that may come around 
  • Continue making new friends and maintain those friendships (if desired) 
  • Visit old friends as often as possible 
  • Decorate my apartment as if I’m not moving in 8 months 
  • Reply to snail mail with snail mail whenever I receive it 
  • Start a new hobby (playing guitar or knitting) 
  • Improve a current hobby (sewing, dance, baking, etc.) 
  • See a therapist before the end of the year 
  • Finish and print my “Adventures” blog (by the end of June) 
  • Dress up and attend a fancy dinner 
  • Be late to work less than 3 times per month 
  • Put more Korea into my life (eating out, cooking, decorating, sending mail to friends in Korea/everywhere else etc.) 
  • Try to transition into really living my (grown-up) life in Ann Arbor 

(And these things aren't really resolutions...more like reminders)
  • Other things to do: 
  • Back up hard drive more often 
  • Make an infinity scarf 
  • Put bumper stickers on my car 
  • Finish posting pictures from 2012 to Facebook 
  • Buy a smartphone 
  • Finish missing blog posts
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