New Year's Resolutions

Happy New Years everyone, or at least those of you not incapacitated by crippling hangovers combined with the hollow feeling of already violated New Year's resolutions. Isn't the new year such a magical time?!

My New Year's Eve was nice, quiet uneventful, very much like the ideal holiday I had envisioned for myself when I'm 60 years old. In other words a little disappointing. I got invited to a party, but the way life operates, I couldn't make it and instead sat at home with my brother watching Gladiator. Before you remark about how manly a movie Gladiator is, I'd like to say that both my brother and I threw in the towel and went to bed early. Maybe I'm already a 60 year old man in everything but appearance...

...Sorry I was checking for new wrinkles. As much as my New Year's Eve may have been underwhelming, I'm getting very good vibes from the new year so far. Intrafamiliar conflict was kept pretty low today, I got most of the work I had put off all vacation done this afternoon, and even worked in some videogaming, which was fantastic stress relief. To top it all off I remarked this afternoon while watching the end of Gladiator that I would absolutely love a chicken pot pie, and upon opening the freezer tonight, lo and behold, there sits five or six chicken pot pies, ripe for microwavin'. Sometimes I think the world loves me too much.

Anyway, here's the list all of you guys have been waiting for:


ANDREW'S LIST OF NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS:
(Revised to include at least a few he might actually keep)

-Stay focused on important things like work, school, and projects like building barns, harvesting wheat, etc. (This is something I've noticed myself improving in recent months anyway, so I figured I may as well not fight the trend).

-Think more about people who aren't me. (This one will prove challenging).

-Read more (I used to read like a book or two a week and I really want to get back to this).

-Worry less about certain aspects of my future (like what to name my kids).

-Worry more about certain aspects of my future (like how I'm gonna pay for all that schoolin')

-Blog more (you all deserve that).

-Never forget about the people that rely on me (This one is based on recent events and while relevant, also serves as the "obscure intra personal" resolution that is a requisite on any self-respecting list).


Well that it's for now. I might add some later depending on my mood, because any real New Year's Resolutioner knows it's never too late to resolve to change.



Thanks for a fantastic 2007, and I hope your 2008s are even better,
Andrew