Happy New Year!! I cannot believe it is 2012! I feel like it was just yesterday it was 2008 and I was graduating from high school. Now I'm 5 months away from graduating college and jumping into this big ole world!
New Year's Eve is a day to reflect on what went well and what went poorly and on New Year's Day you think about how to fix the bad and move on with the good! For me, this is the best day of the year. I set my New Year's Resolutions and prepare myself for a year long of being busy and much needed change!
My New Year's Resolutions are: to have a more productive way of working out (instead of just going to the gym to get on the elliptical), be nicer to the people I care the most about, get a job, rent or buy a place to live (whichever makes more sense), and manage my budget. Also, I hope to write more blogs. Maybe not as long but more often.
Life is going to be extremely busy this coming year and everything is going to change! I cannot wait to see what the new year has in store but I must take it one day at a time. This getting older has made the years and days go by way too fast.
They say whatever you do on the first day of the year is what you will do for the rest of the year. Today I woke up in Atlanta (I'm hoping to move there in May), came home and ran 9 miles (must stay fit), helped Mom cook low-fat chicken noodle soup (must eat healthy), and spent time with my family. If this was the first day of the rest of the year will be like, I am in for a GREAT year! :)
Showing posts with label New Year's Resolutions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Year's Resolutions. Show all posts
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Happy New Year!
I love the start of a new year. It always makes me happy because it's like a fresh start. It wasn't that way in high school but college definitely has a new start because you have all new classes starting which makes it more enjoyable.
I use to never make new year's resolutions. Well I did, I just never kept them. Last year, my sunday school teacher (Dr. Lynch) put forth a challenge to make our new year's resolutions and actually keep them. He was going to help us keep them by sending an e-mail out with what our goals were for the year sporadically that way we would actually stick to them. July 5th, 2010, Dr. Lynch passed away. He was such an amazing guy and friend. Someone I could always turn to with my issues and know that he would never judge me and he would help me the best he could. I kept all my new year's resolutions except one thanks to Dr. Lynch. Because of him I am making new year's resolutions from here on out in honor of him and making sure I keep them.
On June 26th, Dr. Lynch finished participating in a sprint triathlon in 1:28! The one new year resolution I did not complete was running in a marathon. This year one of my new year's resolutions is to run in a half marathon and hopefully the motivation of finish a half-marathon will push me to do a full marathon by the end of the year. My Dad is training with me. He was training with Dr. Lynch before he passed to do a triathlon with him (not as seriously training as Steve but putting forth a lot of effort ;D).
While a half/full marathon is one of my new year's resolutions I have a few more. I put to make good grades (All A's/B's) on my resolutions again this year. It worked pretty well last year with my spring semester finishing with a 3.75 GPA and ending up on the Dean's list and the fall semester with a 4.0 GPA! I'm pretty sure that's the best I've done since the eighth grade. (haha)
I have always been a pretty independent person but have recently started being clingy. This year I hope to be more independent. Girls nights, nights to myself, not asking for much of anyone, and really just becoming my own person again. The people that are in my life are very important and special people. I'm not cutting them out just starting to be more appreciative of everything they do for me, realizing that I don't need them to do everything for me and that everything I want I don't always need.
I am in the second semester of my junior year (technically a senior with hours) and starting to realize that life is about to hit me in the face. I graduate in a year and one semester and then move to a new town with a real job and bills to pay. Oh fun! While I can't wait for real life to actually set in, it is definitely creeping up on me fast. I will be in search for an internship for the summer which should be a baby step into what will happen to me in 2012.
Be sure to keep reading to see how the year goes and how much things are changing. I hope everyone has a blessed and happy new year. Take on your new year's resolution to make yourself feel accomplished. You can do it. If you need help staying on task remember Dr. Lynch and maybe I'll be able to help just a little. I'll be reminding you of mine throughout the year. :)
Bringing in the new year with power,
Kayla
I use to never make new year's resolutions. Well I did, I just never kept them. Last year, my sunday school teacher (Dr. Lynch) put forth a challenge to make our new year's resolutions and actually keep them. He was going to help us keep them by sending an e-mail out with what our goals were for the year sporadically that way we would actually stick to them. July 5th, 2010, Dr. Lynch passed away. He was such an amazing guy and friend. Someone I could always turn to with my issues and know that he would never judge me and he would help me the best he could. I kept all my new year's resolutions except one thanks to Dr. Lynch. Because of him I am making new year's resolutions from here on out in honor of him and making sure I keep them.
On June 26th, Dr. Lynch finished participating in a sprint triathlon in 1:28! The one new year resolution I did not complete was running in a marathon. This year one of my new year's resolutions is to run in a half marathon and hopefully the motivation of finish a half-marathon will push me to do a full marathon by the end of the year. My Dad is training with me. He was training with Dr. Lynch before he passed to do a triathlon with him (not as seriously training as Steve but putting forth a lot of effort ;D).
While a half/full marathon is one of my new year's resolutions I have a few more. I put to make good grades (All A's/B's) on my resolutions again this year. It worked pretty well last year with my spring semester finishing with a 3.75 GPA and ending up on the Dean's list and the fall semester with a 4.0 GPA! I'm pretty sure that's the best I've done since the eighth grade. (haha)
I have always been a pretty independent person but have recently started being clingy. This year I hope to be more independent. Girls nights, nights to myself, not asking for much of anyone, and really just becoming my own person again. The people that are in my life are very important and special people. I'm not cutting them out just starting to be more appreciative of everything they do for me, realizing that I don't need them to do everything for me and that everything I want I don't always need.
I am in the second semester of my junior year (technically a senior with hours) and starting to realize that life is about to hit me in the face. I graduate in a year and one semester and then move to a new town with a real job and bills to pay. Oh fun! While I can't wait for real life to actually set in, it is definitely creeping up on me fast. I will be in search for an internship for the summer which should be a baby step into what will happen to me in 2012.
Be sure to keep reading to see how the year goes and how much things are changing. I hope everyone has a blessed and happy new year. Take on your new year's resolution to make yourself feel accomplished. You can do it. If you need help staying on task remember Dr. Lynch and maybe I'll be able to help just a little. I'll be reminding you of mine throughout the year. :)
Bringing in the new year with power,
Kayla
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