New Year's?

I know Christmas isn't even here yet, but I am already thinking about new beginnings, like that of 2010. It is crazy to think that we're going into the second decade of the 2000s! I feel so different right now from the way I was even in 2004. Besides my feelings about changes in me since that time, a lot has changed even since last New Year's. Let's start with negatives....

• lost a boyfriend
• lost a job
• got stressed
• slept too much
• ate too much
• generally lived a lazy life

But now some positives

• realized that what I had in a boyfriend was not what I wanted and not what I deserved
• drove places alone and actually made it to where I needed to be, when I needed to be there!
• spoke Spanish to people at the Immersion, understood others and was understood by them
• slept in a hotel room by myself
• went to Curves and worked out some
• gained a sense of self-worth
• gained peace within (more than I had before)
• found out about my thyroid condition and got help for it
• found out the ones who really truly care for me and my well-being
• signed up for a Master's program

Now for New Year's resolutions....I think I'd better make them few so that I can more easily met.

• Seek God above all things
• Care for myself. Physically, mentally, emotionally. I am worth it.
• Think the best of myself.
• Live a life that challenges me intellectually
• Seek out adventure - Spain!
• Find what in life makes me happy.
• Find others who can accept me in spite of my faults.
• Accept others in spite of their faults.

Now, below is a note I previously had on facebook, but thought it was applicable....

If money was no object and your success was guaranteed, what would you want in your life?
I would travel to Spanish speaking nations and Europe.
Live in tons of countries!
I would be a college professor.
I would write papers and give talks on things related to Spanish and culture.
I would be a Dr.!
I would have students who liked me!
I would dance!
I would be a lean, mean teaching, researching, lecturing machine!
I would be in shape.
I would know how awesome I am and feel confident in myself.
I would be happy with my life even if I were single.

If you decided to never again accept anything less than everything what would you do?
I would go to grad school.
I would get a PhD.
I would not think that I couldn´t do things. I would go out and try them.
I would recognize when I make mistakes but not stew in the juice of my own misery...
I would make my dreams come true.
I would thoughtfully put effort towards everything I did.