Happy 2010!

I don't really do New Year's resolutions. And it's not even an issue of wanting to resist change, it's more of an issue of definition. The word "resolution" is defined by Webster as "the act or process of resolving". In medicine, it is used to describe a disease that is disappearing, or someone who is "getting better". Basically, it implies that something is wrong and must be changed.

I don't believe that there can be anything absolutely wrong with the average person. (You haven't robbed a bank? Murdered anyone? Screwed up your sister's life? Not a pedophile? An extremist? Good. I'd say you fall under this category.) So-called bad traits or flaws tend to be good characteristics that are exaggerated or gone (slightly) bad.

Anyway. Since I've decided to start a blog on a New Year, I figured I would start it with a New Year's resolution of sorts. Only, for reasons I've already explained, I won't call it a resolution. I'd call it things I want to happen (and will work on) this year. So. This year, I want to:

• Continue with painting and sculpture. Preferably, practice every day. (I want to improve significantly this year.)
• Learn to bake and/or sew. Maybe I'll take up a course or two at TESDA for this.
• Exercise regularly.(I do exercise but I'd like to do it more often.)
• Eliminate processed food from my diet. (For health and environmental reasons ;))
• Earn enough money to get myself braces. (I don't really need them, but my teeth have been bothering me lately.)
• Enjoy the year!

It doesn't look like much, but I think it will be a real challenge to accomplish these. Whether I fulfill these or not, 2010 still looks like it's going to be a promising year. As I have said, I don't believe there's anything wrong wrong with me or anyone else for that matter. There's nothing I really have to change completely, there's just a whole lot of stuff to do. :)

And right now, I definitely think I can count on myself to make everything I dream about happen. :)