2009 and Resolutions....

New Years 2009 is upon us and you know what that means….it’s that time of year again…. Resolution time…. We start the year with high hopes, and plan to change the things we do not like about our lives and ourselves…. Very often though, January passes and the ambition and desire to change fades, we soon return to our old ways vowing, next year will be different. It’s a vicious cycle that hurts no one but us. So, this year I am not going to make a vow of change. I am going to change. We change daily by the experiences never really knowing just how much until years later. You know what I mean. We all find ourselves thinking how different we are now than before…. For example, 3 years ago I would have never hesitated to tell a guy I liked him. Now based on experiences, I hesitate and wait too long because I learned long ago in instances where I blurt it out, it’s usually to the wrong kind of guy. Now, I wait and wait and wait…. (Overcompensating much…. I know) in order to assure that the guy is a good guy, the right kind of guy for me… However, now I realize that waiting too long is a mistake… because now he doesn’t know and he finds other girls and you enter a friend zone… How good is that? Learning…. It’s what we do; acknowledging is what makes the difference. I don’t have any wild new resolutions…my resolution is to fulfill my resolutions from year passed. Yes, all of them and come February, I am not allowed to forget. The plan is…. Each month I am going to fulfill one of my resolutions…. Luckily some years I had more than one resolution. So here we go by the end of 2009, I will have

-Quit smoking,
-Quit drinking sodas
-Save more money
-Pay off my credit cards
-Learn a new hobby
-Spend more time focusing on me
-Get rid of all the overly selfish people in my life!
-Commit to buying a house
-Make time for an actual vacation…. One lasting more than a couple days….
-Spend a weekend in Charleston, SC with someone worthwhile!
-Make it to the beach this year
-Tell the guy I care about, how I feel.


So yay for 2009, may it bring us all love, luck and wishes granted!!!


Love

Ashton