Resolutions

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

I'm sure this year will be at least slightly better than last year...here's hoping and wishing! 

Someone asked me on December 31st what my new years resolutions are. I honestly never make them, because I know myself. I break promises with myself all the time (although, I never do it with other people. I should work on that...) But I told her what came to my mind and she shared some personal goals with me, too, and it was really touching. 

I decided to make a post on my resolutions because maybe then I'll stick to them? Question mark?

So here we go, a short post, in no particular order!

1) Saying Sober. So many people have read my last post about Dry January (one of my biggest reads on this blog EVER) and I made a podcast episode about how I'm doing so far. For those who don't listen to podcasts, I'll break it down: I started December 26th and when writing this, it is January 2nd. Exactly a week without something I used to do every night. It's harder than I thought, and I hope I make it through January. A lot of people tell me I'm "crazy" for trying to cut out drinking, and I'm not a huge fan of hearing that. I just don't want it to go farther than it was going and ruin my life. Is that so bad? Anyway, it's been a week of me in my room at night, triggering some kind of senses, and wanting to chug vodka. BUT I HAVEN'T BOUGHT ALCOHOL YET! So my resolution is to stay sober as long as I can!

2) Plan Better. I'm an awful planner. It's weird because I have a schedule and you have to usually be on my schedule for me to hang out (pre covid) or have a zoom date (during covid). "Go to the post office" or "Work at 5:30" is ALL on my calendar. But for some reason, I have a hard time planning, which I swear is totally different. I do some things on whims and that's not always smart. For example, I want to release my new paperbacks at the end of January, but I get SO impulsive too many times where I'm like "it's January 2nd! I'LL RELEASE THEM NOW!" 

So I bought a little planner and a weekly sticky note pad where I write things out!

(My favorite weekly planner. From the new collection Noted collection at Target)

(This planner comes with cute stickers and enough space to write things! A Target find!)

I've only had them for a less then a week so far and I'm loving the sticky notes so much. I have crossed out things I need to get done as I get them done early, which might defeat the purpose of writing them on certain days, but oh well! 

 3) Have my book tour go well. Now, this isn't particularly a resolution, just a wish I'm putting out there. I think half of this falls under "plan better" but the other half is me working my butt off. I shouldn't be so nervous or scared because the people attending are there to see me talk about things, which is an honor. But here I am, BEING NERVOUS. 

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I could never do the whole "go to the gym all the time" or "spend less money", because like I said, I wouldn't do it. Although the money thing is something I need to work on, too...

I hope this year brings happiness in your life! Thanks for reading this lil' old blog!