Tina

I've always tended to stay away from resolutions in January since I'm
a) not a big fan of commitment and
b) terribly afraid of putting effort into something and then failing (thus proving that I'm just not good enough).

But, recently it's seemed like a good idea to think about what I want out of life, what my goals are and how I'm going to go about achieving them. To start with I've signed up for the Day Zero Project (dayzeroproject.com) where I've made a list of 101 things I'd like to do and I have 1001 days in which to accomplish them.

You set your own start date and mine was Jan. 1, 2012. Some of the goals I've made for myself are specific, one-time things (visit Paris, submit a novel to a publisher, knit a sweater) and some are more subjective and/or long term (do more yoga, learn to play the harp, try to eat breakfast everyday).

One of my goals is even to make a Bucket List since I've never sat down and really thought about all the things I'd like to do before the end of my life. For some reason I just always thought the things I wanted or wanted to experience would just happen, no significant planning required. If there's one thing I've learned over the past years, it's that life doesn't work that way :)

But, the main thing I'm hoping to get out of this endeavour is motivation. I think that being more specific about what I want and acknowledging that some things needed to be long term plans will help with that.

So, I finished my year of teaching in Korea and I'm back at my parent's house. It's been a strange week - adjusting to not working and not living alone.
I'm glad to be back...but now I have to make a plan about what I want to do next.

Luckily, not right away though, since I am going to Italy for a month with my mom!
This will be my vacation and when I get back I'll get a job, move somewhere and all that fun stuff.

If anyone would like a postcard from Italy...please comment or send an email with your address!

I feel like the only person left on the internet who hasn't seen the new Star Trek yet...which is why I am determined to go tonight. Maybe not the best idea, since it's Tuesday, but it fits into my schedule and it's earlier than Saturday (when some of my friends are going) so that's what matters :)
Did anyone see Saturday Night Live this week? Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy made a surprise appearance on Weekend Update...it was very cute, especially the part where Chris Pine says that he and Zach 'wanted to come out' - I laughed :)