Happy New Year...

It's easy to put off this blogging thing. It doesn't pay well. It's not required.

No. One. Reads. It.

Why should I do it?

Well, because I need to entertain myself somehow, right? I love to write. I love to think about writing. I love the IDEA of writing. I just get so caught up in the daily bind that I rarely get to it unless I'm under deadline. It's really quite sad. I'm always busy writing for school or to meet a deadline. I seldom get the chance to write in order to meet goals I have for myself. Goals I would like to accomplish someday. Goals that feel a long way off int he distance right now.

I'm sure you're thinking, It's the new year—make a resolution to start anew. Well, thanks, but no thanks. I don't do the resolution thing. I used to, but no more. Every year like clockwork, there I'd be making list after list of all the great things I planned to do. The "New Year" has such power over us—I know it's not just me. There was this one year when I was going to the gym regularly enough to notice the new year rush. The locker room would be overrun—not an open locker in sight. Classes would be so full I would have to cardio kickbox with my butt against the back wall. (And you thought watching me cardio kickbox was funny enough.) And parking was a nightmare. So, like I was saying, I used to scrawl hopes, dreams and empty promises in notebooks for days thinking about all this brand new year would hold. Then about three weeks later I would realize that I had all but completely abandoned my shiny, new resolve for the same ol', same ol'. Ah, well. Such is the life of a new year's resolution.

So, instead of making a resolution or 27, I'm just looking toward the future and thinking about what my life will hold. I'm making contacts and building my resumé. I'm planning how I will make the transition from school to the working world after I graduate this year. I'm planning to blog. To write. To finish house projects. To clean out closets. To...oh, cripes. I'm making resolutions, aren't I?

I'm making resolutions.