NOT New Year's Resolutions

Growing up I always made New Year's Resolutions every New Year. The thing is that I decided my resolution minutes or even seconds before the New Year, therefore they didn't really hold any weight. They were just a cool thing to do. I don't remember any of them, except one. One year, my New Year's resolution was to not make New Year's resolutions, and I've kept that one. However, I do feel like it is a good thing to every once in awhile take a look at where you've been and ways you can reflect and better yourself. So now that it is February I have a few things I've thought about and want to incorporate into my lifestyle. Call them New Year's Resolutions if you want. I'm stubborn enough to keep to my last official New Year's resolution that I'm refusing to call them that. Anyways here is my list of things I want to do this year in no particular order.

1. Bake

I want to challenge myself to make more. I'm not bad, I make stuff that I'm proud to bring to gatherings of people; but living in Asia makes some things that I'm used to finding easily a little bit harder, or just really expensive. Therefore, I want to challenge myself to learn to make those things myself. Think old days. 

2. Read more, write more, create more. 

Basically develop an artsy side to myself. I've gotten out of the habit of reading books and gotten into the habit of watching tv, this year I'll find a nice balance. Also, in about a month I'll be moving to a new place with a new roommate who is a real life artist with a real art degree and has all the know how, I will take advantage of this opportunity. Also, I'll write more on here, because that is also a type of art and expression, and well, because I want to. 

3. Study Korean and Afrikaans

In America there tends to be a philosophy of *cue manly AMURICAH voice* "If you're livin' in this country you should speak English." So, since I'm living in Korea, I should learn Korean. That's a no-brainer. As for Afrikaans, my future roommate is from South Africa and is Afrikaans, so why not? Plus we kind of want to use it to talk without people knowing what we're talking about (other than other Afrikaans speakers, obviously). 

4. Develop a healthy lifestyle

You know eat the right food and exercise and all that fun stuff... it is a bit self explanatory. 

5. Travel and Explore More

The World is so big, I feel the need to see as much as possible! Also, I want to know my area of the world a little more. Everyday is a bit of an adventure, and I like it that way. 

6. Focus More on Putting Others First

I can be a bit selfish sometimes, I want to focus on not being selfish. 

So anyways, I'll try and keep this blog updated this year on how my Not New Year's Resolution's work out.