my new year's resolutions

Happy New Year! It seems like every single year, the New Year creeps up out of nowhere! I also get really excited about Christmas, so I forget about New Year's until it's all over! I didn't really do any resolutions last year, because I was so focused on packing my things and moving my life to London. I decided there were a few things I wanted to really focus on this coming year. 

be more active: I mean this in two ways... firstly, I don't do enough physical activity. I want to start going to the gym, and just generally, trying to take care of myself. I have moments when I am motivated and really good about going for a run or doing something healthy, but then I hit a wall and lose it. I also want to be more active in the sense that I have lists of places that I want to go to, but I don't go. I live in a great (new) city, and I don't feel like I'm taking advantage of it.

cook more food: I love to cook. I love food. I love feeding people. So you'd think I would do it a lot more than I actually do. I don't really cook all that much, and it's a skill I'd really like to work on. Did you ever see that film Julie & Julia? I want to cook through all of my cookbooks and try all the recipes I've been thinking about since I bought them. So this year is about actually trying new things, and expanding my repertoire of recipes.

focus more on my professional aspirations: I'm so guilty of this. I have career dreams, but I never seem to get anywhere with them, because I try for a bit, but then get distracted by other things. So this year, I want to focus on the two things I want to pursue: theatre directing and blogging. These are both really important to me, and I think it's high time I dedicate myself to making things happen with them. 

be more communicative in my relationships: I'm not very good about talking about my feelings. Even when I was young, I had the tendency to keep things bottled up, and not really express anything. I play things close to the chest. I need to be better about talking about things, so one of my resolutions is to work on this. I think it's important in maintaining my relationships, with P, with my family and with my friends, old and new.