Some Healthy Optimism

Yesterday I was looking back through my journal entries from senior year of high school and thinking to myself, I was really crazy and emotional during that period of my life (as are all teenagers excepting the mutant ones who manage to get through the ordeal of growing up essentially unscathed), but keeping a journal gave me an outlet. I should really start writing in one again, daily, if possible.

So here, taking shape, is my late New Years' resolution. I vow to become a more emotionally healthy person. I would like to take up fiction and poetry writing again, as I don't do it often enough anymore. I will read for fun rather than obligation before I go to bed, I will exercise every morning in order to reduce stress, I will give myself some me time away from friends, and I will knit an entire scarf, dammit.

As school looms on the horizon, I have a lot to do, but that's only because I've left it until the very last moment, as always. Appointments to go to, presents to buy, make, and wrap, books to obtain and to finish, clothes to wash and pack, money to spend... when is it ever done?

I am, however, looking forward to a very successful and enjoyable semester. French, anthropology, theater, history, and political science. Sounds pretty damn fun to me. I'm hoping to get a desk attendant job at McDavid as well so I'll have a little extra cash to eat out on the weekends or buy things I don't need, such as the next Phoenix Wright game that comes out in February (yes, loser) or a pair of knee-high, fashionable boots.

So you see, I'm trying to be more optimistic and a little more focused. Wish me luck.