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It's Monday morning, and I spent all yesterday cleaning and unpacking and organizing. I'm still tired (probably because I'm getting sick), but I'm proud of my work. My desk is finally unpacked, and up and running. It makes our bedroom look more like something real. The kitchen is also unpacked, and with the help of several rockin' storage solutions from Ikea, it has resulted in a room where many interesting and delicious dishes will be prepared.

Along with all this unpacking comes piles of boxes, newspapers, and other things, all of which are piled by the door to be taken down to recycling. Our condo complex is awesome like that, there's a spot for glass, a spot for cardboard, a spot for newspapers - and if you have trash leftover, well, place it outside your door every Monday and Thursday after 8pm. They'll come get it for you. I love it here.

The point of that was not, in fact, to brag about my awesome living situation, but instead to segue into a list of my New Years Resolutions.

1 - Recycle
This should be easy, considering the previous paragraph.

2 - Write more...
While unpacking my desk yesterday, I found the journals that I was required to keep during my creative writing classes. I miss that time; I wrote every day, always had something floating around in my head, and was always scribbling away at something. Somehow, I've lost that, and I want to get it back this year.

3 - ...And get published
I'm going to see my name in a byline this year. Just you watch.

4 - Exercise
Yeah, yeah, everyone says this. But in my case, it's true. My mom has lost 30 pounds since we both started Weight Watchers in August. It's time for me to catch up and look awesome again. Summer is coming...and my sun dresses and skirts are waiting for me.

5 - Create
I don't know where this came from, but lately I've been feeling this overwhelming desire to create something. I want to be arty, I want to paint and glue and draw and maybe, in the end, have something to show for it.

Meager, I know, but I like small resolutions. Large ones tend to fall apart easily, and why waste your time with 10 giant resolutions when you can spend your time with modest ones, while doing something you really want to be doing?

What are some of your New Years Resolutions?