Always, Alli

Resolutions fall into different categories: aspirations (I want to lose 50 pounds), to do (finish organizing my pictures), and the unquantifiable (I want to be a nicer person). There might be more categories but I think you get the gist.

I’m not one to make aspiration and unquantifiable resolutions because I tend to forget them in about a week. I prefer the tasks with defined parameters, something I can look at and say, “Yes, I did that!” I also want this list to be about me, I can put family goals on our family blog.

So I put before you, the regular readers and the internet rubberneckers, my list of 2008 resolutions:

1. Buy a new digital camera. This translates to earn enough money to buy a new digital camera. I also would LOVE to have the new camera before we go to the SEC tournament in March, but not sure if I can do that.

2. Keep a weight loss journal. This might turn into actually attending WW meetings, but for now I need to start being consistent and recording the fun journey (sarcasm implied) is usually highly recommended by so-called experts.

3. Read a book a month. I have a library card, I should use it. I’m going to start with The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel, a book I gave myself for Christmas. My mom took the last few days to read it and declared it good, so I am looking forward to disappearing into the world of Diane Setterfield in January.

That’s it. All I plan on crossing off in 2008. Sure, it is short, but it is a list I can look back on on December 31, 2008 and say “Yes, I did that.” I might have other dreams to hope for in 2008, but it is difficult for me to form them into paragraphs at this time. Besides, it is only the first day of the year. I can still share tomorrow.

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