It is that time of year where I make ridiculous attempts at trying to be a better person. Since my rate of success with resolutions is about 10%, I will be making a whole ton of resolutions, and then at least 10% of them should stick, right?
A lot of these resolutions have already begun, while are to begin within 24 hours. So, without further ado...
Stop Smoking
I actually already started this one about 2 weeks ago, and so far, so good. When your senses and lung capacity start returning, it's legitimately like getting superpowers. I can smell better, take deep breaths, breathe through my nose, and strangely, I can see farther. Not sure if that one's related. Also, the ability to speak to woodland creatures hasn't disappointed me so far.
Goals:No cigarettes, no nicotine. If for some stupid reason, I do smoke a cigarette, the goal is not to fully relapse.
Draw More
I keep meaning to do this, and maybe now's my chance. Personally, I'm not all that proud of the stuff I do, or maybe I'm just overcritical of myself, but some other people seem to like it. A good friend of mine told me that if you have a skill, you should develop it, not waste it. I think that is pretty good advice.
Goals:Draw at least one significant picture per week, with the goal of setting time aside each day to draw and improve. Longer range goals involve finishing (beginning) an old comic book project for a friend of mine.
Back to School
I'm only doing this to get everybody off my back.
Goals:Enroll at ACC for the fall semester.
Quit Drinking
This is the big one. Recently I realized that I don't really enjoy any of the decisions I make when I'm drunk, and my personality has suffered as a result. I'm sick of being embarrassed of myself and needing alcohol to have a good time. I don't think I really need to explain much further than that.
Goals:No alcohol. Period. If I screw that up, the goal is to at least not get drunk.
Be a Nicer Person
The few people I have told this to are kinda confused, but I guess what I mean is I want to be the
nicest person. I want that to be what I'm known for - to be the kind of person no one has a bad thing to say about, and that doesn't have a bad thing to say about anybody else. There was a post I made last December that kind of describes what my idea of a "nice person" is. Find it yourself, I'm not linking to it.
Goals:Lose the sarcasm. Develop my 3 closest friendships. I dunno, it's all kind of abstract, but I know what I want.
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