Resolutions. How do you start resolutions without sounding cliche? The typical, I want to lose weight, I want to eat healthy, I want to make positive changes, I want to finish what I start. These are the normal things I typically hear. I do want to make all of those changes but I know it takes baby steps. I tend to set goals that I never finish. One of those goals is to keep a diary. So my goal is to try my best to stick with it and try to blog about it so I can look back and see the changes that happen throughout this year.

Goal#1 - To improve my health. Although I have tried this a million times before I won't lie to myself and say that this time is different because it feels exactly the same. However I am going to try again in hopes that it sticks this time. I have joined Weight Watchers. Now I have done it before and i liked it but it is REALLY hard to follow when you live with other people. Now if i fail (which I hope I won't) I have no one to blame but myself. So now I live alone and this means more cooking, more planning and more activity. I am pretty excited.

Goal#2 - To get out more. Now that I have lived in the Bay Area for over a year, I have no one to blame for my lack of a social life but myself. So I plan to venture out and do something new twice a month. I have no idea where to start but I will have to start doing some research. The possibilities are endless. I can take classes, go to a local pub, volunteer or just community activities.

Goal#3 - To change my thinking. This will be the toughest one of all. This requires a lot more willpower which i have never really had any of. Replace negativity with positivity, replace anger with love and replace excuses with accountability.

I look forward to a new me and to new positive changes. This will require shedding the negative people that surround me in my life and to avoid getting sucked into other peoples dramas. That is a goal unto itself when the world has a ton of positivity drainers, It will require baby steps but hopefully by the end of this year I will be making strides.