My New Years Resolutions...

In honor of me living to see another year, I thought I would share my New Year's Resolutions, for better or for worse. I have always been a little weary of making resolutions like everybody else because generally, they are never resolved. I have some meaningful changes in my life that I have wanted to make for a while, and there is perhaps no better time than now.
1. Finally reach my goal of attaining a healthy body weight. 
    I have struggled with weight for the better part of my teenage years and on into adulthood. at my heaviest I weighed 211 pounds, and for a person who is 5'6'', while that isn't horrible, it is certainly overweight and unhealthy. While I am nowhere near that now, I still have about 25-30 pounds to lose before I can say that I am at a healthy weight. In order to accomplish this goal I will stop eating at fast food joints in lieu of buying food at the grocery store and cooking. I will start exercising on a regular basis, even if it is just Yoga, or some sit-ups, or even an extra trip to the kitchen for the hell of it. I pledge to be more active and to commit myself  to getting the body I have wanted for so long.
2. I pledge to cut back on smoking. I can hear you say it, "why don't you just quit?" well, I hate using the word quit. It implies that I will never ever smoke again. I am a realist. I know for a fact that I will have a few times where I absolutely cannot live without a cigarette, and I will allow myself the occasional pleasure, but being a regular smoker has lost its glitter for me, and I would be devastated if I were to get seriously ill as a result of my own stupidity. I am not sure exactly how I plan to go about this, but I think it just starts with having some willpower and self restraint.
3. Develop willpower and self-restraint. Aka treat my body more like a temple. When people say that they generally mean they want to diet and exercise more, but I mean it in slightly a different sense. You can be physically healthy but mentally unhealthy. You can be beautiful and have the best body in the world and still hate yourself. I pledge to take more time for myself, to place my needs before all else, and to carry myself like a powerful young woman with something to offer. This may very well prove to be the hardest resolution to keep, because it seems like the only person in the world telling me that I am worth a damn is myself.

I think this pretty much sums it up for the new year... I will be graduating college (finally!) in May and moving to the next phase in life. I hope to find a second job soon and start making a little more money, and start doing things for me!
Happy New Year
-S.