Lexadis - 40-50 hours per week of studying?!? That doesn't sound very realistic, especially if you're only doing 3-5 right now. Small steps, maybe?

HIM - Maybe take up some underwater basket weaving?

Sun - Good luck with that! Getting a good job can be hard, so best of luck! Resumes can be really critical, so you might want to see if you know anyone who could help you edit yours to make it just perfect. It seems silly, but just poor formatting can ruin your chances with some places.

Originally Posted by Cherry Who?

Lexadis - 40-50 hours per week of studying?!? That doesn't sound very realistic, especially if you're only doing 3-5 right now. Small steps, maybe?

It does seem unrealistic But I think I can do it if I put my mind into it, small steps definitely c: I take 3 main subjects, so if I can give 2 hours per subject a day, I'd be able to do it And I've decided to break up the times as 2 hours before school, in the evening and before bed, and I'm hoping that I'll eventually get used to it.

All I want is to graduate and pass a math class.

My resolutions this year went through a few revisions. I started out with a long list of mostly unimportant things (i.e. learn ALL the things! right now! because that is realistic!) but I trashed that and tried to hone in on the things that seemed most important:

1. School is my top priority: I started grad school last fall and flunked my first term really badly. I had to so some serious reevaluation after that and reaffirm my commitment to this program. I'm starting classes again this summer, and by gods, I am going to give them my all.

2. Practice the 4 Agreements: These agreements come from a book I read last year (The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz) and ermergerd, they have made a big difference to me. Whenever I feel myself descending into some kind of drama-mentality or butthurt, I remind myself of these and it helps immensely.

3. Learn to drive: I am 26, and I've never had a driver's license. I moved back to my rural home town where it's very difficult to have an independent life without a car, and after a year of being back here, my feelings of isolation and dependence are really starting to wear me out. So, time to change that, finally.

4. Sing: This one is pretty simple. I like to sing, singing makes me feel good, and so I try to do it as much as possible.

5. Practice my magic: this one is hard to explain, but it's not about spell-casting or wicca or anything like that. It's partly about being myself, honestly and openly, and not trying to hide or wear social camouflage, and partly about rekindling my personal spirituality. It's about blowing bubbles, going to the beach in the middle of the night, and being able to laugh at the cosmic joke that is reality.

Improve on my drawing skills and learn atleast alittle about photoshop

A bit late here...

Kasumi, try the youtube channel PhLearn! They have lots of neat tutorials on how to do all sorts of nifty things in photoshop. My boyfriend is a professional graphic designer and he's always watching that channel to learn new tricks!


I'm making some progress in clearing out my attic! I found new focus on what exactly my mission up there is, and had much better luck getting rid of everything I don't need. I'd just ask myself, "does this have strong sentimental value? Do I see this in my future apartment?" and if the answer was no to both, out it went. Some areas are now visibly clearer, and I took a whole trunk load of stuff to goodwill! I also found a few neat things I forgot I had, like some cute floral saucers (missing their sets) I'd like to put under my potted succulents.

My goals for this year.... wow... Well, to start with, I want to/am planning to move to Alabama in a couple months to be with family. Well, with the other branch of my family. Which is really exciting after living my whole like around 200 hundred miles away and only getting to see them every 2-5 years. Tied in with that, find a job. I mean, sure, I'd love to be able to work from home and not have to worry about applications and employers and all that but realistically... yeah. Probably Hobby Lobby or something similar since I doubt I'll be able to find anything but retail that close to where I'll be living.

Get a car so I can work at my cousin's deli/grill. And consult with him about what I'd need to know to start a small restaurant/cafe of my own. I don't even know why it's a cafe I want to start rather than something more specifically artsy. But the cafe will probably NOT be this year. maybe 2016 or 2017. Hopefully.

And finally do Alabama's EMT training since my PA cert is LONG since expired and I never got my US cert anyway. I miss being able to run on an ambulance!

Anyway, yep, those are the big goals. Oh, and get at least one volume of my NaNo project from last year finished. It's my newest writing baby and I'd love to see it published someday.

Lots of big plans! Good luck with all of that!

Thanks! And best wishes with yours, too. Job hunting sucks so you have my empathy on that one.

I am working my way through a reading challenge. And I am doing one book per thing. Even if a book could cover more then one thing.

I vowed to loose weight not so far so good, knees just get in the way with pain but doing good.

Just do what you can. If you have a Snap Fitness near you I can highly recommend them.

Kirin, that reading challenge sounds fun. Then again, I'm a bookworm so.

Some of my Resolutions are still holding strong. I listed all of them in my Memory Jar. Surprisingly, the harder ones are the ones I was able to keep! Things like video game and book challenges I gave up on, simply because I become too distracted But I guess in a way that makes sense. I still play games and read, just not with the added challenge anymore.

I'm still working out with roaring success. I go to a private gym in my apartment so it's just me. That's definitely helped a lot, the fact that I'm by myself 99% of the time. The billard room is right next to it, but I just close the windows and zone out lol. I also have a fitbit that motivates me. I was going strong in January, then February was a very hard month for me so I stopped... now I'm back at it!! And I feel great ^_^

So yeah, resolutions are still going well (for the most part).

Originally Posted by JadaRyl

Kirin, that reading challenge sounds fun. Then again, I'm a bookworm so.

Reading Challenge 2015 | POPSUGAR Love & Sex HEre it is. SOme people are doing if a book counts for multiple areas counting. I am doing one per thing.

Oh, man, some of what's on that list... Some of it's so obscure! Or, it is in my case. Although I suppose hometown could be fudged a bit.

I had to fudge the school one a bit.