A New Year

Dear Jade,

This year I’m taking a new approach to the New Year’s resolution. Here are some of the goals I’m committing myself to in 2011:

1. I will go to the gym at least once a week in January and then tell myself “I’ll make it up next week” in February and get hopelessly sidetracked by schoolwork in March and eventually forget the whole thing in April because the stupid rec centre is too far away and I do a lot of walking to and from class anyways.

2. I will get more involved in school by going to clubs week and signing up for some clubs and going to their first meetings and finding out that their second meetings conflict with classes and that their third meetings conflict with study dates and that their fourth meetings conflict with pre-scheduled naps, and that their fifth meetings are so far into the year that they probably forget who I am so there’s no point in going.

3. I will stop procrastinating and stay on top of all my work for a full two weeks and be really optimistic about my new improved study habits and then get bogged down by essays and fall behind in readings and eventually ditch them altogether because the whole thing is rigged and it’s not humanly possible to finish all your work on time without moving to a remote monastery in Ireland and being fed through a tube.

4. I will do laundry every week because cleanliness is an integral part of a healthy lifestyle, but it is slightly less important than studying and eating and maintaining friendships so I may have to put it off for a few days or a few weeks and I might re-wear shirts a couple of times because in the grand scheme of things who really cares, and clean clothes are overrated anyways.

5. I will spend the year finding out new things about myself, making mistakes, making strides, and making memories with the people I love.

I think this year I will finally be able to achieve them all. Get at me 2011!

Happy New Year,

Cindy

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