I can't believe a year has passed already.
A year since I knew I was finally going to leave Miami, since I finally decided I was going to BG and a year of not knowing if I made the right decision.
I'm glad it's over.
I'm ready for a new year.
I need a fresh start, with new goals, new people and a new state of mind.
This year I'm living my life for me.
I think this last year I lived for others. Always trying to make other people happy, help others and really try to be a good person.
All of that is good, sure, but I honestly think I need to be a bit more selfish.
I'm afraid of hurting people, especially people I care about, but if I make decisions that I think are more beneficial for me, then I'm going to hurt a few along the way I think.
My new goals are for me to 1.) save money for school and a dog 2.) continue losing weight and 3.) become a YouTube star.
I am now employed at a store where apparently we believe in wasting ungodly amounts of paper to have the largest amount of coupons available weekly, and this is going to help me start working on my number one goal for the year.
Yes, just call us home of the extreme couponers.
I apparently am supposed to have memorized every coupon we offer for every day of every week of every month as we have not only the weekly ad but also a monthly coupon book and sometimes a midweek ad as well, and yes, everyone who shops at the store expects us to know exactly what is on sale at all times.
I'm sorry, but I have a life. I work, go to school, workout, hang out with friends, watch TV and occasionally sleep a few hours. If you didn't notice, I did not mention studying the latest coupons. Surprising, I know!
But, this year, with my new goal in mind, I am going to start clipping those coupons too. I already am pinching pennies to feed myself, so feeding a pet seems impossible, but I've never had a pet and I want a friend who's going to love me every day, all the time.
I think a dog is going to be a worthy investment, so that is what I'm going to start on first this coming year.
This makes my number two goal pretty easy as half of my money for food will probably go to feeding my dog.
And my number three goal of becoming a YouTube star will happen.
I desperately wanted video editing software for Christmas, but it was expensive and I decided that since I'm taking a video editing class anyway this semester, I'll have an excuse to use the video editing computers on campus whenever I want.
My friend and I are avid YouTube watchers and have written scripts for our own videos that we want to make, and of course I think they are hilarious.
The scripts are funny enough, but from previous experiences when we have tried to film little videos, the filming process turns out to be ten times funnier, so I'm not worried about accomplishing that goal either :)
So with only a few days left in 2011, I feel accomplished. I completed my resolution of saying "hi" to random people and I came away with countless great memories and friends.
Now, here's to the new year, not for forgetting the past, but remembering it and taking all I've learned with me to make 2012 even better!
