New Year’s Resolutions

2005 was a pretty huge year for me. I got engaged in March, graduated in May, and started my new life as an adult. And now I’m here looking ahead to 2006 and thinking about what I could do better.

For 2006, I resolve to…

• Resurrect my French. I was sitting next to a really nice guy from France on the bus a couple of weeks ago when I realized that my vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar have all gone to merde. I’ll be picking up a Rosetta Stone CD and getting back in the game.
• Be a bit more money conscious. I wouldn’t say I’m a spendthrift - but I really should be saving more. I’d like to buy a home at some point in my life and that won’t happen if I pull a Carrie Bradshaw and spend my entire down payment on shoes.
• Stop being so hard on myself. I really need to relax and remember that taking care of me doesn’t make me selfish.
• Become a better blogger. I want to make TeresaCentric the best blog it can be, which means more interaction and collaboration with other bloggers, bigger and better posts, and perhaps some podcasting.

As you can see, I haven’t resolved to lose any weight or become perfect. I’m not big into making promises I can’t or shouldn’t keep. At the end of 2006 - I fully expect to be a French-speaking, money-saving, self-loving, blogging fool who weighs the exact same and has most of the same foibles.

So goodbye ‘05. I’ll always remember you. ‘06, bring it on!