After having made it through yet another merry and bright Christmas, it’s time to turn my attention to one of my very favorite traditions: the list of stuff I think I will be able to accomplish in the new year but instead will read at the end of next year, laughing hysterically at all the great things I didn’t do (oh you poor little schmuck! You actually thought you’d be able to do that?! What a funny little thing).
I’ve decided to come at this list a little differently this time though, seeing as how the Mayans predicted that this (2012) is it as far as human existence is concerned. So instead of my usual flippant attitude toward this exercise, I’m taking it serious. And then, at the end of next year, if the world keeps on keeping on, we can laugh at what I did or didn’t do and keep pressing on.
And this list is a living breathing thing, open to change at any moment.
Without further adieu, in 2012 I plan to do the following:
- Write something, anything on a daily basis. It can be a sentence or it can be five pages; it doesn’t matter how long, as long as there is something.
- One photo daily.
- If 2012 is my last year to be on Earth, I want to paddle out and catch at least one wave.
- Send some photos/writing samples to publications in hopes that one will publish me.
- Karaoke.
- Visit a good friend who lives far away.
- Ride my bike on Riverside ALL THE TIME.
- Figure out how my bike rack goes on my car.
- Roller skate Riverside.
10. Derby. I will make league.
- 11. Run a 5k and make a decent time.
12. Go on a mission trip.
13. Love those around me, making a human attempt at being unconditional.
14. Perfect the gluten free cinnamon roll. We’ll see.
15. Enjoy the moment a lot more than I do now.
16. Hug my brother every day.
17. Finally learn to play the guitar.
18. Play my piano every moment I have the time.
19. Learn how to control my facial expressions so people can’t read me so easily.
20. Abs of steel.
21. Lots of laughter.
22. Less freaking out about trivial things.
23. Drink better coffee.
24. Tip my baristas well.
25. And, just in case the world is not going to end, have either a “sample” of my writing ready to turn in to NBC’s comedy office or have at least part of a kids’ book ready for illustrations.
I realize that this is an obscenely long list of things to get done (or in my usual fashion, to not get done) but like I said before, if this is it for humanity, I’ve got stuff to do!
One of the things not on my list is “keeping OFM running strong.” I think the reason I didn’t put it on there is because it would be oh so very redundant. Clearly I want OFM to be successful and have lots and lots of readers or else I would have stopped writing a long time ago. So that can be, like, my unspoken new year’s resolution.
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