Having my best (new) year ever!

Surprise, surprise, I'm a capricorn. For those of you who don't give a crap about your horoscope, you probably have no idea what that means. And maybe you shouldn't give a crap about your horoscope, but I do. Because it's crazy weird how spot-on it is sometimes! No, I don't follow astrology as a belief system, I just think it's fun to read. Like reading the comics... I mean, they ARE right next to the comics in the paper.

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So Capricorns are symbolized by goats. I never understood why until just now: Goats like to be on top of mountains... and capricorns are ambitious. Goats are stubborn... and capricorns are resilient and dedicated. Goats are kind of ugly and smelly... and capricorns are kind of ugly and smelly. Not really, but capricorns are really uninterested in flashy, worldy, material things. That kind of correlates... no?

Anyway, that was a really strange segue to say that, like a true Capricorn, I always start the new year with some big ambitions. I methodically write down my resolutions, categorized by "Personal", "Professional", "Spiritual", and "Financial" goals. Then I organize them in rank order by time horizon it takes to achieve the goal. And then I assign them an "A", "B", or "C" grade based on priority. Sometimes I chart them on a calendar too. Oh, and each resolution gets a little box drawn next to it that I thoroughly enjoy checking when I'm done with that goal. All of this later gets translated into an Excel spreadsheet that I set an alert on my calendar to revisit in June for my mid-year update.

So yeah. Resolutions are usually big business.

This year, as I started to think about what things I wanted to accomplish this year... I had a different experience. I had some goals that came to mind that were just standard living type chores.

"Pay off my student loan"
"Achieve my performance goals at work"
"Read books"
"Floss more"

Boring. None of them really felt exciting or meaningful. In fact, this happened to me last year too, so I started the whole "Do something exciting/challenging/you're afraid of" goal instead. And I still really like that idea, but I have my 2012 one picked out already. Run the half-marathon. It'll be over in February. So... what else?

The more I tried to invent creative or interesting or awe-inspiring resolutions, the less it seemed to be worth my time. So, I stopped.

No resolutions this year.

Scratch that - one resolution this year. Have the best year ever. Live my best life the best I can. The rest will work itself out.

Can't wait to check this one off the list.

Happy 2012!

xoxo

JAM