2013 Resolutions

The New Year has come and gone without much fanfare for this blogger. New Year’s was spent with close friends, at home and in bed by 12:05am. It was a great, relaxing and inexpensive New Year’s. As 2012 came to a close that night I realized that I had yet to make any resolutions. I was in shock. How could I have forgotten about the most important part of my year – planning! Well here it is a few days late but here nonetheless.

2013 promises to be the best year on record. Not just for me but for my fiancée. We are getting married this year. 9 months and counting. All of my resolutions this year revolve around my wedding – getting healthier, saner and less stressed. In the past few years I haven’t been able to keep many of my resolutions except for reading and writing because I love to do those things. Even though I haven’t read 26 books every year I never gave up and won’t this year. Goodreads.com makes that resolution easy. They have a 2013 Reading Challenge that tracks all of the books you have read and tells you how far you are ahead, behind or if you are right on track. I will be adding that widget to my blog later this week so everyone can see how I am doing with that resolution.

Short New Year’s blog but I want to start working on these resolutions and to do that I have to start writing other blogs, reading more books, eating healthier and becoming a better me.

Resolutions:

1. Read 26 books

2. Write 26 blogs

3. Reach goal weight of 160

4. Save money for our own place

5. Don’t fret about money as much. It does not control me, I control it.

6. Stay within my daily points with Weight Watchers every day of the week (except for the weekends). If I start to stray, remember the wedding.

Comments

What feeds your soul?

What feeds your soul? This is a very large question filled with incredible, easy to discover answers but sometimes the hardest to put into practice. As a new mom (daughter, 14 months) I have had a hard time feeding my soul without feeling guilty. Every time I do something for myself that feeds my soul (reading, writing, watching my favorite TV show or movie) I feel guilty that I am not spending that time with my daughter. Even if my daughter is asleep or playing by herself which my wife and I want her to be able to do I still feel guilty that I am taking the time for myself instead of her. The joys of motherhood! dTaking a step back for a moment, what does feeding your soul mean? In the simplest sense it means doing something that you love and/or are passionate about. No one can find out what you love other than you but some things could include reading, meditating, yoga, soaking in the bath, writing, anything. The choice is up to you. But the thing you have to learn is feeding

"For a Few to be Immortal, Many Must Die" - In Time

It is an interesting topic – living forever. We all have said at one point or another we want the fountain of youth to bless us with eternal beauty and life. But what would living forever mean? You would see history happen right before your eyes – and see it written in history books for children to read during school. If you had been living forever, you could have seen the curse start for the Red Sox in 1918 and then get broken in 2004. And again in 2007. But what it would it mean? By living forever, you don’t like a day in your life. If you live forever, what makes tomorrow so special. The people in District 12 have it better than the rich – they have to make very moment, every second count. In Time, starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried, is set in 2161 where a genetic alteration has allowed humanity to stop aging past age 25. But people are required to earn more time in order to stay alive past age 25 or their time runs out and they die. Time is t

The Real Wall Street

**Spoiler Alert** Erin Duffy is a former wall street player, procuring a job in finance right out of college working her way up to analyst. In her novel Bond Girl, Duffy takes us on a fictional tale (some say not so fictional) of a recent college graduate's first job out of college - Wall Street. Alex Garrett has dreamed of a job on Wall Street - money, fame, expensive dinners, parties every night, everything a person can dream of working in the financial world. That is if you are a man. Alex believes her career in the financial world will give her the money and freedom to do whatever she wants, go wherever she wants and be whoever she wants. What she doesn’t realize is the true nature of the boys club that is the financial world. The minute she sets foot in the pit of Cromwell Pierce she is bombarded with male testosterone beyond anything she has ever known. Every stereotype of the male species is glorified in the first few chapters - secrets from the women, eyein

Feeding Your Soul

Search This Blog