my take on resolutions, a few days late.

maybe one of my resolutions should include getting things done in a timely manner.  you know, like editing photos, or blogging, or putting away my washed-last-week laundry.  maybe.

so, last year i answered this in a QotD, It's Going To Be Different This Year.  for those of you not wanting to follow the jump, here were my resolutions.

• to be more confident.
• to take an active role in my life.
• to continue having new adventures.
• to make the most of this new life i've created here in washington, dc.

i'd say i think i did pretty well on these in 2007!  making resolutions for attitude changes is much more effective for me than making a resolution to [for example] put away my laundry right after it's done.  [although i'm seriously considering making that one.]  don't think these came easily though.  remember my 77 hours alone in my apartment?  definitely a turning point in the winter, but also definitely a rather low moment.

let's not have that again this year, 'kay?

from there, everything began to pick up with all sorts of great changes and steps forward.   all of this took effort - being active in decisions and movements.   it took confidence in myself, my skills, my qualities, and my friendships.  and oh, have there been adventures!  i'm making the most of my life here, every day, through Revels, through 18th Street Singers, through STUDIOS, through my friends, through my family, and most of all, through me. 

i'm thrilled to say that, for the second year running, i can look back at the last year and honestly say "i really love who i've become."  i never thought it would feel so good to say that, but it does.

does it pain me to know that all these wonderful feelings and events have happened because i chose to leave Jersey, and subsequently my family?  not in the slightest.  i actually think leaving was the best decision i've ever made.  and as the years are starting to pass here in DC, i'm more and more secure in the choice.  and now that my brother lives here, too?  i see my family more often than i ever thought i would, and i love that we get so much 'fun time' together.

i love living here.  i love working in this city.  i don't love being squished on the metro at 8am, but i love that i can get anywhere i want, either by car, train, bus or plane.  i love the small brick houses [and the townhouses, too] in virginia, and hope to own one [or the other] someday.  i love the huge Revels community, and how it's found me so many amazing friends, friends to last a lifetime and more.  i love that every time i turn around, there's another outlet for my creativity.  and i love that i've finally found a job that i could see myself at for a long time, learning new things every day, and it allows me to afford [in both time - well, mostly - and money] to have the life i want to lead.

so.

my resolutions for 2008?

• to continue being active and confident
• to trust my gut more, and not second guess myself (because i do make good decisions, dammit!)
  
• to always remember to live in the moment (and not dwell on the past)
  
• (and on that note) to "just be."

• oh.  and to put my laundry away, among other 'timely manner' things.

last year's word was hopeful.

i think the word of the year for 2008 should be boundless.

so many moments to love, laugh, cry, feel, soar, sing, and live.

the possibilities are endless.