It's amazing how little has changed since I snapped this photo.
I have longer hair and different glasses.
I don't wear makeup as often.
My face may be a smidge pudgier.
It's also amazing how much has changed since I snapped this photo.
I am no longer working. (I think I took this before work.)
I am in school, and a few months away from graduation.
Jake and I have been living together for nearly a year.
I have (unfortunately) gained weight.
I now shoot a DSLR. My beloved PowerShot is MIA. (The search continues.)
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I posted this photo to remind me that unless I make a point to make change, they rarely happen.
Sure, the above list of things that have changed might outweigh the list of things that haven't, but that all the more serves to prove my point.
I am no longer working because I made a decision to leave a job I hated and was curbed in.
I am in school because I made the decision to stop just talking about it.
Jake and I have been living together by chance, but there were a lot of decisions we made along the way.
Gaining weight is partially my fault; a health condition contributes a great deal to an increased difficulty to lose weight.
I also did not make sure I knew where my PowerShot was, so its misplacement is my fault as well.
I have goals for this year, like anyone else. (This year, I even gave myself a week to figure out what I wanted them to be.)
1: Get healthier. This means continue drinking more water than soda (a goal I started last year), take my pills faithfully (something I have not been great at lately), exercise regularly, eat healthy (something I have been trying to do anyway), and take better care of myself. I need to go to sleep when I'm tired, take vitamins to supplement my diet, not stay up so late, and moisturize, moisturize, moisturize. (My skin is so horribly dry most of the year.)
2: Set a life plan. Set some goals in common with my man in motion, timeline-wise at least.
3: Read more books. I am already one down, and am working on another. I have three more books checked out from the library, and I found four more of my to-read books for cheap at a thrift store today. One of the classes I'm taking is Masterpieces of Literature After 1600, which means I'll be reading more for that, too.
4: Sell some crafts. My mom and her friend have been feverishly making some baby bibs to sell. There are plans in the works for other things, too, that I can be a part of. I'm going to help my mom's friend design purses and bags to sell. I'm also going to make cards & bookmarks to sell. There are a bunch of other crafts that are percolating as well.
5: Sell some prints and get my art out there. The craft show that my mom and her friend and going to is a great opportunity to display and sell some of my artwork. Have some prints ready to take home; be available to take custom orders. Maybe have a photo book or two available for customers to browse and order. (Even if I don't sell any books, I will have a copy of my work for the last few years!) I'll also need more business cards for this. Hmm...
6: Eat more leftovers. I threw away three dishes of leftovers from our fridge today. One was a single serving, but the other two were doubles. No me gusta.
7: Save some money. That means making some money.
I cannot forget what these goals are or why I have set them for myself.
Forgetting them is the one way to make sure they don't happen.
