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obligatory new year post

I will restate, for the record, that New Year's is my all time favorite holiday. I love the idea of fresh starts and new beginnings and change on the horizon and all that jazz. This year, however, I opted out of celebrating the whole thing. Saturday night I got together with a pack of old high school buddies and partied it up at the bar, leaving me in no shape to do the same the following evening (not that I really wanted that sort of entre in to 2007 anyway). I entered into 2007 in a manner befitting the old lady I am becoming--snug as a bug in my jammers asleep in bed. Bo-ring, but NICE.

Much like Laurie over at Crazy Aunt Purl, I like the year to have some sort of theme. The last year has been about retying the knots that hold me together. For 2007 I hope to keep those threads all looped into a cohesive fabric (can you tell I've still got knitting on the brain 24/7?), but not through the isolation I found so comforting in 2006. So here's a list of my 2007 goals, written in the irritatingly condescending first person to myself:

Find a balance between keeping up with friends and not feeling overbooked. Do this by finding group events that don't make you crazy since you have too many people in your life to keep up with everyone individually leaving you feeling overbooked. Embrace the fact that you have "too many friends". Lady, it could be a lot worse. You could be all alone.

Step One, Get Date. For reals, yo. The interminable singleness has been a good thing, but it is time to at least contemplate attempting to open up again.

Remember your budget? You should pay attention to that--it is a good thing. Remember that someday you want to buy a house.

Lastly, keep on keeping on. You are doing good work on being the person you want to be. Get your butt off the sofa (sometimes) and live a little.

Posted by amy at 12:34 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

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