Resolutions for 2011

So, I don't know if this is just me, but with six remaining in 2010, I have been thinking a lot about my resolutions for the new year. We already have a thread for YWS resolutions, here, but this thread can contain just general goals, either about writing or how you want to grow and change and become a better person.

Here are a few of mine. This is an incomplete list and will change as I think of more.

Spoiler

-- Edit Into the Depths and get to a point where I am satisfied with it

-- Be more grateful for I what I have in life and not spend so much time being jealous of other people

-- Get a job when I turn 15 in the summer and can work

-- Eat Less junk food / swap for healthier choices

-- Don't spend money so carelessly

-- Go to the gym at least once a week

-- Get all As in a semester / study more, harder

-- Stretch for 5 min before bed every other night

-- Write on a regular basis / participate in and finish NaPo/NaNo

(in no particular order:)

- Write more.
- Start viewing myself in a better light.
- Keep my room clean for real. I "do" this every year, but alas.
- Graduate.
- Get in university.
- Submit to YWLJ.
- Be positive and optimistic all the time, not just most of the time.
- Be more confident.
- Something else.

Oooohers....let's think:

--- Finish reading Into the Depths because I intend to keep my promise and because it's the awesomest story EVER!
--- Finish the last few pages of the school website before the end of winter break.
--- Finish the YWS 2010 Yearbook website on time.
--- Submit to the YWLJ
--- Finish editing my own NaNo novel.
--- Review more.
--- Write a good poem.
--- Make the A honor roll at least once more.
--- Have more fun!

I see myself keeping one of those. Haha!

- Study
- Do well in my BSQ
- Finish at least a few of those files in my "Unfinished" folder
- Win a few subject prizes
- Stop gossiping
- Stop biting my nails
- Be more confident for heading out into the big bad world by myself in the autumn

-Stella x

--Frequent the poetry board on my other writers' forum
--Read more first chapters of books (Because if I start reading, then I'll keep reading for hours. But if I don't start...)
--Become a better conversationalist
--Better my posture
--Get my German back up to speed in time for study abroad!
--Be one of those obnoxious students who asks questions in class
--Eat cereal for dinner less

--Rewrite Rebirth, implementing the writing style I didn't have when I wrote it the first time, and everything I've learned about writing since. Attempt to complete this before my birthday.
--Draw more.
--Write Kiss of Death either alongside Rebirth or after it.
--Find time to write that unnamed story of mine (name it too).
--Get an A, or at least a B, in a Maths test.
--Become better in hockey, that is, concentrate in the middle of a match. Also improve my fitness so I get less tired during said match.

Woop! Resolutions that I'm bound not to stick to!

- Finish Stop and Stare, the novel I'm writing at the moment. If I don't, I'll kick my own face.
- Do much better in maths...
- Actually start reading things. I haven't read a novel since May.
- Do well in my mock GCSE exams.
- Mature a tad bit.
- Grow my hair.

~ Skins

1. Become stage manger for Oliver 2011
2. Finish Harlot
3. Maybe pass my math and bio exams? That'd be nice
4. Memorize every song on the Cardology album--->annoy parents
5. Do/Win FAWM.

(Not including my YWS resolutions)

1) Actually study for GCSEs and then -
2) Pass GCSEs with A/A* grades
3) Choose and get into a good sixth form/college
4) Run a half-marathon in March and October
5) Participate in the Hellespont swim from Europe to Asia
7) Stop worrying so much, and therefore sleep better.
Do NaNoWriMo
9) Learn to deal with disappointment. The coming year is most likely going to involve sixth form rejections and exam failures, so I need to be able to get over that and not let it break me.
10) Sit up straight

1. Not keep studying work until the end.
2. Get good grades. (Well, I don't want a B. A/S, please.)
3. Try not to get too annoyed at one particular prof to the point of not answering in class.
4. Try internships.
5. NaNoWriMo! (Let's see!)
6. EXERCISE. IMPORTANT.
7. Become a bit more tolerant of certain things.
8. Work like a nut on my projects.
9. Start preparing for GRE. Again, IMPORTANT.

Well I havn't really though about it so this is completely random.

I want to learn to control my texting craze.
I want to not be so addicted to ramen.
I want to start drawing like a crazy person.
I want to become a better poet.
I want to start reading again.
I want to make many new friends on here.
Hmm I want to decide whether to keep my hair long or short.
I want to not have to make so many decisions.....

-Flow-

1. Get a full-time job
2. Complete both of my novels to publishing-worthy-ness
3. Get an agent
4. Save money
5. Meditate more
6. Start on the sequel to my first novel
7. Visit a Buddhist centre
8. Get my second tattoo
9. Go abroad
10. Improve my swimming stamina/technique/be better at it somehow

1. Finish at least one novel. Completely.
2. Enter more writing competitions.
3. Improve my French by a lot.
4. Excel at my classes.
5. Make at least one new, good friend.

This is what I have so far.
o.o I didn't realize it was so long. Apologies.

1.Write more. Write something everyday. Be it a paragraph long journal entry or fifteen pages of a fictious endeavor.
2.Finish my novel Holding the Devil's Hand.
3.Re-title said novel.
4.Fix said novel's horrid ending.
5.Become a better cook.
6.Stop being such a picky eater.
7.Participate in YWS more. More posts, more friends, more reviews.
8.Review two items a week. (until I get better. Once I get better, three to four times)
9.Read many, many books. No matter how busy one is, one always has time for books.
10.Do everything in my power to make A's and B's in my final semester of HS.
11.Become a better person.
12.Actually keep my room clean; by extension, my house.
13.Learn better grammer! D<
14.Stop worrying about everything.
15.Branch out. In everything. Dance, friends, hobbies, food. Everything.
16.Don't hold back or be afraid because I am standing out.
17.Save money. Save much money. I might need it one day.
18.Learn at least six new card games.
19.Actively participate in Yoga or some other relaxing hobby.
20.Apologize.
21.Practice your art.
22.Catch up on my French. Work on it. Become fluent. (eh...fluent-ish)

My new years resolution is to stop letting my past hurt me and realize in whatever way it shaped me. I may have made mistakes but I finally got up from them and it's time to move on and not be hurt by what I did during my breakdown.