Ain't a New Year w/o Some Resolutions

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I like resolutions, because I like goals. Goals give you self-competition which has has always worked for me. And I think the whole point of a New Year's Resolution is to make you a better version of yourself. You don't have to meet all your resolutions to do that, but if by the end of the year you're a better person than when you began, I think that's a win.

And let's face it, we all like winning. (If you don't, then you lose, and then you're happy anyway, so everyone goes home happy).

Last year I hit nearly all my resolutions. Which, might be a first.

I:
-Got a story published!
-Got into grad school!
-Read a lot (maybe not 50 books, but quite a bit and a lot of poems/short stories)
-Lost weight
-Wrote a lot (maybe no every day, but more than I ever have)

So for this year I have a few more resolutions
-Drink my coffee blacker
-Dance in the rain more
-Continue publishing
-Make $$ somehow off my writing (paid, winning a contest, or?)
-Make more mistakes
-Read 50 books
-Write all the time
-Laugh more

So am I better person now than I was this time last year? Yes. In a lot of different ways. Definitely, yes.