New Year's Resolutions

It's now 2006 and with the new year comes New Year's resolutions and this year I've come up with quite and few and I hope to keep them as the year progesses on.

My first resolution is to continue to meet new people. As I meet new peopole, I'm exposed to different ideas or subjected to new experiences. Although not every idea or experience is a positive one, It's still a learning experience regardless. Last year I've had the pleasure of meeting all sorts of wonderful people and had a blast hanging out with them or talking with them online. Yes, some people I only knew for a short while or hung out with them once, but it was still an experience that I cherished; whetehr it be trying new foods, going to new places, or introduced to a new point of view. Also, from all the new people I meet I can meet ohter people and who knows maybe one of these new people could be the "one" or could help guide me on my path closer to my dreams. Also, think of how I could positively affect someone's life by sharring my experiences or talents. You never know!

My next resolution kinda goes hand in hand with the new people, but I want to contine to be social and go out more etc.....For years I've been so focused on my work and often missed out on parties, trips, and other social gatehrings because I just HAD to work. I've started to lighten up a bit and participate in more social activities with my friends the previous year and this year I want to continue that trend. Although I do understand the importance of work and making a living to pay the bills etc.......I just need to work on that fine ballance of work and play.

When I find that perfect ballance between work and play, I'm gonna concentrate on my next resolution which is to save more money. As most of you know, I have a dream to go to cosmetology/barber school and that isn't cheap. In order for me to go, I do need to save up more money. Yes, I could just go for it now, but that would totally wipe out my savings and since I have other "adult" expenses such as mortgage, utilities, auto insurance, etc I can't afford to make such a big risk just yet.

Although I need to save $ for school, I also need to use this money I save up for my next resultion and that is to go celluar. I've realized in this day and age, it's important to have a cell phone becayse it's the best way to be connected to everyone I know and love and If I'm ever in an emergency or lost I can easily call someone. I've been in a few situations last year that could have been avoided if I had only had a cell phone. For example, when I lost my car at the Arundel Mills parking lot or when I was comming home from a date in Fairfax, VA and got lost in DC and got myself even more lost looking for a pay phone to call someone to get directions out of the city. LOL

Well, I think that's it for my new year's resolutions. I believe I'll be albe to keep them and I might come up with some new ones as the year progresses onward. Much like the previous year's worth of blogs, I'm sure the story will unfold on this site : )