In the End, it Looks Like We Always Get a Chance to Start Over Again...

2011 is quickly drawing to a close. It's true what they say about the older you get the faster the time goes. This year flew by. When I started thinking back over the year, I sort of started to get a little depressed. It didn't seem like to much has changed from this time last year. We're still in Monterey and I still work at Old Navy. Where I am today seems a lot like where I was a year ago. Has life stagnated so much already? Did I really do nothing this last year that strikes emotion or pride or even stand out as remotely interesting?? How sad...
But then I got to thinking: stuff did happen this year. I turned 21 (not in the way I imagined though; we celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary in San Francisco; I had a couple of girlfriends to actually hang out with in the beginning of the year; I got my hunting license; I shot a gun for the first time; I went kayaking for the first time; I welcomed a new baby nephew; I flew for the first time; went to Chicago for the first time. I also gained enthusiasm for fitness and started rethinking my health and fitness lifestyle. I've also accustomed more to being a wife and living on our own. Maybe not major or exciting things, but this year hasn't been a waste.
Mulling over this past year of course got me thinking of the year to come. The year has the makings of being an eventful one. Ty will graduate in July and he'll go to Texas. While he's there, I'll most likely go back home. So, bye bye Monterey. I love Monterey, but I'm ready to get somewhere where we know we're going to be for awhile. There's been nothing but uncertainty here. After Texas, we'll move across the country again, this time to the opposite coast. There's going to be a lot of moving and starting over in a little amount of time. And these are only the things that I know are going to happen.
I have a lot I want to accomplish this year, as I do every year. I know everyone sets resolutions that they don't actually keep, but I'm making goals. I want to do more and make more of this year than I did 2011. I want to make everyday full.
Here's the list I have so far:

• Apply to a college
• Get financial aid for said college
• Learn more/Do more with my photography
• Journal
• Read a book every two weeks
• Spend less time on the internet
• Take more chances
• Try new things
• Stop saying no
• Read the Bible more regularly 
• Do more with my time
• Start saving for kids
• Eat cleaner
• Limit alcohol intake to 1 glass of wine a week
• 1 splurge day a month
• Workout 5-6 days a week
• Get stronger: work with heavier weights
• Go hiking more
• Learn to run
• Be able to run a 5k without stopping no matter how slow
• Then start working on speed
• Be proud and love my body

This is my list. I'm sure there's more I want to do, but I think this is a start. :)
What are some of your resolutions or goals for the coming year?
*I will do a traditional "Christmas" and vacation post once I get home and can actually fit my memory card into a computer to upload pictures. :/*