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Last year, I made a handful of resolutions and then quickly forgot about them 
. Whoops! Surprisingly, even with being absentminded, I still managed to follow through with a few of my resolutions and thought it would be interesting to revisit them. Here goes!
1. Learn to be more comfortable in my skin, even if that means accepting my dorky side.
I’m not quite sure what exactly I meant by this but I have become more comfortable with myself in the past year. A lot of my personal growth can be attributed to meeting new people and saying “yes” to almost everything I’ve been invited to (lesson learned from MWF Seeking BFF…). Putting myself in different situations had not only exposed me to new things, people, and places but it has also helped solidify who I am. I wouldn’t say I’m 100% confident but I’ve definitely made a lot of progress.
2. Create and cook at least one thing each week (meal, snack, etc). I love making recipes from blog-land but I feel like I use them as a crutch sometimes. I want to be more creative in 2012.
Bahahaha. Fail. Actually, I’m 100% okay with this fail because in 2012 I realized that (1) I’m a cook not a chef, meaning that I am really great at following a recipe but not so good at coming up with one on my own and (2) I don’t really have time to fiddle around in the kitchen creating a recipe. I suppose that I could make time to do so but it’s honestly not a priority and I am a-OK with that. I’d much rather spend my time cooking other people’s delicious recipes! Maybe one of my 2013 goals should be to take down the “Recipe” page on my blog .
3. Complete a triathlon. I’ve run a lot of races and have focused much of my training on marathons but I think that after Boston, a little change up will be fun.
Well, I didn’t actually run Boston BUT I did finish not one, but two triathlons. I enjoyed them so much that I even bought my own road bike! [Aside: I'd like my tan back]
4. Spend more time doing things I love and less time doing things I think I should do. Life is just too short to sit on the sidelines!
I think this resolution went hand-in-hand with my first one. In 2012 I tried new things and put myself in new and exciting situations more often than I have in the past. I also finished my MPH so I had more time to do fun things and had fewer obligations (homework). Along with these changes, my mentality shifted and I was much more focused on living in the moment and less obsessed with doing the things I thought I should do to plan for the future. It made for a fun year!
5. Be good to my parents- I would love to take my mom on a short trip/ adventure this year. She’s always been so good to me, why shouldn’t I be good to her?
This didn’t really happen although I did go to Boston with my mom and I went home/my mom came to Chicago a fair amount this past summer and fall. I would have loved to take my mom on a trip but after graduating and coming to grips with the debt from my MPH along with the job market, it just made sense to save the money. Plus, my mom got a new puppy which made travel during the summer difficult. I think and hope that I was good to my parents, but I don’t think that making a resolution about it was really necessary- I would have been good to them no matter what.
I’ve been considering making resolutions for next year but I’m not completely sold on the idea yet. If I do, I’ll be sure to post them early next week so that I can look back on them next year when I inevitably forget I made resolutions!
Did you make New Year’s resolutions for 2012? If so, how did you do? Did you forget them like I did?
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That is a great list, and you did really well! I am laughing at the recipe page comment, and the cooking one, because I can barely follow a recipe and cooking is not my forte either
I didn’t make resolutions! I am really bad at goals! Oops?
kilax recently posted..Random Thoughts Thursday XXVII [15]
I’m actually the sane way as far as cooking. I wanted to try and create many more new recipes but in the same theory figured out that I was not a chef. I’m not making New Year’s Resolutions because I know I’ll forget about them ha ha
HollieisFueledByLOLZ recently posted..Christmas Musings
You did a great job despite forgetting!!!
Katie @ Livehalffull recently posted..Elf for Health Gratitude Challenge
HAHAHA the recipe page sentence is cracking me up…and I think you know why
Goodness, I love you so much and am SO happy we became such good friends. You can never escape me now…Maybe our 2013 resolution should be to move in together and spend every waking moment together…?
kelsey recently posted..WOOT! It’s Friday!
You did a great job! Haha I do the same – make goals and then totally forget about them, but I usually end up hitting some anyway. Sounds like 2012 was a good year (obviously it was since you started hanging out with me…).
Congrats on finishing not one, but two tri’s! Not sure if that’s one of my goals for 2013, but it’s definitely one I want to accomplish in the long term!
Ha I always forget my resolutions. I need to tape them to my door or something this year!
Jess @ JessieBear What Will You Wear recently posted..Treats n’ sweets
Im not very into resolutions but I try to set some goals each year fitness wise. I would probabyly forget about my list by February anyways lol. Looks like you still accomplished a lot in 2012. Heres to lucky 13!
Katie @ Katie Moves recently posted..2012 Recap
I’m starting to think I am too, I forget about them so quickly and I really don’t want to take the next step and post my goals around my apartment. Ha.
You do have your waffle recipes though!
Thanks, Katie!
Sounds like a plan!
Of course!
You should, they’re so much fun and the environment is really relaxed so it’s easy for newbies to feel comfortable!
Good idea!
Thanks, Katie! I’m thinking of just setting fitness goals this year too. We shall see
Sounds like a good year. I like setting goals that help me focus on what I really want to do/achieve in the upcoming year. I try to make the specific things I can check off a list, instead of vague stuff like “do more yoga.” Also I love the focus on doing things you love vs. things you feel you should do. The older I get the more I realize I need to stop wasting time on the “should” and focus on what I enjoy.
My resolutions were waay too vague for 2012. I’m planning on doing exactly what you said for 2013, coming up with a few goals that are much more tangible. It’ll be more rewarding when I get to the end of the year.
Great list, looks like you were able to accomplish many of your 2012 yearly goals. I loved the one about taking your mom somewhere. Now that I’m older I really want to “pay back” (not literally) my parents for everything they have done for me. I want to gift them a cruise or something along those lines, but I know they would freak out haha.
Irina @ Chocolatea Time recently posted..Flashback Friday: Ghosts of New Year’s Eve Past
you had great NY-resolutions!
I really like making new years goals and trying to conquer them, but I always forget about them by June
I’m so excited for 2013!!
I hope you’re having a great weekend!
xoxo!
Lizzy recently posted..2012 recap: the RACES!
I know exactly what you mean!
Thanks, Lizzy- you too!