A New Years Resolution

On January 4th, 2007, I wrote a note with a new years resolution, and I was a hell of a different person then.

On that day, I weighed 214 pounds, and I hoped to weigh 164 pounds by today. Well, quite frankly, it'd didn't happen.

But that's a good thing. Two years ago my doctor told me I should be at 160 pounds. Two years ago, I was two years younger, and in that time I've grown. I currently weigh between 180 and 190 pounds, I'd give you an exact number if the batteries in my scale weren't dead. And I'm perfectly happy at that weight. The unfortunate thing about diets is they're never really over, and I've been terrible with the month of December: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years = lots of food. So I guess I need to watch what I'm eating some more. But the fact of the matter is, I'm under no pressure to lose weight anymore. And that, my friends, is an awesome thing. I've lost about 50 pounds. Every pound is worth it.

I was texting one of my friends on New Years Day, and she asked me what my New Years Resolution for this year was. I froze there for a second - I didn't have one. So my first instinct was to put "exercise and get a six pack", because that is my next goal with my diet (well, at least exercise), but I'm not under the same pressure I was before. So I thought about it some more, and came up with my 2008 New Years Resolution: to keep in contact with all of my friends after I go to college.

They say that more people are alive today then have been alive in the history of the world otherwise. I'm not statistician yet, so I can't really evaluate that. But I can apply it to myself - I've made more new friends this year than I ever thought I would. So many awesome people - you know who you are. And some of them are real gems.

And of course, I've become even better friends with a lot of friends I already had, and acquaintances I'd already made. It's been a crazy year, and this new one will be the same.

So as I go into 2008, I keep my friends by my side, and my goals in mind - yes, each and every one of hundreds.