So, last year I put a lot of thought into my resolutions. And I did really well. Making and keeping these resolutions is actually something I really look forward to! And I hope this year will turn out to be just as wonderful and successful and fun as last year did. So, without further ado, this is what I have in mind for 2013:
Professional Resolutions
– Get the initiation fee money together to claim the Actor’s Equity status I so proudly achieved last year. This is the year I finally go equity (I hope)!
– New headshots. Mine from 2008 just aren’t cutting it anymore. Go figure.
– Get my actor/director/educator website up and running. Finally. I think I’m the last theatre artist in existence without a website.
– Actually perform in a show this year. What a novel concept. Rightly so I’ve been focusing more on arts ed, which I love, for the past several years, but I’ll always enjoy acting too! So, I’ll be gutsy and aim for two – a play and a musical. Best of both worlds – education and acting.
– Continue lovin’ my job and working hard!
House & Home Resolutions
– I’d really like to live with my husband for more than 5 months this year. I think that’s a fair request. So, I’m aiming for at least six months this year….crazy, right!?
– Get a new living room furniture set, floor and desk lamps, and a new bedding set. It’s way past time for some upgrades from all our hand-me-downs.
– Build something together for our place – a pantry/armoire , new bookshelves to replace our old ones, an apartment patio garden – anything that gets us measuring and sawing and drilling and staining together again.
– Craft something cute and useful out of the 15 birch stumps I so desperately needed to have as table number holders for our wedding two years ago and have been carting across the country ever since. Surely I can, and should, make something awesome out of them.
Financial Resolutions
– Invest in, maintain, and grow a stock that is slated to do well in 2013 – better to risk and invest and play while you’re still young and can (kind of but not really) afford to do so, right?
– Add a certain amount of money to our 6-month emergency living expenses savings account.
– Save all our loose change for a full year and do something super awesome with it at the end of the year.
– Now that jobs and locations have changed we need to re-create a new, solid budget that allows us to have some dependable financial structure, live within our means, save money, and still afford the things we need and want to.
– Get our legal documents in order – wills, powers of attorney….all that difficult stuff.
Personal Resolutions
– Revamp this blog!! Really. Seriously. And for real.
– Start dancing again – tap, jazz, ballet…..all of it. But especially tap. I miss it.
– Volunteer for something once a month.
– Make our Cincinnati photo book on Blurb.
– Make an effort to stick to a regular exercise regimen regardless of the weather and how miserably cold and/or snowy it is outside. Oh, and drink more water.
– Read at least three scripts or books a month. At least.
– Practice makes perfect. I want to feel more comfortable driving in the snow and parallel parking, neither of which basically ever had to occur in Texas. Ever.
Travel Resolutions
– Take two in-state or near-state cheap and fun weekends of exploration/adventure, the likes of Niagara Falls, the Adirondacks, and NYC/Philly.
– Go to the Stratford Festival and Shaw Festival (both theatre festivals) in upstate NY and Canada! I’m so excited about this!!
– Scrape together the money and time to take one out-of-state vacation. On the top of my list are Palm Springs, Las Vegas, California for some girl time with my friend Rachel, and the Arizona desert! Decisions, decisions.
– Spend time with both sets of parents. We need to go to them, or they can come to see us. But either way, quality time with the parents is, as it always is, a priority.
– See one family cluster or family member we don’t usually see, like visiting my great aunt and uncle at their cabin in Wisconsin, or visiting my brother and his family in Virginia, or seeing Ted’s family in Jersey.
But, really…
– I want to go try more great food, drink more wine, go dancing more, read more books, see more theatre, dress up more, go on more dates with my husband, spend more time with my friends, and laugh more. I want to have more fun and appreciate this life and everything wonderful it offers! So this year I resolve to HAVE MORE FUN.
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So, there you have it! Resolutions. Let’s do this, 2013!!!
Best of luck with your 2013 resolutions. I enjoyed reading this. For me….. very simple but very necessary….. Enjoy each and every moment of every day. Be thankful for what I have and especially for the gift of life.