random new years resolutions/optimistic thoughts I've had about 2012:

• 2012 is going to be different. I am going to push myself harder than ever before. I am going to prove to myself that I can and will be successful, independent, and happy. I am going to learn more than I ever have, I am going to work more than I ever have, I am going to love more than I ever have, I am going to create more than I ever have, and I will dream just as much as I always have but with goals and actions backing them up. 
• Accept that I will never be the perfect girlfriend, but do everything in my power to make me a more supportive, loving, and understanding one than I was the previous year. 
• Accept that I will never be a perfect daughter and that in no way is it possible for me to impress my parents if I’m working towards a goal I am not passionate about. Take this and turn your life in the direction towards plans that will make you happier, motivated, and excited about learning.
• Not everything you need to know in life will be learned from a school course, or at work, or while sleeping- with this being said, go out and meet new people, read books, teach yourself, travel, and don’t sleep so much. 
• You don’t need half as many clothes as you have. Take the time to sort things into Keeps, Donate, Sell, and Trash piles. Make it possible that at any point you could easily condense what you absolutely need into a small enough amount you could move across the country. start knitting more {knit a blanket + infinite scarf}
• start reading more 
• start learning more 
• but take a break from school 
• figure out what you want to do with your life 
• find an internship or a job doing design work
• grow out your hair
• take a bus to new york city 
• bake something
• don’t work more than you want to 
• spend less- a lot less 
• establish california residency 
• update your blog regularly 
• buy your own domain 
• get another tattoo
• do 10 freelance projects for web design
• save money to spend on things have on the lust list that have been there for awhile: 
• iMac
• new bedding
• a desk/chair 
• curtains 
• pink and orange foldover clutch from seevivier

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