I know it's been a long time since I've blogged, and it's not like there hasn't been a lot to blog about, I just kind of dropped the ball on blogging. The fall was really hard for me. I had a hard September: I hated my job, I cried every day, I fell into a bit of a depression. But October really turned things around. I got a new job that I love, I've made friends, so that really helped turn my attitude around. I'm now much happier, and we are both really starting to feel at home here in Florida.
With 2012 beginning, I started to think about how awesome 2011 was to us, finally getting Matt a job, moving to Florida, meeting new friends, and I decided I wanted to set some goals for 2012. Not the typical Resolution of losing weight and getting in shape (those are pretty much given until I lose weight and get in shape), but some other goals that I really want to try and make happen this year.
It's no secret that Matt and I want to start our family this year, so I guess that's our big goal. Become ready to let a baby join our family. We want to be both emotionally ready and financially stable, so that's a good goal to have at the beginning of this year.
Another goal I have has to do with my writing. I would like to make my writing profitable. So my goals come in 3 parts for this one. 1) I would like to finish writing my novel that I wrote for NaNoWriMo this year. That includes writing the last 1/4, and completing the editing process. 2) I am going to focus on writing more short stories, beginning with working on a short story for a contest the Nerdfighter community is putting on beginning this spring. 3) Finish the fanfiction that I started almost 2 years ago. My fans demand me finish it, and I know this doesn't go with making my writing profitable, it's something fun, and I love getting the feedback from my friends/fans/readers. All of these goals will culminate with me either A) Sending things out in the attempt to get published or B) Self-publishing on Amazon
Another goal is to blog more. I find it relaxing and fun to just put things out there for everyone to read. I want to try to post a blog here twice a month, if not more.
And finally my last goal for 2012 is to become closer to all the friends we are making down here. I would like to get to know them all better and become close to them.
There you have it, my New Year's Resolutions. I'm looking forward to 2012 to become a great year, and if I realize even half of these things, I think I would be a happy person :)
