With every New Year, people want to make changes. People vow to lose weight, exercise and over crowd the gyms for the first two weeks of January. Others make promises to pay off credit cards, save money and stop buying a new pair of shoes every week. Well, I already go to the gym, I only have one credit card and my indulgence is lipstick (which is significantly cheaper than a pair of shoes). So, I usually decide to make big changes with every New Year.
Let's go back to 2008. When I woke up on January 1, I decided it was time to end a relationship. Some people might think that's quite horrible to do to someone on New Year's Day, but trust me, this was one toxic relationship. That year, my so-called "New Years resolution" was to be happy by myself again. It worked, and it was an amazing decision.
As 2009 came, I decided to leave my job as a reporter for a small town newspaper to work in advertising. The reporting job was amazing, but I had grown out of the city, which had a population of 2,600. I moved back to my college town and formed relationships that I know will last forever. Oh, and when I ran into my high school love during the New Year's festivities, I told him how much I still cared. Well, that didn't go so well, and it's a good thing too ... I never would have fit in as a California resident!
I celebrated the beginning of 2010 by dancing with my partner in crime while wearing sequins and high heels that were made for sitting in. When I woke up the next morning with swollen feet, I realized that my job wasn't really going anywhere and I wasn't ready to do the Midwestern 'get married and start a family' thing, so I decided I was going to move. I had two choices, Chicago or New York City. I saved money like I was planning on retiring at age 28, and in April I realized that Chicago was just not in my heart. So, that left NYC. I found roommates on Craigslist and moved to Brooklyn with my two suitcases in June. Now, that was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I've found a job, met amazing people and decided to take up go go dancing.
Now, as I rang in 2011 at my favorite little hang out, I realized I'm happy and content here. That means that this year I'll be bothering as many newspaper and magazine editors as I can, I'll fight for a go go stage and I'll have fun.
Basically, it comes down to this. When you wake up on New Years Day, follow your instincts ... not the resolutions of 90 percent of the American population. And, my instincts are telling me this is going to be a great year ... even though I did wake up with candle wax in my hair. At least I didn't start my hair on fire. See … great year ahead.
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