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Jan 02

Things I Promise Myself This Year

Resolutions. They are meant to be broken. So here are a list of things I promise myself, not necessarily resolutions, that I will either do or stay faithful to this year.

  • Read at least one book a month.
  • Take at least one photo a day and upload it.
  • Never go more than a day without writing a blog or journal.
  • Learn conversational Italian.
  • Refresh my French.
  • Keep all of my theater ticket stubs.
  • Watch at least 10 movies a week.
  • Write at least 15,000 words of fiction a month.
  • Write at least 5 film reviews a month.
  • Get accepted into a film critic organization.
  • Finish my degree.
  • Find ‘it’.
  • Let myself go.
  • Be happy.

    This list could easily grow, but before I put “Finish list of things I’m going to do” on my things I’m going to do list, I am going to stop. Can I keep up with all these things? I don’t know… but this is the year I retake the control of my own life. Surely I can resolve myself to accomplish these few and minor things. Surely…