2012 Will Be My B*tch

Another year bites the dust. Like everyone else and their mother, I’ll of course try to exercise more and shop less, but those easy to make difficult to maintain goals won’t really be my focus next year. Think less resolution-y, more life changing.
   
My ability to create ideals of what my life should be like, in my head and then feeling horrible for not measuring up, has been a hobby of mine for a very long time. Lists like the one by Shane Watson don’t help either. I could blame society (and Facebook), but I won’t.

I’ve decided that along with 2011, I’ll also say goodbye to all those preconceived notions that have occupied my mind and led me to a steady diet of dissatisfaction and feeling like my future is nothing more than a series of either-or choices.
 
Instead I will create the life I’ve always wanted and make no apologies for it. 
 
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