What's in store for 2011?

As the year is just beginning, reading for classes is being pushed aside, New Years Resolutions are being broken, and exercise is not happening much.  But you want to know something?  I don't care!  Life is made to live as carefree as we choose. (Okay, maybe that's not necessarily true, there are some rules and guidelines we need to follow, but I feel like the choices I'm making are still good.)

I've decided that yearly goals, no matter how simple they are, are unrealistic.  I've decided to switch to keeping just daily goals.  I just need to keep moving forward one day at a time.  Such as today.  Today my goal is to get some class reading out of the way and to save some PowerPoint slides from a class to a thumb drive.  That is all.  Maybe that doesn't sound to you like I'm really accomplishing much, but I've just got to start small.  Eventually my goals will be more like "exercise for an hour" or "finish my 12-page paper" or whatever needs to be done.

I do have a couple of things I really want to accomplish this year though.  One is to become a healthier person.  Not thinner, not more muscular, not more active.  Just healthier.  I am attempting to make small steps to that goal as well.  I'm trying to get more vegetable incorporated into my meals.  I'm trying to eat more variety.  And I'm parking farther away from store buildings and stuff so I have to walk just a little farther each day.  There's a lot to do, but step by step, it can be done!

Alright, now the big thing I want to change this year... you can probably guess what it is already.  I need to be more social.  (Okay, maybe not exactly what you were guessing.)  I'm not going to say "I want a boy" this year... I just want to become more social - talk to more people (guys and girls), and get OUT of my apartment more.  I need friends.  And I just want to let guys know that I am available and interested.  I'm not saying I need a boyfriend, but I do want to get out on dates.

Speaking of which... :)  This Saturday I have to go to a Bishop's Date Night thing.  (You may have already read about that).  Anyway, I'm going with this guy named Robert who is in my FHE group.  He's a pretty nice guy and always makes dumb puns about my name . . . which are usually funnier than what I typically hear.  Usually it's stuff like "Hey Charity, where are Faith and Hope? haha"  or "Charity never faileth!"  But his are pretty funny. 

I've got another couple of dates lined up as well.  My cousin is trying to set me up on a blind date, but apparently everyone (including my sister) already knew about it before I was told.  Ha.  Who knows how that will work out... hopefully it will be fun!  I don't really know anything about the guy, except for the fact that he is an RM, and that he's my cousin's brother-in-law.  And, that's about it.

Then there's the Girls' Choice Dinner for the ward.  And they're trying to get all the guys to it, so pretty much all of the girls have to ask a guy.  So I have to go through that whole Date Night deciding again.  Who to take to this one?  Probably another guy from my old FHE group...

And one more guy to mention today:  a guy I worked with at Disneyland.  We'll call him Tim.  When I was out there I had a bit of a crush on him.  He's not at all the typical guy I go for, but he always made me laugh and was pretty nice to me.  But he had his flaws - pretty major flaws that I won't discuss right now, it's not my place.  Anyway, when I was out there he would invite me to parties and other hang outs, but I never went.  I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty scared of the California scene.  When I lived out there I lived in my own Disney bubble.  Disney is still all I know out there.  Anyway, when I got back to Utah he and I had been texting when we each found out the crush was mutual.  He had liked me too!  So I had been kicking myself for not saying anything back then, but I realized it wouldn't have been a good thing for us.  For either of us.  But now we've been talking, and he wants to go on a "casual date" whenever I get the chance to make it out to Disneyland for vacation.  Is that a bad thing?  I think it would be so fun!  And it would give us both a chance to see how compatible we really are out of work.  We'll see how that goes.

So other than guys, this should be a great year for me.  I have other plans that I want to come through.  I want to work this summer all day everyday!  (With my favorite cousin and wolverette, Crystal!)  I really want to just work and save all my money so I don't have to get a job while I'm in school.  I'll be able to focus on studies and a social life.  That sounds great to me!
I also want to go back out to Disneyland for the College Program again.  (This has nothing to do with Tim, I just LOVE Disney!)  I think it would be so good for me.  I want to get involved in other aspects of the Disney team.  I want to work in other areas - attractions, photopass, or something else that is more Disney-oriented than foods.  And the next time I head out there I want to get more involved.  I want to experience everything that there is to offer.  I want to visit other parks (Six Flags, SeaWorld, etc).  I want to do some more backstage exploring.  I want to get to know the "friends" of the characters and see what people love about being part of the entertainment area. 

There is so much I want to get done in 2011!  And I have the means of accomplishing it all.  It's all in my own hands, it's just the matter of self-control and self-motivation.  Can I get this to happen??  YES!