rock 2009.

i've never been good with new year's resolutions. i'd always put off trying to stop procrastinating. i couldn't stay away from coffee. i'd hold on to things, feelings, memories when i was supposed to move on. i'd pile on old baggage that got heavier to carry. at the end of every year, i'd be miserable because i wasn't close to keeping every resolution.

so i stopped making them because it didn't make any sense to welcome a new year with the same old resolutions. i resolved only to do one thing each year.

live life.

those two words sound better than a litany of worn out resolutions. and they always bring something new and exciting each year - the ups and downs, the setbacks and success, the fun and the flops, the mistakes and the lessons, the wonderful and the worst - making me stronger/wiser/bolder/saner/crazier/nicer/happier/more grateful.

i made this collage in my organizer last year. rock 2008. it reminded me to make 2008 count. i pasted cut-out words and phrases i liked, adding some more as the year went on. i didn't think of them as resolutions, more like different ways for me to rock the next 12 months.

travel.
be more active.
indulge in your inner child.
read.
no time? make some.
stop cramming.
love.
new tunes.
watch gigs.
explore.
pick up a new skill or craft.
eat healthy.
dream.
kick start some change.
happy days.
live life.

i like how they made my 2008 rock, i'm keeping them for my new organizer. and of course, add some more because now, it's time to rock 2009.