Is it cheesy to write New Years resolutions? in Diary

It felt good to get some cleaning done, finally, today. I spent the afternoon vacuuming between all but two of the windows in the house. Just the windows in my room are left to do, but I’ve decided to wait until tomorrow.

My mom and Tiffany came over to do their own cleaning and organizing and whatnot. I really like Tiffany. She seems like a very nice person. And she plays chess. I’ve had this glass chess set for years that I’ve never even taken out of the box. It’ll be nice to finally get some use out of it. I’m not much of a chess player, but this will give me an excuse to spend time with someone other than myself. Both she and my mom are coming again tomorrow as well, which of course I’m looking forward to.

I’m thinking of picking up my flute again and practicing every day like I used to. It always clears out the cobwebs from my mind and leaves me feeling calm and like I accomplished something worthwhile. Although what use is music, practically speaking? Maybe not much, maybe a lot. But for some reason it speaks to me and through me.

My goals for next year are as follows:

1- Dust off my novel and write every day until the first draft is finished.
2-Start exercising daily.
3-Start eating healthy.
4-Stop drinking.
5-Find a job that I enjoy.
6-Find someone special.
7-Play the flute every day and find a duet partner.
8-Read from an actual book daily.
9-Go back to school.

And that’s it. I tried to think of a 10th goal, but I can’t at the moment. I’ve been watching a lot of science and math related videos on youtube lately, and there was a professor who I found to be really inspiring named Cliff Stoll. He’s a real character, but I think watching so many of his videos reawakened my desire to learn. Sitting here in my room all day rotting and abusing my body is not what I want from life. It’s said you only live once, and if that’s the case I’d like my life to be a happy, satisfying one. Satisfaction is, to me, much more important than the simple emotion of happiness.

It’s been on my mind for a long time to start learning Japanese. I may attempt that over the course of the next year, too, though I don’t want to add it to my goals. So many people I’ve known in my life have spoken multiple languages, which always made me think, I want to be able to have that skill.

This entry has gone on for long enough, I think. I have a short attention span anyway, and I tend to go further and further off track from what I originally wanted to say the longer I ramble on. Take care everyone. I hope you are all well. Bye for now.