New Year, New Me . . . blah blah blah

It’s 2012 . . . I spent New Year’s Eve in sweats playing a board game with my son.  Considering how this year went for me, this wasn’t a bad way to end 2011.

So normally I come up with lofty goals for the new year (win the lottery) and create these over ambitious resolutions (lose 30 pounds and look like Kate Winslet) . . . not this time.

2012 is just another year, another continuance of my life and while I typically vow to eat healthier (let’s ignore the fact that I ate my weight in leftover holiday party mix an hour ago), exercise more (to my credit I refused the elevator and walked up five flights of stairs earlier today at the local science museum), save money, spend less . . . spend more time on “me” . . . etc., etc.

The truth is most of my past resolutions are goals that are ongoing self-improvement . . . I constantly strive for them and while I sometimes fail . . . they’re the types of goals that don’t need a new year to suddenly be declared.  I’m mindful of them and continue to work towards them regardless of the new year holiday.

Realistically??  There’s only one goal I have this year . . .

This goal [surprisingly] does not involve my court battle with the ex, which honestly should probably be added to the constant goals since we’re going on two years of litigation . . . but I digress . . .

My one goal for 2012 is to pass the bar exam.

Of course, before I can even try for this goal I need to graduate from law school and fill out and meet the requirements of the monster application process (can’t wait to explain my two years of litigation with the ex on that one) but those are just details . . .

The truth is I’m really scared I’m not going to pass.  The pass rate in my state is high (as in 93-98% for the past few years) but that’s no guarantee that I’ll be successfull, I’ll be trying to study while working full-time, parenting my son full-time . . . and I’ll be honest, I lack in discipline when it comes to studying.

So that’s it . . . my only 2012 resolution . . .

Well there is one other resolution, in my “silly category”, that’s to drink better beer.  It looks weird when I type this just as weird as it sounds when I told a few people the other week but that’s the truth.  I don’t go out much and when I do I always order Miller Lite which has caused me much grief from friends and family.  I’m constantly reminded that I graduated from college years ago, have a professional job and am in a graduate program, so why do I still drink the swill?

So my secondary resolution is to try better beer when I go out, I even downloaded an app to help me . . . based on my Miller Lite palette the only recommendation this app is giving me is Michelob Ultra . . . I think I’ll need to rely on friends for recommendations on this one . . .

And to help me with my ongoing goals, I got this 2012 calendar . . .

Happy 2012!

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