Happy New Year!

Perhaps its a bit late to jump on the New Year's contemplation bandwagon, as we are already four days in to 2015. So far, my husband and I have been really working towards our goals. Yeah, we've also jumped on the bandwagon of focusing on them as goals instead of resolutions, which we truly did start before the year was over. We've been to the gym twice this week and we've seen my parents a few times already.

There have been countless articles on HuffPost or, eh, BuzzFeed among many others regarding making "resolutions" or goals as a couple. Even though we spent the entirety of 2014 married, I'm not sure we really had one other than to have a happy first year of marriage. Despite some financial setbacks among other things, I'd say that 2014 had done right by us. It's time to take 2015 by the reigns, though.

On my very favorite advice podcast, My Brother, My Brother, and Me, the brothers McElroy name something each year as a theme to live by. Well, vaguely, anyway. It's more of just a big long goof that goes on for a long while. They haven't decided on the name of 2015, though 20-Grift-teen has been a popular one for them. For me? I'm not so much into stealing shit as I am making myself better or whatever.

This, my friends, is the year 20Christine.

Oh?

Lame?

Yeah, probably. But this is my year. This year, despite simply rhyming with my name, is the year I will 1. get an internship 2. teach a bunch of summer camps 3. finish my mall documentary (I actually am quite close on this) 4. get healthy 5. be NICE to myself, dammit 6. refine my spiritual life 7. GRADUATE!

These are my goals but they're more than that. They are the things I have been chasing and I have spent too long waddling around in the mire of self doubt to not freakin' take charge of my life already. Did you know I'm 27? TWENTY SEVEN. There are so many things I want to do and see and be before I decide on one thing. I know people will say that I am being "indecisive" or perhaps even "immature" but you can keep those stinky words for yourself.

This is my life. This is how I'm going to live. It's going to be beautiful.