So I purposefully avoided the whole New Year’s Resolutions thing. Every time I’ve ever done them before, I usually fail. And why set yourself up for failure?

But that’s not to say I haven’t been thinking about it. Because of course I have. I think back on all the things I said I’d do last year, and all the goals I’d set. It’s a mixed bag.

• I read more for fun, but overall I read less.
• I exercised a lot… in spurts. I need more consistency.
• I wrote some, but not particularly any more than I have in past years.
• I networked a lot. And that was good. Yay.
• I was definitely more independent, I think. That’s a good thing.
• I didn’t volunteer like I wanted to. I want to make more time for this.
• I stressed a lot. Not really in a bad way. But I just stress a lot. That’s life.

So yea, see why I don’t make resolutions? I also think about all the things that I accomplished outside of those “resolutions” and then realize that honestly, I could kind of care less about my resolutions. 2011 was a good year, resolutions be damned.

For 2012 I’m not making resolutions. There’s lots of things I want to do, and lots of things I want to do better. And I’m going to make concerted efforts to do a lot of those things, but a resolution isn’t necessary. I’m just going to do them. Maybe without the pressure of having them in a list, I’ll be able to just naturally fit them into my life instead of feeling like their big goals that can’t be a part of my daily routine.