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I'm not big on resolutions. I am big on goals, and I love lists. This same time last year I made two lists: 12 memories of 2012 and 13 goals for 2013. I think I'm making it a tradition. Here are my lists for 2013 and 2014.

 

13 Memories of 2013

 

1 Joined Match (and so did my boss)

2 Fell in love with Stephen King

3 Moved to a better apartment

4 Joined Yogaworks

5 Won 3 competitions at work-and I never win anything (one involved wrecking a book)

6 Started a 5-year journal

7 My little brother graduated from High School

8 49ers went to their first Super Bowl in 18 years (they lost, but still)

9 Witnessed the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination

10 Started a short story exclusively on my blog

11 JK Rowling published a novel under a pseudonym

12 Justin Timberlake came back to music after a 6-year hiatus

13 Started using Invisalign (and I have plans for veneers!!! I'm so excited!!)

 

14 Goals for 2014

 

1 Go skydiving (really, I'm serious)

2 Start learning French

3 Finish my novel

4 Find an agent for said novel

5 Plan a trip to Florida to see World of Harry Potter

6 Pay off medical debt (damn teeth)

7 Finish my blog short story

8 Build my own jewelry collection

9 Finish Invisalign in time for my 30th birthday (no more gap!!)

10 Read more classics

11 Continue my Design Binder

12 Learn more self-love

13 Continue working with my neuroreflexologist (This guy is awesome!)

14 Meet my husband (I know. But I thought I'd put it out there in the universe.)

What goals do you have for this new year? I think the biggest two on this list are finishing my novel and learning French. I want to do those things so badly, my own slow progress and procrastination drive my crazy. Loving myself is a big one too. How will I ever meet my husband if I don't love myself? Oh, and I'll be turning 30 this year. I figure I should do something big, but no plans yet.

Happy Friday everyone!

P.S. Happy Birthday J.R.R. Tolkien! (He would've been older than Bilbo in LOTR today.)