2013 New Years Resolutions Anyone?

I’m trying to learn to be more positive, and to complain less! I kind of grew up as a slightly chronic complainer, so that’s a hard habit to break. I also want to move back out, get my driver’s license and start moving towards a more certain future. I want to have a dog someday and another cat but I need stability before I can be allowed those. 🙂 I’d also love to be able to afford the odd knick knack more often and go on a cool vacation somewhere!

I also have a tonne of art goals, but I’ll spare you guys the loooong looooooong list! XD

My resolution for the year is 1080p.

My resolution for the year is 1080p.

Ahhhh HAHAHAHA LOVE IT!!! Sounds about right to me to. I stopped making resolutions cuz then I felt like I was doing something wrong when I broke them. Rebel rousing Canadian that I am LOL 🙂

LOL!! Fantasic! 😀 Totally put a smile on my face.

My resolution (I’m already working on it!) is to

1-De clutter
2-Keep nothing that I don’t *LOVE* that has no function
3-Get and stay organized

All kind of the same thing. I used to be creeping down the path to hoarding…when I was in middle school, Id save movie ticket stubs if I had a good time with friends, I’d save cleaned candy wrappers…stupid stuff like that. 2 years ago when I moved in with the (now) ex, I left a ton of stuff at mom’s house, but still got rid of all the JUNK. He kept telling me “you have too much stuff!” which, at that point was not junk, just stuff…collectibles, collections (and I had a lot of collections) I went through all my photographs and threw away pictures of people I didn’t remember (from elementry school, middle school) or didn’t talk to anymore, I organized all my pictures into nice, neat, choronological albums. THAT felt good. That was step 1.

Recently, Ive started going through the garage and getting rid of stuff I can’t use right now, cleaning out my closet, organizing my seasonal clothes and jewlery and blankets (have a LOT of those 3 things haha), selling off bits of my pony collection as I dont have space to display it. With ponies, I can always find them again if I start to miss having them. I’d like to get down to JUST my Windstone collection, toy horse collection (a smallish/manageable size) Garfield plushie collection (now is nicely put away in a storage tub until I get my own place again) and my Enesco Elusive Legends/Amberwood collection (which is small and fits nicely in a little curio cabinet I have near my bed).

Ive listed old stuffed animals and ponies and horses on ebay this past week (to fund my Windstone habit of course lol) but it feels….immensely good…to get RID OF STUFF and organize the things I *am* keeping.

Wow, sorry, didnt mean to start venting lol

My resolution for the year is 1080p.

Ahhhh HAHAHAHA LOVE IT!!! Sounds about right to me to. I stopped making resolutions cuz then I felt like I was doing something wrong when I broke them. Rebel rousing Canadian that I am LOL 🙂

LOL!! Fantasic! 😀 Totally put a smile on my face.

My resolution (I’m already working on it!) is to

1-De clutter
2-Keep nothing that I don’t *LOVE* that has no function
3-Get and stay organized

All kind of the same thing. I used to be creeping down the path to hoarding…when I was in middle school, Id save movie ticket stubs if I had a good time with friends, I’d save cleaned candy wrappers…stupid stuff like that. 2 years ago when I moved in with the (now) ex, I left a ton of stuff at mom’s house, but still got rid of all the JUNK. He kept telling me “you have too much stuff!” which, at that point was not junk, just stuff…collectibles, collections (and I had a lot of collections) I went through all my photographs and threw away pictures of people I didn’t remember (from elementry school, middle school) or didn’t talk to anymore, I organized all my pictures into nice, neat, choronological albums. THAT felt good. That was step 1.

Recently, Ive started going through the garage and getting rid of stuff I can’t use right now, cleaning out my closet, organizing my seasonal clothes and jewlery and blankets (have a LOT of those 3 things haha), selling off bits of my pony collection as I dont have space to display it. With ponies, I can always find them again if I start to miss having them. I’d like to get down to JUST my Windstone collection, toy horse collection (a smallish/manageable size) Garfield plushie collection (now is nicely put away in a storage tub until I get my own place again) and my Enesco Elusive Legends/Amberwood collection (which is small and fits nicely in a little curio cabinet I have near my bed).

Ive listed old stuffed animals and ponies and horses on ebay this past week (to fund my Windstone habit of course lol) but it feels….immensely good…to get RID OF STUFF and organize the things I *am* keeping.

Wow, sorry, didnt mean to start venting lol

Wow Wolfen you are really doing great with the resolution. Think you could have a chat with my hubby and get him to do that too!!! 🙂 He still has clothes from high school and he is now 43!! He has a 6 drawer dresser and full closet in our room, my sons room has a full dresser and closet of his stuff and we have about 8 or 10 large boxes of clothes in the basement! He told me that while I was in Mexico this summer he got rid of some stuff……..ya he got rid of 1 small bag of ripped up pants and shirts!!! He is somewhat of a hoarder. The only thing that keeps him in check is me going around the house saying….”Garbage” and tossing things out! I can’t stand to have the house look cluttered up and I try to “promote” the idea of if you haven’t worn it in the last year…someone else could use it…..if you don’t need it….toss it or give it away……IF IT IS AN ENVELOPE THAT SOMETHING WAS IN…..TOSS THE FRIGGIN THING!!! YES He even keeps the envelopes that the bills come in!!! Bloody hell! LOLOL 🙂 I love him to death by REALLY do you ever need to keep the envelope!

Get back into shape (changing jobs was hard on gym-time).
Finish White Dragon and get it to the publishers.
Be AT LEAST half-way through draft 1 of Purple Dragon.

There, that should cover it.

Wow Wolfen you are really doing great with the resolution. Think you could have a chat with my hubby and get him to do that too!!! 🙂 He still has clothes from high school and he is now 43!! He has a 6 drawer dresser and full closet in our room, my sons room has a full dresser and closet of his stuff and we have about 8 or 10 large boxes of clothes in the basement! He told me that while I was in Mexico this summer he got rid of some stuff……..ya he got rid of 1 small bag of ripped up pants and shirts!!! He is somewhat of a hoarder. The only thing that keeps him in check is me going around the house saying….”Garbage” and tossing things out! I can’t stand to have the house look cluttered up and I try to “promote” the idea of if you haven’t worn it in the last year…someone else could use it…..if you don’t need it….toss it or give it away……IF IT IS AN ENVELOPE THAT SOMETHING WAS IN…..TOSS THE FRIGGIN THING!!! YES He even keeps the envelopes that the bills come in!!! Bloody hell! LOLOL 🙂 I love him to death by REALLY do you ever need to keep the envelope!

Yeah, my parents (mostly my mom) are bad about all that too! Their 2800 sq ft house is full! I am getting tough on Mom. “You don’t need that. Its been sitting in this closet the last year, and you obviously haven’t missed it. Get rid of it” She can be a sap sometimes and a bit wishy washy, so I dont ask the question, “Do you really need this? Do you love it?” because she will find a way to say yes to one of those questions lol She has gotten rid of a lot and thrown away a lot too but sill has a lot to go. I need to get her a way to organize all her bills too because she keeps old, paid ones for months and months in an unorganized stack and every time I walk by it, it drives me crazy. Ive been tripping over boxes since June and Im sick of it, so time to organize! She did get the middle bedroom cleaned out in time for my Grandmother to visit for Christmas, so Im VERY proud of her for that! This bedroom was so piled high with comforters, quilts (gosh, you’d think we lived someplace cold lol) bags of (*sweatdrop*) my stuffed animals, old clothes-STUUUUUUUFF that you could barely open the door. Its the cleanest room in the house now lol

Unless it’s very specialized (like tax stuff), I figure that if I didn’t wear/used/display it for 1-2 years, I won’t, so out the door it goes.

^At least you didn’t flush a $100 bill down the toilet like my cousin did!

I don’t make official new years’ resolutions- to me, the date doesn’t matter and if you want to or ought to do something, you should do it anyway!- but this is kind of a goal for me to accomplish this summer: finishing fixing my Bronco up! I’ve been working on it for a few years now with lots of help from my husband. We started by building the engine and I’ve been transforming it into an army-themed Bronco, starting with the interior. I’ve got a couple things left to do to it before I get the exterior painted. Hope I achieve it this year!