I've never been a fan of "resolutions" but in the past couple days they have hit me like whoa. Odd years are typically better for me anyway, so let's do it! :) I really need to step things up personally and "professionally," and as of now I feel like I have some real goals set in place, as well as some tentative ones. I'll stick to the former:

• Challenge myself more. When I'm being forced out of my personal comfort zone or presented with something undesirable to accomplish, I run away from these opportunities instead of using them to better me as a person. So, starting now I'd like to work on my personal integrity.
• Be more sociable. Being such a fan of "social" media does not mean that I'm actually a sociable person, on the internet or offline. I'd like to work on mastering the "art" of keeping in touch and keeping up on what's going on with my friends and acquaintances.
• Be more adventurous. I used to think that being adventurous merely meant utilizing your freedom of choice to the nth power. I no longer feel that way, after learning some valuable lessons from choices I made in 2008. Now, being adventurous -- to me -- means to act out and do what I feel is right without fear and without being timid. Being "shy" I've learned has kept me from many GOOD opportunities -- only by acting more fearlessly lately have I realized that.
• Take more pictures. Because it's fun.
• Work SMARTER. I have a bad habit of adding multiple opportunities to my plate, then trying to fit them all into a day, everyday. So, usually, all that gets done is half-assed work when I know and have proved that I am capable of much more. So, I've decided to trim my workload, focusing only or mostly on things that are monetarily promising, and focusing on one thing at a time. Even if I have to designate an entire day out of the week to just one website or one task, it needs to happen.
• Pray daily. December has been an interesting and glorious month for me spiritually, and I have learned two essential things. One, for me, is to pray daily. My quality of life is better -- as a whole, but even if only psychologically -- when I take time to rejuvenate myself spiritually each day and sometimes multiple times a day. Second is to keep the peace in everything we do. I've always been a peace-loving individual, but it's so easy for me to fly off-the-handle and be pissed over insignificant things. No more! Life is too short.