January 1, 2010

Good time to start a blog, yes? Also a good time to lose ten pounds, learn to speak Spanish, create (and stick to) a budget and find a new, fulfilling job. I am not a betting woman (that’s not true, I play the lotto for investment purposes, despite the disclaimers in the commercials that caution otherwise, and I am rad at black jack), but of the aforementioned possibilities, I would say the weight loss is the most likely. Losing a little weight is easy. Don’t eat as much, exercise a little, and drink lots of water (something I am terrible at but chronic dehydration, while the source of probably many health issues, makes it really, really simple to drop a few pounds when you set your mind to it and actually intake water).

My best guess is that by some point in February I’ll be 10lbs lighter (yippee!), no more fluent in Spanish, continually broke and financially misguided, and still wondering how it is that an advertising agency actually pays me money to be a project manager despite my complete and utter lack of organizational skills and my basic apathy for the industry as a whole. Then, what’s the point of 2010?

This year, things are going to change. That’s the point. I’m generally not into this new year’s resolution, sunshine up the ass, optimistic bullshit, but I’m 34 years old and I’m thinking it’s getting to be time to grab the bull by the horns. The bull will probably kill me, but at least there will have been a few fleeting moments of bravery before I expel my lasts breath.

So, this year I WILL accomplish one or more of the following:

1. Write a book
2. Befriend professionals in the craft brewing industry who will teach me a thing or two about brewing beer professionally
3. Find a job that has at least trace amounts of personal satisfaction, while still allowing me to pay for my glamorous life as a non-descript resident of SE Portland
4. Run a half marathon (ok, that one shouldn’t be too hard, even though I have never run more than 4 miles, but as I was typing the previous items they seemed fairly daunting so I am throwing in this softball. Sue me).
5. Win the lottery

Your job? Follow along, wish me luck, and come to my celebratory party if any one of these goals should happen to come true.