2010 Resolutions

Somehow, I feel like 2010 is going to be a good year. Maybe even my best yet. Why? In the words of one Bill Pope, I don't know! It just seems like I have a good year ahead of me, which (in the face of my ever-closer-approaching senior year) may in fact be sheer, unwarranted optimism. But anyway.

My first resolution, I suppose, is to de-stress a little bit. No matter what I think, things do usually work themselves out, and freaking out over them doesn't really help. If I procrastinated and didn't start my Spanish vocab until 10:30 last night, trying to finish it in a stress-induced frenzy is not going to make the words define themselves any faster. And if I my alarm didn't go off and I got caught in Richmond Road traffic, worrying about it obsessively isn't going to make me any less late to seminar. And honestly, who cares if Peggy yells at me? I will listen to that woman as soon as she gets me into an amazing college. I'm not saying I should slack by any means, but I could use a little less stress in my day-to-day life.

And then there's U.S. History. Where do I even begin? The necessity for a resolution concerning this subject is unquestionable, but I'm at a loss as to whether it should focus on my need to naturally be more intelligent or on improving my work ethic. I'm initially inclined to blame my mediocrity on the former, but I realize I can't resolve to do much in order to work that problem out. So I suppose my second resolution is to work harder in APUSH, despite the fact that days of studying still earned me a 67% on the final. Why, karma? Why?

Lastly, and in my opinion most importantly, I need to learn how to cook. And do laundry. I know it's not the 1950's, and women have more potential in the world than doing housework all day, but don't these seem like basic necessities? I'm going to be a college student one day (ugh, I need to stop reminding myself how close that is) and I'm thinking -- what am I going to do? I can't cook anything that doesn't come with microwave instructions, and I've never been in the same room as a washing machine for more than a minute in my whole life.

I feel like I will be a better person because of these resolutions. Here's to 2010!