C'mon baby, let's ride. Let's escape to the great sunshine.

Winter Wonderland Ferris wheel with friends.

My darling, 2013, it's so lovely to meet you.
I don't do resolutions. I think people either love them or hate them (and then talk awful they are). I'm just kind of neutral to them. But this year, I think I'd like to make some!

I mean, what's the harm? My life really doesn't have any order. So I like the idea of throwing out some suggestions, creating some direction and seeing where I go from there. I mean, if it doesn't all come to fruition - that's ok! I had good intentions! Right?!

I think my friends trying to describe me would say things like, "free spirit" and "go with the flow". So, I write out these resolutions with my personality in mind. :) They are not solid.

• Read more. My entire life I was such a book worm and as I got older I just stopped. I don't know what happened, but I would like to read at least one book a month. I hope to bump that count up to more than one. But we'll start out simple. 
• Serious business. A close friend of mine and I decided on a whim to open up a business together. The more we sat on this, the more I realized, this wasn't some hazy daydream talk- I really want to do this. I would like to spend this next year researching, mapping, and taking real steps towards this goal. I know I can do it, I just need to put my big girl pants on! 
• Stay Healthy. I'm a vegetarian, but I find myself teetering. I want to make it my personal goal to stay true to my dietary needs and wants. No animals for this gal! I'm also super bad about vitamins. I need more of those bad boys!
• Run!!! This was huge for me last year. I pushed through a wall I had never pushed through in my entire life, and realized I loved to run! I had to stop after a knee injury and I never got back into it making me a sad panda. Starting up running this year means so much to me! 
• Open up. I realized late last year that while a lot of people say I'm kind and caring, I will hit a wall at a certain point emotionally and refuse to open up. Which I think can sometimes come off as me being cold/distant/etc. If I'd just open up more, push through that wall, and say and do what I'm really feeling, I feel like I'd be on top of the World! 
• Go on adventures. I lost my spontaneity a bit and I really need to stop that. Make it happen, Alex. We really can't guarantee time! 
• Financially sound. Ugh. I need to really start putting more in that little savings account of mine. Even if that means I have to live the broke life every now and then. It's so worth it. This will help me all-around really. 

And there we have it. An odd number for an odd year. Let's have a solid year, folks!

Happy Hearts,

Alex