Given that it is January 1st today, I think I'll start with a few of my goals for this year. I really like the idea of New Year's resolutions, though I fully understand that they are almost always setting me up for failure. That's why I've decided to make just a few and make them fun and manageable. I figure that I'll actually follow through if I make my goals enjoyable; plus most of them are extensions of things I already do, which helps as well.

• Read 30 Books: This year I had a similar goal, but only made it to 20. 30 is a very attainable goal in my opinion, and I absolutely love reading, so this will be a good way for me to do something that is good for me and that I like as well.
• Take more pictures. I have seen this around the social media sphere for a few years now and I think it will be really fun to do a 365 day challenge and take a picture every day in 2013. Not only will I get to document the huge moments (graduation!), but at the end of the year, I will have pictures from all of the mundane ones in between. Call me sentimental, but I really like that idea.
• Run a 5k. I'm definitely going to go with the stereotypical health resolution here. I want to eat better and continue working out. As much as I love my current workout routine, I am not a runner, and I think that doing the 2013 Color Run would be so much fun. I know that 5k is very achievable
• Write a blog regularly (here's the start of that one!)

Here is the picture I took for day 1: My New Years was a very relaxing experience. Nothing crazy, which was actually quite nice. Two of my friends came over to my house and we watched Valentine's Day and ate cake and drank champagne. I took a picture of the spread:

That's all I've got. Off to read a bit before going to work!

Andrea