the new year

Happy 2012 everyone! How did you spend your midnight ringing in the New Year? I'll admit, mine was a tad blurry and my nude heels are now completely ruined, but it was a great night overall! The Boy and I decided to go "all out" for the first time (since we usually just do dinners and watch the ball drop on the TV) and went to Toronto with some friends. We watched some hockey at the hotel where someone came up with the brilliant but not-so-brilliant idea of taking a shot any time someone scored a goal (that might have been me), playing with a lot of glow sticks, and wandering up and down the stairs of a three-floor club with pretty good music before a kiss or two at midnight. 

About to ring in the new year!

Getting ready, getting set ...

And GO! With my glow sticks leftover from a science experiment :D

Wearing a H&M top, Forever 21 skirt, and heels (RIP) from Spring :)

Now it's four days later and I'm thinking more about the 'long-term goals' (my alternate term for 'resolutions') for this year. It's broken down into three categories: goals for myself, goals for others, and goals for the future.

take better care of myself - workout like this if I find myself short for time instead of setting myself up for failure with 'workout five times a week'; make my space less cluttered (just as I wrote this I noticed three leftover hot cocoa mugs and went to wash them haha) and more of an organized chaos (keep a jar full of memories); eating a tad healthier + sleeping longer = less illness (YAY!); and, of course, the one I've had on my list for years: stop biting picking at your nails, woman.

stay in touch with those I care about - instead of being a hermit as soon as school comes, I want to take the time to make random plans like coffee dates, hikes, skating nights, and playing Just Dance 'til our limbs wear down rather than just catching up with someone around the holidays or birthdays, even if it is great that it feels like no time has passed at all when I do spend time with someone after months. And of course, meet those bloggers I've been wanting to meet this year!

keep the future in mind, but live in the present - Save my money and read library books instead; plan for those amazing trips I want to take in the future like British Columbia, Europe, the Philippines, but also keep in mind my future car, home, and family; find the less expensive but still thoroughly enjoyable things to do in my city rather than splurging on one-day things.

The reason why I don't want to call them 'new year' resolutions is because these are things I have in my mind all the time; it just feels like the perfect time to write them down and solidify them as goals at the beginning of the year. Here's hoping I can keep them going all-year round and beyond, and let's hope I don't run into John Cusack trying to save the world in the meantime.

What are your 'long-term goals'?

And how is your 2012 so far?

Hope you're having an amazing day :)