auld lang syne.

Every year around this time, I start thinking about resolutions. A new year always holds the potential for a new you. A fresh start. A way for us to make ourselves even better than we already are.

I always make a resolution, every year. For the past ten years or so, it has always been to stop biting my nails, but it's obvious that I have never stuck to it. So this year I have decided to try a different approach. Instead of limiting myself to one thing, in one year, I am going to make a list of life goals. Things I want to accomplish over the next five or ten years, and not necessarily just in 2010. I guess you could call it a Bucket List. So here it goes, and in no particular order:

* Finish my degree.

* Marry the man of my dreams.

* Start a family, and have healthy kids.

* Find inspiration in the smallest things.

* Laugh more. Aim to make others do the same.

* Learn how to play poker.

* Own my own home.

* Have my own event planning business.

* Publish a cookbook. Also a coffee table book, about parties.

* Be an editor of a magazine. Preferably, one that I start myself.

* Backpack Europe. Alone, to conquer all of my deepest insecurities.

* Become bilingual.

* Finish Grad school.

* Always find the good in people.

* Skydive.

* Go green.

* Make my own clothes.

* Make it onto a best dressed list, somewhere.

* Run a marathon.

* Save money.

* Stop biting my nails.

I think this should do it. I love setting goals for myself, and it looks like I have my work cut out for me.

Happy Holidays!