year 26

so my cousin on her website, did a list of things she wants to accomplish for the year. and i think i'm going to follow her stead and list that for myself. since i'll be 26 tomorrow, these are things that i want to do for the year of me being 26.

get out more. i have an issue of staying home and not going out when i'm invited. i need to take the first step and go places. i need to be a little more adventurous.

not buy any new books. along the lines of needing to save money, i need to just read the books i have, get from the library or get as a gift. i have tons of books at home and plenty of them i haven't read yet. and even those i have read, i can read them again.

save money. to go with what i said above, i need to conserve my money. i have a bunch of bills that need to be taken care of before i can do some of the fun stuff i want to do. so i need to save my money much better then i have been doing.

go back to school. i need to go back to school. that's all there is to it.

write more. i haven't been writing too much lately. i should be writing much more often. though i haven't been inspired, still i should take writing by the horns and wrestle it down. or at least brainstorm more often. hehe.

be truthful. i'm going to come out and say it, i have a lying problem. and i need to be more truthful, not only with myself, but with the people around me.

new job. my job is fine, but it is no where near the field i want to have my career in. i want to be a therapist, and working at a call center doesn't really get close to that.

family. get closer to my family. or at least talk to them more then i do now. like using skype to talk to those who are far away.

go back to doing my hobbies. i need to get back into doing my hobbies more. i haven't done photography in a long time and i use to love doing it. i need to go back to practicing my saxophone. i miss having music in my life. scrapbooking. it's been a long time since i've done that.

learn new things. i want to learn new things such as: sewing (more then just fixing small holes).

cook more often. i kinda cook right now. i'm getting into it, but i want to do it much more often. i want to try to cook things i would never have thought to cook before. such as sheperads pie. i really want to make that. it sounds so good.

explore the city. i have lived in chicago for about 9 months now and i really haven't explored the city. i've only gone to parts that i've already known about. whether it's going to jazz clubs with my roommate, going to new resturants, going to any of the smaller museums, going to historical sites in the city.

hang out with my friends more. i need to hang out with my friends more often. or at least talk to them more. i've kinda shut myself off from everyone. i want to rekindle all my friendships. sorry everyone that i've done that to.