2014 New Year's 100 Resolutions

Ahaha I personally disliked these things because people usually made such a big deal about it and then they get disappointed upon breaking it.  After all, why do we explicitly need the New Year's in order to make these things?  But reading Eva's things is refreshing cuz she does it differently from other people.  Hers is more like suggestions for improvement to herself that she reviews each year and change when necessary.  It's not a "have to do it by New Year's" or a "must keep it up all year long".  It's a "Let's try to do this this year!" with each year being just a marker.  If not this year, then next year.  And with that, there's less disappointments.

A lot of people feel like if they aren't strict on themselves, then things won't get done.  They then see this "suggestions" method as lazy, while a stricter method is somehow less lazy.  However, if you have to use force in order to push yourself moving, isn't that the true laziness?  A suggestions type of thing like this... it eventually ingrains itself in the mind without limiting it, so the body is more willing.  At least, that's how I feel.  ...Actually, what I should be saying is, "Do whatever works for you; just don't say bad things about other people using other methods."

So! Gonna give this a try! ;u;

For 2014:

1. Get off my lazy bum and be more productive.

2. Draw more.

3. Sing more.

4. Get back to learning programming.

5. Write more.

6. Cook more.

7. Practice art technique, especially with those watercolors.

8. Practice singing technique, especially bridging the gap between head voice and chest voice.

9. Get back to learning piano.

10. Try to keep up with school work.  School's hard right now with depression and anxiety and everything, but keep trying!

11. On that note: Be at school more often.  You can't keep missing days just because your anxiety and depression are acting up.

12. Pay more attention to appearances (AKA: brush your hair before going to school, dummy.)

13. Stop chewing your nails so you can finally paint them.

14. Watch more anime.

15. Practice Chinese more (with who? No one speaks my dialect oops.)

16. Stop being as fearful about talking with friends.  They don't bite.

17. Exercise more.

18. Start practicing kungfu at home.

19. Don't be on the computer as much.

20. Remember to stretch for carpal's tunnel.

21. Pay more attention to your health, especially that dang heartburn.

22. Try to sleep before 1 am.

23. Try to wake before noon.

24. Try to be with family more often.

25. Don't lock yourself in your room all the time.  At least sit in the living room, if you can.

26. Hang out with friends more.

27. Don't be afraid of social interaction.  Necessary for that previous one.

28. Bake more.

29. Make stuff for your friends.  Seriously.  Like cookies.

30. Get back into working with clay.  Idk, go to a craft store and get some polymer clay or something.

31. Ask Dad to teach you some watercolor tricks.  Or Grandpa.

32. Ask Dad or Grandpa for art tips in general.

33. Help Grandma in the kitchen more.  Learn more about cooking.

34. Get out more.

35. Try to work on that fear that keeps you from sleeping.

36. Do at least some of your homework without needing your friend to get you to.

37. Focus on good things! Even small things!

38. Try not to be down as much ;w; Hard, and big words, I know. But try!

39. Learn how to take selfies dammit.

40. Read more.

41. Remember to take care of your skin! Little lotion goes a long way!

42. Try to take baths earlier in the day.

43. Eat less sugar.

44. Especially stop using snacks and sugar as a nervous crutch at school.

45. Stop that other nervous habit of biting on your hand.  You might break skin and get blood one day.

46. Get back into animating.

47. Get back into video editing.

48. Especially do those ones you told your brother you were gonna do but never did.

49. Stop getting depressed about the past (as much).  What happened happened, and there's nothing you can do to change it.  What's best is to just forget and keep going.  LET IT GOOOO-- (not sorry).

50. Man this is starting to get difficult ahaha. Work on your tummy!

51. Wear more shorts and skirts to school!

52. Take shorter showers.

53. Stop using the bathroom as a crutch.  Your family's getting suspicious.

54. Clean your room more often.

55. Heckie, clean the house.

56. Clean your laptop ahaha.

57. Get back to learning to sew.

58. Get back to learning to knit.

59. Learn embroidery.

60. Work on your relationships with your family.

61. Work on your relationships with your friends.

62. Drink more water. Stay hydrated.

63. ...Start trying to dance, maybe?

64. Try to learn tennis, or at least batminton.

65. Work on your temper.

66. Try to be more responsible.

67. Do your own laundry danggit.

68. Curse less?

69. Work on your... what do they call it? motivation? Finish-up! There we go!

70. But yea, work on your motivation too.

71. Stop comparing yourself to other people.  You are you and you are wonderful at being you.

72. Stop letting your family's words get to you.  Even if they're family and they're supposed to be special, they're not so special that their words should have that much meaning.  You are you, and they are them.  They are other people, even if they are your family.

73. Work on your focus.  V.important.  You got distracted too many times to count while making this list (at least double digits thanks to Tumblr).

74. Work on lessening that fear of eye contact.

75. Be more confident in yourself.

76. Like yourself because you are you. You don't have to be Sarah or Rachel or Michelle or Sharon, because you are you.

77. Laugh more. Smile more.

78. Be happier.

79. ...I'm starting to get stuck.  Draw more Pokemon?

80. Try to post some drawings on Tumblr.

81. Work on fixing up your Tumblr.

82. Organize your social web stuff ahaha like your blogs and your emails and such.

83. Keep up friendship with Karin and Lollia (girls trio yeee)

84. Keep up Pisces group chat.

85.  Work on your stubbornness.

86. Wash the dishes ehehe.

87. Stop being so afraid of change ahaha at this point I'm just taking things from Eva's because Eva has nice ones that also apply to me.

88. Floss. Now /there's/ something.

89. Practice showing emotions.  You need it.

90. Do that audio diary thing more.  idc how.  Get a soundcloud for it or something.  It's good practice speaking, showing emotions through speech, and mixing.

91. Speaking of which, do more mixing.

92. OHYEAH. Get a solo cover out.

93. Try not to worry about things too much.

94. Try not to let hormones kill you too much.  (It gets better after highschool. Promise.)

95. Ohey. almost done.  Did I mention finish unfinished things.  Cuz there's a lot.  So yeah, finish those.

96. Learn some stuff about music.  Try to write your own songs maybe ahaha.

97. ...Maybe learn to play guitar?  Have I put this yet? (I feel like I have.)

98. Try curling or braiding your hair.

99. Don't hide behind your hair as much.  ...My stomach is feeling sick just thinking about not being able to hide behind my hair oops.  Well, we'll try to work on it.

100. Get a hair cut, once you get 99 done.  Maybe cut it short.

...Wow, and more left over for next year! Niceee.  ...of course, I BS'd a lot of it ahaha.

Eva ends hers with selfies, but I can't really take selfies?  (I have some, I just can't take them on the spot oops. How to aim a camera.)  But uhmm... Maybe I can end mine with a drawing of some kind!! First drawing of the year yes yes!