Have no fear of perfection...... you'll never reach it

So..... 2009. I guess we should start with resolutions are things I want to give up or add on to my life.

Things I want to give up:

1. video games - something once fun to do has now become just a bad habit for me.
2. cut down the fast food - trying to eliminate this completely immediately is simply unrealistic for me, but cutting down on it and choosing healthy when I do (ex. salad instead of burger) is better way of slowly cutting out fast food all together.
3. falling asleep to movies - I cut out tv shows successfully in the last year, now its time for movie watching, I want to try another way to fall asleep rather than to a film. (even though I love films)

Things I would like to do more of or add to my life:

1. Reading - I think this will replace video games rather well, I got a Bob Dylan and Bukowski book for Christmas, I intend to read both and then re read The Catcher in the Rye, after that who knows.

2. Art - This won't be too hard because I am in love with making art, I don't just love it I am in love with it. The way I used to love basketball and music as a boy is the way I love art now. I love being an artist. Also I have 5 art classes this semester so that will help make this easier too. I used to wonder how or why I have been in community college for so long, Art is the answer... I now found my passion in life and academia. Besides making the art I really want to spend time promoting and selling the art this year, this is want I want to do with my life so I need to get myself out there! I am going to make buisness cards, and official website(myspace isnt bad since its free but I need to take a step up), go to art fairs, try to get gallery showings. I think the art I am making is pretty good right now, but I think it is still missing something.... I want to find out what it is this year.

3. Reinvest in my music - Unfortunately this might mean looking around for another band to play with. I love Kimpeek and the Invisible Band and all of the members involved in those projects, but I love playing music, I love being on stage playing in front of my friends and family and everyone else. And being a drummer you need people to play with. I also want to finish learning the piano, I am half-way there and was pretty decent at one point, I figured if I work hard at for most of this next year I could start writing songs. Lastly I will be getting turntables this year. Being a DJ has been a childhood dream that I never pursued, and I am tired of putting it off.

4. Reinvest in my writing - I unfortunately think this does not mean poetry. All indications by school faculty and friends tell me that this is not my strongest area in the writing world. However I feel, along with the same people, that I have potential in short stories and maybe someday a novel. I have written two short stories in the last year and both were recieved well. I have two in the works this year, and who knows..... maybe one will evolve into a novel.

5. Getting back into athletic shape - I am not high on physical apperances in general, so this is more for feeling good rather than looking good(even though probably wouldn't hurt) I coach basketball, I plan on playing it again soon, and I play city league baseball now(I got picked up as a free agent, I am soo excited!) I am also a big believer that my physical shape will greatly aid in the developlment of my mental and artistic abilities.

6. Let things happen to me - I have been successful at making things happen, but that is different than letting things happen to me, or in other words, I need to live a little more fearless. Not be afraid of the unknown as much. I think you have to let both good and bad things happen to you in order to grow as a person.

So I guess thats the plan for 2009, let see if it gets executed