I usually don’t do the whole New Year’s resolutions thing. I rarely ever keep them, so why do it? Haha. I do have goals for 2012, but they are not the kind that starts on January 1ST and end on December 31ST, lol. Without further adieu, let me share a few expectations/goals I have for 2012. I’ve also posted a few photos of my NYE spread and New Year’s day dinner ;)

Our little New Year’s Day dinner :)

• I expect to be a much healthier person in 2012. For me, this doesn’t mean going to the gym 5x a week, eating healthy, etc. for the whole year. I plan on going to the gym when I can {I’m aiming for 3X a week – 1 hour, 20 minutes each time}, drinking 3-5 glasses of water a day {I’ve been doing this a lot lately}, and just avoiding take-out {I’m actually pretty good with this now}.

• I expect to have completed my M.A degree by June. I swear to God, I am going to be one grumpy girl if I have to go through the summer semester and not convocate until October. The ball is in my court though. I just have to write my thesis and I’m done… let’s see if I can do it in time @__@

• I expect to have a job of some sort. Full-time “big girl” job or part-time shit job, I don’t care. I just need a job by May or June. I plan on taking a year off from school {to prepare for law school and phD applications}, so I’ll need money to actually live here.

• I expect to be in Ottawa. I love Ottawa and so does Ken. I don’t want to move back to Newfoundland or anywhere else, so we are doing all that we can to stay here… which is directly linked to the need-to-find-a-job thing ;)

• I expect to pay off most of my credit card debt. Ugggh. This one will probably be the hardest for me since A) I’m broke, B) I love to shop a little too much. But paying off my huge credit card bills is something I have to do this year. They are outrageous and have been haunting me for years now. I plan on using some of my money {from university} to pay `em off.

• I will try new recipes for dinner and not stick to the norm. I’ve already been doing this lately and just received a new cookbook for Christmas, so this shouldn’t be too difficult.

• I want to buy a chair and new futon for the apartment. Our current futon is pretty much ready for the garbage and we need more “sitting space” in our little living room. Ken and I have been talking about buying two new pieces of furniture for a while, so I think we will be doing this next month. It won’t hurt our budget either… yanno, since we will be shopping at Wal-mart and Ikea ;)

• I want to write down my thoughts more often. In Russia, I wrote in a travel journal daily. It really helped me relieve some of my frustrations and document super-cool moments. I already blog here, but I would like to buy a notebook and just jot down a few things every once in a while.

Questions: What are your expectations for 2012?