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New Years Resolutions:

1.No fast food. All year long. This includes road trips. No, I do not count Subway-that food is actually real.

2. Make a monthly budget, and live by it. You may remember my money blog. It was effective, but really annoying to update. I use mint.com now and it is SUPER helpful.

3. When I have something nice to say, say it. Sometimes someone will give a really good talk in church, or has affected me in some way and I chicken out on telling them. Not this year. 

4. Go to ward prayer. I have been in the ward since May and never gone. I think it's time I start making friends in Highland. I went two days ago and had a lot of fun. 

5. YOGA. In Provo, Meldy, Sar and I would go every Monday night and every Saturday morning for an hour. There is no reason I can't do that now. 

6. Go to the gym at least 3 times a week. This wasn't hard for me to do in Provo because my roommates would go and we had no TV. I waste way too much time watching TV or sitting at the computer. I can still watch TV and exercise at the same time!

7. Once my real classes start (today all I had was ice skating) I can only get on Facebook on the weekends. I did this last Winter semester and it worked like a charm. 

8. I am not allowed to pretend to be on the phone when I see someone on campus. 

9. When I am invited to things, GO! I really don't mind chilling at home on a Friday night, but I need friends, so I am going to go to things that I am invited to, rather than take the option of staying home alone. Obviously, I can't go to every single thing, but if the other option is hanging out in my room-I have to go. 

10. Go to the temple at least 2 times a month.

11. Go to my meetings. Even my 7 am Stake meeting where I don't say anything.

I love New Years, it's my favorite Holiday (second to Christmas, of course). I like making goals. I like fresh starts. 

Two years ago, on New Years Day I found out for the second time that I was not accepted into the Music Ed program. A pretty crappy way to start off the New Year, but a few weeks later Jeffrey R. Holland came to a BYU and gave this devotional. If you haven't read it before, read it. If you have, read it again. It helped me a lot through the struggles I was having. It's the perfect talk to listen to to get you motivated to move on and change for the better. 

Happy 2011.