Obligatory New Years Resolutions Blog

How many posts have been written today about what we're all going to do to change our lives this year? Urgh. I have some goals, however. Some make me skiddish -- lose weight being the big shame-inducing resolution. So cliche. So antithetical to embrace-your-body feminism, which I tend to vehemently argue for while in the company of those who would subject me to a beauty myth predicated on an impossible standard of thinness. And yet, I too want to lose weight. Though I know now that being thin won't guarantee happiness -- a sad fact that it too took far too long to figure out. In my defense, I jut want to lose the 15 pounds I've put on since starting grad school. Grad school is an unhealthy fucking endeavor, and I find it very hard to maintain balance while buried in the bowels of academe. So my goal is to get back on a regular exercise schedule and cut down on the ridiculous amount of sweets I've been eating since I started my cookie baking binge 2 months ago. Not too rigid.

I also want to get serious about saving. My partner and I are working out a budget to pay of our credit cards by the end of February and start putting money away every month.

Writing is also on my list. I really want to commit to this blog more, and to have a regular writing schedule for my dissertation and other projects.

And last, travel! I'd like to go somewhere I've never been this year!