Things That Make Me Happy - Revisited

Well, howdy. How've y'all been? I've been not so great, but I'm getting better. :)

I was looking at an old post I put up in May about things I like to do. Here's the list from the post:

Read books
Write
Sing
Dance (in the privacy of my bedroom, or in a store, or in the middle of a mall)
Watch movies
Read blogs
Make lists
Study
Listen to music
Watch TV with my family
Drive with my family
Go to bookstores
Go to office supply stores
Watch the sun set
Watch the moon
Vacuum
Lay
Make easy decisions
Make hard decisions
Think about the future
Think about the present
Think about other people and how they got where they are
Watch YouTube videos
Speak French
Travel
Go to school
Be crazy
Be quiet
Be goofy
Be serious
Listen to the radio
Observe (especially people)
Watch teachers (they are so interesting!)
Jump
Listen to other's points of view and opinions
Single-task
Slow down
Sleep
Take the bus/train
Smile
Laugh

I really do enjoy all of those things. A lot. They make me really happy. :D So, in keeping with my wish to be truly happy, I'm going to make sure I make time to do all of these things regularly. I think that's really important.

Talk to you again soon.

Commitment

Hey, guys. How are y'all doing? How was Christmas? I hope everyone is having a great end of 2011. :)

I've been thinking a lot about my life (as one normally does). There are so many things that I want to change. Of course, that's not to say I'm not content with some things, but I really want to maximize my life. I want to look back in 1, 5, 20, 50 years and remember all the amazing things I did and am still doing.

But, the thing is that I always say I want to change my life. Constantly. But, there's never any change. I'm tired of that. So, this is it. I'm fully committing to start living my life exactly how I want to live it. I'm going to do things, see people and things, make things, listen to things that make me truly happy. There's no point in having a life if I'm not going to use it to its full potential, so I'm committing now.

So, yes. That's where I'm at mentally nowadays. I'm going to be happy. That's all I want.

I'll be posting again soon. Promise.

Oh, the thoughts.

Hey, y'all. I can't believe I didn't post yesterday. *facepalm* Failure aside, I had a pretty good week. It sped by after Tuesday, oddly.

I've been thinking a lot about college and my future and such. It's really exciting. But, as I once read somewhere, the future is made up of a bunch of nows. So, I'm working on making my nows great.

A couple of weeks ago I started with this Project 333 dealio. The basic idea is that you pick 33 articles of clothing, not including underwear, outerwear, PJs, etc. and use only those 33 for 3 months. My reasons for starting it were 1. I wanted to become less dependent on my outward appearance and let my personality shine through, 2. I wanted to stimulate my creativity through creating outfits with limited resources, and 3. I wanted to see how little I use some of my clothes, so I can see what I don't need. Pretty good reasons, I think. BUT. I've been pondering, and I don't want to limit myself. I want to develop my own style that reflects my personality. I want to be able to find something really, really cute and see what I can do with it. And, I can see what clothes I don't use by just observing how I dress normally. Soooooo, I'm going to end my participation in the project and do something different. With money from Christmas and my birthday I'm going to purchase a new wardrobe. I wear the same things all the time, but I don't feel comfortable or love them. So that.

Back to the subject of my university years. I've always known that I want to write. Novelist, columnist, and the like. Not poetry or plays, I don't think, though. Anyway. So, my major is going to be something along those lines. THEN, I think I'm going to minor in French. Or have a double major, or whatever. I don't really know how ye olde college system works as of yet, but I've an idea. I've always been fascinated by other languages and accents, and I've always wanted to speak a second language. French really appeals to me, which is why I am studying it at school. I plan to go to French III next year, then AP French after that, then study it in college.

Since I ADORE Europe, I'm going to travel and live there someday (starting with next summer - England!). I've also wondered if I should go to college there. Or, go to college in the States, but do a study abroad program for a few months. That would be incredible!

So that's where my head is these days.

Also, I've been thinking a whole lot about sports. I am going to do volleyball and basketball. I made the unwise move of not even trying out for basketball at my school for 2 years, so I know that I'll have to be really good to be on the team next year. I've been hard on myself about that lately, but I'm going to remedy it. Therefore, I'm going to start playing at a sports center by my house to get my sea legs back, then do a club. That way I'll be fully prepared for the season! I also want to be good at something, since I feel I don't truly excel at anything. Since basketball and volleyball and running have always been things I love and have fun with, I thought these would be good to be great at.

Aaaaaanywho, thanks for listening. I'll sprecken to y'all next Friday on time. ♥