Wow, I still cannot believe that it is really 2009 already. It honestly feels like only a few days ago that I was at my amazing church in Michigan, bringing in 2008 with several very dear friends. Gosh, the way time zooms by...
Every year, I make at least one (usually more) resolution. I tend to take them pretty seriously. Last year I made the following resolution:
"My resolution this year is to be non-judgmental and to learn as much as I can about Koreans and their culture/customs. I resolve not to look down on aspects that to me are odd, but instead to accept and attempt to understand. In short, I resolve not to be an ugly American."
I'd say I kept that one better than any resolution I have ever made. Especially my resolutions for 2007, which were to lose weight (does it count if I did it in 2008 instead?) and to find a job in publishing (since I wasn't very specific, does a blog that brings me no money count?). In past years, I have resolved to do things like reach a certain number of poems in my poetry notebooks, write a novel (still waiting), or make dean's list (did it!).
This year, I have made the following resolutions:
1. I resolve to write a book about my year in Korea (as in start it and finish it). Numerous people have suggested this to me, and I myself toyed with the idea all last year. I have a very bad habit of starting to write things and then abandoning them (I'm too much of a perfectionist about my own work), so this one will be tough to keep, but I am going to give it my best effort.
2. I resolve to worry less about the things I cannot alter and to concentrate instead on the things that I can alter.
3. I resolve to commit one random act of kindness for someone else, taking no credit, every day.
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