Saying Hello to 2010

It’s a new year, a new decade and, above all else, a new chance to start over again.

While I am sad to see 2009 finally come to an end, I am hopeful that this year will be a good one. Of course we’ve all got to stick with our new year’s resolutions.

Many years I have made resolutions along with countless people who hope to make the best of a new year — some big and some insignificant. Let’s face it; only about a fourth of us will actually fulfill them, so I encouraged myself this year to make goals that I knew I could possibly achieve.

I hope that 2010 brings me closer to my family and I appreciate the precious time we spend together. Maybe I’ll skip the back-talking and clean my room the first time, or complain a little less when it comes to doing chores I find unfair. I guess it’s the least I could do to show my gratitude towards my parents. Perhaps next time I pour my much awaited bowl of cereal and find no milk in sight, I won’t hold a grudge. Maybe next time we’re out in public and my parents completely mortify me I’ll learn to have a good laugh even if it is in spite of myself.

This year I vow to stay organized and be less of a procrastinator. It’s a tough one for me considering I’m usually the one who never knows what’s going on. I hope to actually buy a calendar this year. However, unlike other years, I think that I will actually use it. As far as my procrastination goes, sadly I realize now that it is a disease I will more than likely suffer with my entire life. But I can help by possibly doing my homework earlier than the class before.

Helping others — it’s something that we’ve all learned in kindergarten and it seems over time we tend to forget this. I look forward to making this year an unselfish one for me. After all, it does feel much better to give than receive.

Next on my checklist would have to be learn a new thing. Over the course of 18 years, I have learned numerous things. I suppose that this achievement will be an easy one for me. Maybe I’ll finally learn how to play guitar or use the blank canvases that seemed to have accumulated dust over the years. Or, maybe, I’ll finally find all of the uses for bubble wrap.

However, even if I don’t accomplish all my goals for this year, I hope to accomplish this: to live life to the fullest, forgive and forget, and enjoy the little things in my life that make me who I am and not take them for granted.

So I guess this is my final farewell to the year 2009 and hello to my much awaited future of 2010.