31 days into 2012, and I am kicking ass. I am very pleased to say that I have kept up both of my resolutions for this year. And, to be honest, I wasn't 100% sure if they would work out.
I didn't purchase a single piece of clothing or anything that extraneous this month. To be honest, I have actually been pretty solid about my finances, after my credit card company decided to publish my "year end report."
What are year end reports? A way to see the ridiculous amount of money that churns through my hands in a given time frame. I have had my new credit card for about 6 months. For each of those 6 months, I have consistently put more and more money on them, without any apparent regard to my income.
The best part about the whole year end report was seeing the RIDICULOUS amount of money that I spend on food, drinking, and eating out. I honestly had no idea how quickly all of these meals add up...and even worse, every single trip to Starbucks or Chipotle is labeled. Geeze, way to make me feel like shit.
In addition to this resolution, I also challenged myself to try new things for a month. The month of January, I decided to forego meat and live as a pescatarian (with a random week of vegetarianism). What have I learned about myself during this month?
February = no dates. no drunken makeouts. no pressure for future relationships.
I didn't purchase a single piece of clothing or anything that extraneous this month. To be honest, I have actually been pretty solid about my finances, after my credit card company decided to publish my "year end report."
What are year end reports? A way to see the ridiculous amount of money that churns through my hands in a given time frame. I have had my new credit card for about 6 months. For each of those 6 months, I have consistently put more and more money on them, without any apparent regard to my income.
The best part about the whole year end report was seeing the RIDICULOUS amount of money that I spend on food, drinking, and eating out. I honestly had no idea how quickly all of these meals add up...and even worse, every single trip to Starbucks or Chipotle is labeled. Geeze, way to make me feel like shit.
In addition to this resolution, I also challenged myself to try new things for a month. The month of January, I decided to forego meat and live as a pescatarian (with a random week of vegetarianism). What have I learned about myself during this month?
- I don't feel any healthier having foregone meat.
- It took a while for my body (and bowel) to adjust to the meat-less diet. We finally got things worked out this week.
- I do eat a ton of meat in a given week.
- Salmon is fucking amazing.
- While it is limiting to not be able to meat, a lot of Denver locales have really solid vegetarian alternatives. Even when eating at a dive Denver bar, I was able to get some really awesome green pepper chili.
- I probably won't be doing this again, but will maintain my fruit/vegetable intake.
This month, I am going to work on a love-less February. For some reason, I put a ton of pressure on myself to start dating and meeting people when I returned to Denver. My notion of adulthood is embedded with a significant other, which is just inane. This month, I have deleted all online dating sites and will only be spending non-romantic/non-sexual time with my friends.
February = no dates. no drunken makeouts. no pressure for future relationships.
I hope to be able to take this time to meditate on myself a bit and learn what it is exactly that I would want. I also plan on fake-baking a lot.
you inspire me
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