You can't call yourself a blogger...

unless, at some point in January,

you mention New Years resolutions.

So here's my mention:

they're dumb.

Pick a couple realistic goals.

Not some lofty, unattainable, saintly status.

Aka: 

I will be happy all the time!

I will only eat healthy!

I will exercise daily! 

Because you can't.

And you won't. 

And always eating healthy means no occasional junk food binge.

Which leads to unhappiness anyway.

So you're stuck. 

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I digress.

Here are my [few] realistic goals for 2013:

1. Default to The New York Times link instead of Facebook whenever I open my browser.

2. Don't waste the weekend sleeping.

3. Visit an art gallery or museum twice a month.

4. Stop feeling guilty for buying $6 tubs of designer hummus. It's delicious and I deserve it. 

5. Call at least one person I love every single day. 

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6. Move to Iceland.

Just kidding.

But isn't it dreamy? 

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Photo via this guy. 

Fearless...

My word to live by for 2012

thanks to an idea given to me

by a friend

from this blog post.

You don't have to be my best friend

to know that I am a huge scaredy-cat.

With 

graduation,

fingers crossed on school applications,

a new home,

a new city,

approximately $0,

this will be the ultimate challenge for me.

Bring it.

And also, I think this is rad: