Giving up chocolate

I've been working on goals for the new year. I returned home from my mission one year ago, yesterday.(Eeeeell!If you know me, you know what sound I'm trying to spell there.) I can't believe it has been a year. This time has flooown by. It has been quite an amazing year. A lot has happened and I'm pleased with everything I did this year. No regrets. Except for maybe spending so many Friday nights studying and working on projects. (I'm going to work on that this year.)

I created quite a few goals for myself this year. One of them being: no chocolate. I'm going to go a year without eating that sweet deliciousness. I've done it before - I've also accomplished not drinking pop for a year, as well as ice cream. I don't drink pop or eat ice cream enough to feel like I need to give those up, but I do enjoy chocolate. So, to show myself who is really in control (my mind or my appetite) I'm going off chocolate. I'm excited.

I've also made a goal to be more social. This past semester was good in the beginning, but I struggled with that "s" word a little. My little sister was getting ready to leave on her mission and I wanted to spend every minute with her that I could. I did. I loved every minute of it. But now that she is gone, my crutch is gone. This means I have to go and meet people and play instead of stay at home on a Friday and work or study. I enjoy those things, but a friend told me today that it is the people that will matter most after I graduate from college, not the things. I have been focused a lot on things (i.e.: internships, jobs, future, money, classes, projects) and not enough on the amazing friends I have around me.

A little appendige to that goal is dating. Ugh.

The "d" word. I have to date more. Enough said. I wrote it down on my list of goals but I would hardly call it a goal because it simply says: "Date more." Not specific, measurable, attainable, time-bound or mission driven whatsoever. I chuckled at myself. I can tell my motivation for this goal is pretty up there. adfja;ldskfjas;ldkfja. (Yes, I meant to do that.)