Aspirations for a new year. (as well as this semester's goals. )

You know, I didn't even know that resolutions was a "thing" until a few years back? I think I'm just a bit too secluded.

For the first time, I've decided to make a new year resolution. In no particular order, I hope to:

1) Become a more conscious shopper. Buy local, look for more "fair trade" labels, and do at least a little bit of research on the brand or where the food comes from. I've found a nice enough place called Ava's Downtown Market in Mountain View that supplies dairy from Straus Family Creamery and meat from Marin Sun Farms. Their practices are a lot better than the standard "farms" you might see in the supermarket and therefore much higher quality. I'm happy for that and hopefully I can convince my parents to buy from there.
(hey, vote with your money, right? ha haa.. ha. ha... )
2) Courtesy of Miss Kritzeck, I've also decided to try to not eat anything with flavoring in it. She had the idea of not trying anything containing artificial flavors for her resolution and I was inspired enough to try to do the same.
I've found it hard to spot whether something does have flavoring in it or not, but I'm doing what I can. If I know it contains natural or artificial flavoring, I'll try to avoid it. Best of luck to my teacher as well!
3) Walk around a bit more and try to eliminate any snacking in between meals. I think going out for a few walks of fresh air would do anyone good.


Semester goals and new year wishes should coincide with each other. So adding on to the resolutions, I hope to:
4) Get motivated and finally read those hundreds of books you've been meaning to. I also wish I could learn how to study better. My habits for studying are certainly something I frown at frequently--in fact, it can't even be called 'studying'! It's kind of awful. Be productive!
5) Learn, learn, learn. I really hope I can learn a lot in the remaining semester. That's my biggest recurring goal for academics. I also hope I don't forget what I learned the last semester, oops. This here matter more to me than grades or test scores will ever be. This precept is dangerously and almost naively idealistic, but regardless; what is the point of school without the enhancement of the mind?

(And I suppose that's all. Hopefully. )

I understand that many of you also have resolutions for 2014. I hope when the next ball drops and it's January 1st, 2015 at 12am, you would have succeeded in some way or the other.