Update on Resolutions

I intend to keep track of how well I accomplish my goals.  That way I can know how much more I need to work.

1- I'm still working on making a new friend.
4- I've lost two pounds this month, which is amazing since I haven't made a point to go to the gym.
5- No regrets yet.
6- I got one project crocheted.  I made a post about that one.
11- I've eaten two to three meals a day every day for the last month.  Pretty impressive feat.
12- Still working on less cynicism.
16- I'm trying my hardest to relax at least twice a week for how much homework I have.
17- I am still not great at large groups.  Trying to go to more big events, though.
20- I read my two books for the month of January.  Spellbound by Lynn Kurland, and Going Postal by Terry Pratchett.

So, that's my update for January.  There will be goals on my list that I can't accomplish until fall semester here at BYU, such as taking a ballroom dance class, and I won't know how close I am to having a 3.4 GPA until the end of winter semester.  And one thing I know is that I can't wait until summer.  It is way too cold.

The Quiet Life's Insight

I spent last night reading Tapestry of Spells, a book by Lynn Kurland. My brother was slightly annoyed, I think, because the cabin is only 725 sq ft and I had a light on which projected into the living room/kitchen where he was sleeping on the couch. He was, however, watching television, which was an equal annoyance to me, truth be told. The book was fantastic, but I stopped last night just after one so I could get some sleep. I finished the book this morning and decided that there are many books with more merit to make good movies than the Twilight Saga. The Nine Kingdoms Series is definitely one of those. The relationships within each trilogy are properly built on growing love for one another and overcoming trials because they help each other, not because one is abusively protective and won't let his lover do anything. Yes, the books are romance and a fantasy story is woven within, but it doesn't feel as much like romance because that isn't the center of the story. The center of the story is the journey that brings people closer together. In the end, I think that's what most stories are about. It's the journey that makes people discover truth, no matter what the cost, that brings us to a realization about life and those we hold dear. When we come close to losing those relationships, or do lose that relationship for a time, it makes for a more determined person.

In reality, life isn't some great magical adventure with fairytale creatures and mages and knights in shining armour. The world has rules that are defined and set in science, and we can't break those to get what we want, but we can look for those qualities that are in the characters we read about. Finding those in a person is rare anymore, but worth it in the pursuit for truth, because they will do whatever it takes to find that truth, even if they don't like the answer, and the will be with you no matter what, because they care about your well being.

While this post may be the least philosophical of all the worded posts I've made lately, I do feel that it is necessary to write it. Sometimes I feel that we forget what life is really about, and if we lose sight of it permanently we will completely miss out. And yes, I do feel that it is necessary to say it out loud every now and then, because it helps us remember.