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Jaz Daigle

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in celebration, happy new year, january 1, new years eve ·

May old acquaintance be forgot?

That particular line in the song always throws me for a loop.  I don’t know if I necessarily want to forget old acquaintances or not.  
(my favorite version of the song)
Anywho!!
It’s New Year’s Eve and I’m at work finishing a few things before I leave to celebrate the ending of this year and the starting of the next.  This year has overall been great for me.  I got my own place, got a promotion at work, did a lot of traveling and even got to see two people I care deeply about get married (I’ll post more about that later this week).  I’ve also had a few things happen that I’m not too thrilled about this year; my relationship with my ex ended, I found out that I had to change my Master’s program and lost my aunt to cancer last month.  I’ve grown a lot this year, mentally and physically and I can’t wait to see what God has in store for me next year.

I usually make resolutions that I don’t end up sticking to, but I want to do something different in 2014.  I’ve been hearing “be open” a lot as I prayed this last month and I want that to be one of my resolutions.  I’ve been told that the quickest way to make God laugh is to tell Him/Her our plans, and I’ve experienced that first hand.  I’d planned on going to the University of Texas at Austin and getting my degree in Criminal Justice (I went to UT Tyler and Univ of Houston-Downtown and though I did get my degree in CJ I’m not using it), I’d planned on staying with my ex forever (we all know how that worked out), I planned on adopting all my children (I now want to give birth to one, or at least try), and I could go on and on.  



I’m going to listen more in 2014.  I’m going to not immediately shoot a guy down when they approach me downtown or even at work.  I got so used to meeting guys online that I immediately would throw up a wall if a guy approached me any other way.  Weird, right?  I can’t believe I would do it either.  Well that’s all changing next year.  I’m also going to get back on WW.  I “took a break” last Thanksgiving…yes, Thanksgiving 2012 and told myself that I was going to get back on in January 2013, but that never happened.  I’m changing that at the start of the new year.  It was working for me and I want to stick with something that works.  

I’m going to reuse one of my resolutions from this year, and continue to do things that are life-giving for me and make me happy.  I don’t have to go along with the crowd just because it’s something to do, and I’m not.  I also want to continue working on a way to convey my feelings about things to others clearly.  I’ve gotten a bit better at that this year so I’m hoping to keep it up.  

What are y’alls’ plans for tonight?  Any resolution ideas?

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