Daily Archives: 01/03/2011

It may be a bit typical to have a resolution or seven for the new year, but I’ve always had a romantic notion of starting over with some room to change the flaws you find in yourself.

I started by writing a short list on my Blackberry that included anything from the painfully obvious to pretentious self-realizing.  It looked something like this:
– attend all classes
– find & enjoy a new job
– stay clean & organized
– exercise
– be better with money
– overall, be a more patient, understanding person
– be a better friend & more social

Deep stuff right?  Well so far, I’ve totally cleaned my dorm room here at UBC’s Gage residence.  With a wanna-be live-in boyfriend, this wasn’t the easiest thing but I managed.  I’ve now gone super control freak over anyone who moves my candle, drops a sweater on the floor, or god forbid leaves my faulty closet door open a crack.  For me, if I give myself an inch, I’ll take a mile.  A couple of things out of place quickly turns into all of my clothes on the floor and absolutely no desk space. 

I’ve also looked into the UBC Yoga Club, which looks amazing.  Not only does it have a wide range of yoga styles from Hatha to something-something (I’m not going to pretend to be top Yogi here), but it’s dirt cheap!  7 bucks for students to join yearly, and only 2 dollar classes, plus a whole lot of discounts at random franchises and other upscale yoga studios.  I’m impressed and fully plan to join this week so I can put my new mat and pants to good use!

Last semester I worked at the on-campus Bread Garden Cafe.  It was a great job, good fellow employees, decent wages, great hours, sinfully close to my residence, and really lax management.  However, probably due to all of the pros I just listed, the place went under.  Therefore, I’m on the job hunt.  I’ve applied all over the Kits/Kerrisdale/West Point Grey/UBC/DT neighbourhoods at places that need baristas, servers, cashiers, clerks, bartenders, and more.  I have three interviews this week (yay!).  Tuesday at a fine chocolates patisserie (fancy, huh?), Wednesday at a coffee shop, and Friday at a delicious looking deli-cafe.  Best of luck to me.

I had arranged all of my classes to be early morning so that I would be mostly done by noon each day, allowing me to work early afternoons or evenings at whatever new job I take.  However, after anally swapping and analyzing the classes I had chosen, I found myself with a full Tuesday and packed Thursday and no classes on Monday, Wednesday or Friday.  That leaves me with three classes Tuesday, the same three Thursday plus a fourth night class, and another class by distance ed.  Weird.  Who knows if it will last though.  I want to attend the first couple classes and see if they’re suited for me.  I’m picky, education-wise.  Because my program is so open, I have a hard time making myself attend and do well in the classes that aren’t mandatory.  That’s why I have to make sure I’m invested in whichever classes I pick. 

Last semester I had three priorites: work, school, boyfriend.  I’m definately not one of those girls who throw themselves into a relationship and ignore their friends, but I live in a condo with 5 other girls and I allowed myself to settle for only their company and that of my boyfriends, ignoring a lot of my other friends I met last year.  I plan to change that.  I was also put on academic probation last year for my lack of discipline when it came to school.  I was always an A student in high school and education is so important to me.  I genuinely love school, and plan to do well.  So last semester I “cracked down” and my social life seemed to suffer.  This year I want to make an effort to go out, and not just to the club events downtown, but to coffee and lunch dates throughout my week.

That seems to be a sufficient first blog, don’t you think?  I’m quite new to this but have always been drawn to it.  But for now, I must surrender my Ethernet cable for my boyfriend’s XBOX so he can play some Black Ops while I struggle to be interested in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.  Peace.