So this post is about a week and a half too late, but eh… bet­ter than never, right? I’d like to pre­tend that I was pur­posely hold­ing off on it because I knew I would be mov­ing to a new site soon, but I don’t think too many peo­ple would believe that.

It’s a long and glo­ri­ous tra­di­tion (it’s even built into the name of the month) to exam­ine your life when the new year comes around, both look­ing back over the pre­vi­ous year to see what you did right and what you did wrong, and to look to the com­ing year, per­haps even set­ting a goal or two in the form of New Year’s resolutions…

Look­ing back… first off, I don’t even remem­ber what my res­o­lu­tion was for 2004. It right before my lay­out change on Retarded Azn Bish, so I can’t even go back and look it up. What­ever it is, I’m pretty sure it was unac­com­plished… my life has changed dras­ti­cally this year. Eas­ily the best thing I did last year was to pledge APhiO. I con­stantly find myself think­ing… what would I be doing right now if I hadn’t pledged? I cer­tainly wouldn’t be where I am right now, with the friends I have right now. How­ever, last year was not all gum­drops and candy canes, either. I made a seri­ous mis­take by let­ting my school­work slide dur­ing my pledge term, when I was already on shaky ground with the school. If any­thing, I should have taken care of busi­ness sooner instead of sit­ting on things and let­ting my aca­d­e­mic sit­u­a­tion get to where it is right now.

That’s why my 2005 New Year’s Res­o­lu­tion is to bet­ter man­age my time so I can prop­erly bal­ance APhiO and school. I’m going to main­tain active sta­tus AND earn at least 20 units towards graduation.

Wish me luck, guys!