Hello there 2011!

Well, well, well, it's a new year! Personally, I think that 2011 is an awkward number. Saying twenty ten is much better than saying twenty eleven. Anyways, I am excited to start a new year. 2010 was a great year. It ended on a rather difficult note, but over all it was a great year. I had successfully conquered my depression, gained back some healthy weight, was cast in several shows by the end of the semester and had a blast doing all of them, graduated with a degree in Theatre Arts, had an amazing summer with new friends, fell in love and had a wonderful romance, went through heartbreak, and have become strong enough not to let that heartache take over my life. I have a job at Macy's and I'm on the brink of getting a second one as a secretary for a criminal investigator. I am also becoming involved in my church's college group. The ministry is still in the bud, but I have faith that it will grow.
I was talking to a very dear friend of mine and we both realized that even though our year's have been pretty stressful and hectic and full of heartache and tears, neither of us felt the need to make a new year's resolution. We both agreed that that was such a good feeling. Not that I feel like I have everything in order (because I know the minute that you do that God shows you where you are in adequate), but it's just nice to feel like you have some handle on your life and that you aren't worried about losing, or in my case gaining, weight. Or feel like I need to be more outgoing. Or tell myself not to be so afraid of people. Honestly, looking back at my year, I think it's one of the best that I have had. And even though it did end on a bit of a sour note, I am looking forward to when the time the desert ends and I will be able to bask in the sun and green pastures by the still waters.
At this point in my life I feel like there are so many opportunities at my fingertips. I just need to reach out and go for them.
However, now that I am looking forward, I still feel the need to set some goals for myself. Goals are good and are even better when you accomplish them. So here are some that have come to my mind so far: I want another job to help pay for my school loans AND so I can buy my own car. I need to expand my circle of friends who think like me and share the same standards of living as me. I have very high expectations for those that call themselves Christians, and unfortunately, that makes me feel like the oddball most of the time. But I know I am not alone in my thinking. I need to find people in my age group who can support me in what I believe and sort of learn with as I enter into this life of young adulthood.
I also would like to get over my fear of dancing in public. I know that it can be a beautiful release of stress and that it can be fun. I need to get over myself and onto the dance floor!