For me, the whole exercise was tedious. Coming up with things to do for 12 months, in advance and then items to check off... just tedious. I enjoyed the concept behind trying to find what makes you happy and doing more of that stuff though.
Two of the things that made me most happy I didn't even consider in January. One was writing screenplays. Yes, while I had written a few beforehand, I had completely fallen out of the habit for years. I really enjoy crafting a story that doesn't have to be hundreds of pages like a novel and doesn't really have the same convention as a novel. And the whole "26 acts" thing that came out of the horrific shootings in Newtown, CT. I found myself super excited to be doing them and planning them to make someone's day a little better and hope they continued it for 26 of their own acts. Generally, I enjoy making others happy so anything that involves helping someone I love or planning an event for them really makes me happy. Finally, I used to sing all the time, at home in the basement, in the shower, karaoke, events etc... but I stopped a few years ago. For no reason at all. I recently started doing it again and I really enjoy it. I'm not very good but I LOVE doing it.
I want to concentrate on doing the above more this coming year as well as finding time for other things I enjoy like learning a language. I really want to learn sign language and Russian. If anyone knows of a place that teaches Russian, hook me up please! You can learn ASL, ESL, Spanish, Italian and Chinese all day long places but I can't find anywhere that teaches Russian. I already speak Spanish, Italian, German, Hebrew and basic Russian but I'd love to expand the Russian (since all I know I taught myself but I know the alphabet (reading and writing) and basic phrases).
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