NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS, PREDICTIONS, & WHAT CAN STAY IN 2019

RESOLUTIONS

1. Better Posture - Never has my posture been worse than it was in 2019. I don’t know if this is because I have a one year old now and my body is just too tired to fully straighten but I am seriously starting to resemble a diseased palm tree.  It’s become apparent to me that my back is verging on parentheses rather than exclamation point and I’d like to change that. A simple, sustainable resolution.

Likelihood I’ll Keep This Resolution: 7/10

2. Read More - Putting down the phone (bet you haven't heard that one before) and cracking open a book is such a satisfying thing to do. I love to read, and can usually get to double digits by the end of the year, but my reading jags come in uneven clusters and it's time to spread out my favorite hobby throughout the year and surpass at least a book a week.

Likelihood I’ll Keep This Resolution: 8/10

3. Go To Sleep Earlier - This goes hand in hand with waking up earlier. I just need more hours in my day! And let’s be honest, sleep that begins earlier in the evening is just better sleep.

Likelihood I’ll Keep This Resolution: 7/10

4. Keep Track of What I’m Watching/Reading/Listening To/Eating - That’s where this website comes in. I’m hoping I can document everything I’ve loved consuming over the year in a succinct way.

Likelihood I’ll Keep This Resolution: 8/10

5. Learn How To Surf - I don’t know. I’m a Picses. I feel like I could use a mode of exercise that gets me in the water, forces me to use my entire body, and gets me away from a screen.

Likelihood I’ll Keep This Resolution: 4/10

6. Drink More - Yes, you read that correctly. I’d like to drink less wine/beer and more cocktails in 2020. I love all alcoholic beverages, but I want to expand my knowledge of mixology (ew is that a douchey word?) this year. Sorry kidneys.

Likelihood I’ll Keep This Resolution: 6/10

7. Explore LA More - Time to get out of the house. I’ve been living in LA on and off since 2012 and when my friends came to visit this past October, I was fully embarrassed at my lack of geographical and cultural knowledge of the city. In 2020, I’m going to explore more of what this town has to offer.

Likelihood I’ll Keep This Resolution: 8/10

8. Eat Way Less Meat - Been on my way to this one for years. After going full vegetarian in college (for 6 months, not that impressive), I realized how easy it is to just...not eat meat. It’s even easier now with the boom in plant based meat alternatives. I resolve to cut down my meat intake significantly in 2020, and cut out red meat almost entirely (despite the fact that I’ve almost mastered my pork lasagna and red wine braised short ribs recipes :().

Likelihood I’ll Keep This Resolution: 9/10

9. Live More Sustainably - If this isn’t on your list, you’re not paying attention. Sorry, that was preachy, but what can I say? Buy a reusable grocery bag! Compost your food scraps! Save your bags and wrapping paper from this past Christmas and reuse them! It’s that simple. I’m committing to making my home a little more sustainable this year by making really easy tweaks. Less fast fashion, less meat, less plastic. The alternative is just not an alternative anymore.

Likelihood I’ll Keep This Resolution: 10/10

10. Be A Better Friend - I’ve been known to miss a few phone calls, forget to reply to texts, go weeks without checking in and I’m trying to stop! I have really amazing friends and I hope they can say the same for me in 2020.

Likelihood I’ll Keep This Resolution: 10/10

PREDICTIONS

1. Joker will sweep at the Oscars. I’m not saying I want it, I’m saying it’s possible. 

2. Norman Fucking Rockwell! will win Best Album at the Grammys (this is a prediction and a prayer).

3. Dolittle will bomb at the box office. That’s it. That’s the prediction. 

4. I will love West Side Story and In The Heights, regardless of how good they are. 

5. At least 3 popular influencers will get canceled. My husband said this prediction is like predicting there will be an accident on the 405 but all the same, I stand by it. Three really big influencers will leave the scene involuntarily.

THINGS THAT CAN STAY IN 2019

1. TikTok. I’m done. I’m over it. I never even started it and I’m over it. We do not need yet another platform to encourage our already shrinking attention spans.

2. Wearing biker shorts when you are not riding a bike. Also done. Also over it. On to the next the next athleisure trend. I'm ready.

3. Friendships that don’t serve. If you haven’t attempted to meet my child since her birth over a year ago, we probably aren’t friends? Thank u, next. 

4. THAT administration. 

5. Flat Earthers & AntiVaxers.