Happy New Year!!

My resolutions are many. Mainly I want to follow the eightfold path to make sure I'm focusing on the right things - this is a good guide:

• Wisdom (Sanskrit: prajñā, Pāli: paññā)

1. Right understanding

2. Right intention

• Ethical conduct (Sanskrit: śīla, Pāli: sīla)

3. Right speech

4. Right action

5. Right livelihood

• Mental discipline (Sanskrit and Pāli: samādhi)

6. Right effort

7. Right mindfulness

8. Right concentration

Here are the specifics of what I'm going to do:

Mind:
Practice guitar everyday
Meditate everyday(though I may seem cool and collected, I'm really a big 'ole stress ball)
Write more, write more, write more...
Ride my bike, ride my bike, ride my bike...
Hike the incline, hike the incline, hike the incline...
Save money, save money, save money...

Body:
Eat healthier
Exersize everyday
Stretch everyday (Yoga?)
Drink less coffee
Drink less alcohol
Drink a shit-ton more water
Cut out sugar in my diet
Drop 20 pounds
Write more, write more, write more...
Ride my bike, ride my bike, ride my bike...
Hike the incline, hike the incline, hike the incline...
Save money, save money, save money...

Spirit:
Quit spending hours on end in front of this damned computer
Love - a lot
Maintain contact with my family and friends
Get above 10,000 feet as much as possible
Soak in hot springs as much as possible
Work hard (but not to the point where it is all I do)
Write more, write more, write more...
Ride my bike, ride my bike, ride my bike...
Hike the incline, hike the incline, hike the incline...
Save money, save money, save money...

I know these are a lot of standard resolutions, but I'm starting to feel a bit worn and old. I want to live life to the fullest, and I'm also really friggin' tired of being poor. I'm going to do something about it before I cannot.

So, to the 2 people who actually read this: Happy New Year!

xoxox

K2