Ana's Ramblings & Art Corner: First Post of 2013

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

First Post of 2013

Flo and Friends by Jenny Campbell and John Gibel

In 2012 I did my first ever New Year's Resolutions. This was my first serious attempt at making a public declaration of my intentions to change, for the better, in 2012. Well, I believe I was successful, for the most part. So, I will try it again this year.

My New Year's Resolutions for 2013:

Get up earlier

I will be getting up earlier and taking control of my day, as recommended by Andy Traub in his new book: Early To Rise. I recommend that you get a copy of this book. It sounds crazy, but it works.

Continue to lose weight (another 100lbs)

Last year I had the goal of losing 125lbs. I only managed 50lbs. But, that is okay! This year I will attempt to lose 100 lbs. I was on Weight Watchers Online, which worked wonderfully, This year I am going to try it on my own, and see if I can do it. If not, I will go back to Weight Watchers.

Work on creative endeavors

I am including drawing in this topic. Last year I wanted to draw more and work on creative endeavors. I did. You can see some of my work in this blog, on my Fine Art America site, and my sketchbook blog. I did not do as much in the last couple of months due to illness and generally being busy with family commitments However, I did draw a lot more in 2012, which included some painting as well. In 2013 I plan to ramp that up even more and...

Much more original art work
More daily drawings
Upkeep of the blogs, plus regular posts
Writing
Marketing my work
Creating some videos

Learn something new

I'll admit, I love learning new things. This is not going to be too difficult a resolution to keep. However, instead of haphazardly learning things on the willy-nilly, this year I will sign up for actual courses and purposely expand my knowledge base.