BFS 2008: THE RESULTS!

1. Two novel drafts - 2/2 - I did this one. And I didn't cheat. ;)
2. Script Frenzy '08 - Previously done.
3. Regular exercising (twice a week) - 15/100 workouts - This is that "epic fail" those thirteen-year-olds kept talking about.
4. Regular journaling (seven pages per week) - Oh, I did this one, and I did it SO WELL it makes me sort of not hate 2008 as much as I did.
5. Regular creative writing (one piece per week) - 43/50 pieces, 6/12 accompanying images - Once I realized I had five goals done, I sort of lost interest in this...meh. I only came up...a little...short. Oops. :P
6. One contest + one submission - Previously done.
7. More socializing - 39/40 events - EVERYONE IN THE PLANET canceled on me last minute, so my would-be 40th events all...never happened. Bleh. So close, too. I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THAT CONCERT BACK IN DECEMBER.
8. "Progress" - Sshh, I already got this one...
9. More studying/earlier start on homework/"good grades" - I like to think that since January, I made significant progress. Or, at least, I got more sleep...either way, I think I did...a little...better. What the heck, I'll give myself this one. :P
10. Summer job - Previously failed.

Total:
- Not started: 0
- In Progress: 0
- Completed: 6
- Failed: 4
Overall goal: 5/10 goals by the end of 2008

This means I finished my overall goal - I got my five goals (plus a bonus sixth goal)! Hooray! I am very proud of myself for all of my finished goals: my novels, my journals, my script, my submissions, my grades (ish), and my progress on that personal problem. (So many p's.)

So yeah.

I didn't like 2008, but at least this thing went okay. I will post some big, fun, and scary adventures for myself to do in 2009 later today, when it isn't two in the morning and I have the brainpower to come up with something official. Because, you know, 2009 will be big, fun, and scary for me no matter what...

Since in 2009, I will graduate from high school and go to college (among other things). I have been looking forward to this for SO LONG, so I know it will be fun. Of course college is big! And, you know, it will be a little scary. Okay, maybe more than just a little - I have a bunch of things I'm worried about.

But I know it will be fun, too. And AMAZING, and something I've waited for. And hopefully, it will be something I feel like I have earned, a situation that might not work out "the best way" but one that I will MAKE into the best result possible.

Because even if I don't get into my first choice (Brown University - pretty sure I'm not getting in), or even the two that keep going head-to-head for "second choice" (Northwestern or NYU - they're like the same school, but in rather different locations!), I'll still be IN COLLEGE, bottom line. And that's what I really want...I just really want to go to college.

So yeah.

2009 = a big, fun, and scary year, no matter what list I make up in a few hours. :D

And you know what?

I couldn't be happier about it.