I wanted to be first

“It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals.” 
― Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary

While Tracy is futzing with our layout and obsessing over fonts, I have taken it upon myself to make our first blog entry, because I am selfish and want to be first. This may be one of the things on my extensive to-do list as far as self-improvement. Then again, it may not. Selfishness actually is something I need more of, not less. I digress.

We have jointly decided that 2013 is going to be a year of staggering growth for each of us. We both had craptacular 2012s, due largely in part to the fact that we ignored ourselves and took care of everyone else on the face of the planet instead, and we are going to take matters into our own hands and do things to stretch and grow and improve ourselves.

For instance, I am going to blow-dry my hair every day. I am 32 freakin' years old and I still stomp my feet and whine about having to actually fix my hair. I grew it out for the express purpose of being able to throw it in a ponytail. The trouble is, it looks awful in ponytails and it looks half decent down and straightened. I am just a lazy bollocks who doesn't want to do it. Therefore, I am going to take the 15 minutes to get off my ass and fix my hair at least 5 times a week. Everyone knows if you fix your hair, the rest follows.

We have also signed up for a super exciting 2013 reading challenge, which I don't have the energy to explain because it's incredibly in-depth, but we will be earning our BA's in literature from Historical Fictionista University, and may even go on to earn higher degrees. Yeah. How about THAT? First up is Pillars of the Earth, which I read years ago and am very excited to reread because I am a total nerd.

I also, on my own, will be reading all 40 Oz-related books by the time Oz, the Great and Powerful comes out in March. 3 down, 37 to go. And it's only January 1st! God, I'm amazing. And somehow now even nerdier.

I think we have also decided to write a book, details about which will be forthcoming, and once a month we are going to go out and get ourselves some culture - a cooking class, a museum trip, etc. I kind of think every other month we should do something we absolutely do NOT want to do, just to say we did it.

And most importantly, I am determined to have a complete and utter overhaul of both my career, which has been sucking the life out of me for 16 years, and of my thought processes as related to relationships of all kinds. I want to learn to nurture and grow healthy relationships, not choke the life out of them by overwatering, to use a planting metaphor that seems oddly appropriate. Destination: enlightenment, good mental health and utter bliss!

Watch out, world -- 2013 is going to unleash two crazy, fulfilled bitches! Can't wait!