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You know those things that seem to become fixtures on your perennial to-do list? Those resolutions you make every. single. year? Yeah, those things. Well I've got a few of my own and I'm going to share five of them with you. Why? Because I love you.
Which brings me to the first item on my list:
1. Say "I love you" more
Love, love, love. I am all about the love. My Twitter bio even says "Loves everyone." And yet I don't say it as much as I would like to. There are a few reasons for this. One is that I tend to be more reserved and not as expressive as I admire in others. I'm an introvert and some of it is necessary energy conservation but it is also not having really figured out how to get past my, as a reporter (to my great dismay) once described, "prim and proper" facade. And so I forget to say the word "love" (in a way that doesn't reduce it to trite, trivial or rote overuse) to friends, family and other loved ones as often as I'd like.
Also, oh how I admire those gals who wear their confidence on the outside and own their hotness rather than wear their past hurts and disappointments like a suit of you-can't-touch-this tough girl armor. Which brings me to another thing which is that I've been on a hunt for new object of my affection for what feels like forever. And that seeking? Totally and completely taking place in my mind. Not the most effective approach. I also seem to have some commitment issues since I keep picking up and moving, not staying put long enough for anyone to catch me. So once again, "find a boyfriend" rolls over from 2009 to 2010.
Related: Sarah Dopp is going to get everybody to love everybody and BlogHer CE Liz Rizzo refuses to get cynical about love
2. Exercise
I was off to a great start in 2008. I had an awesome trainer kicking my butt in a cool, quirky little gym and then the great recession hit, business slowed and the expense got cut from my budget. But, hey, I'm resilient and resourceful and I started a walking half-marathon training program - just my two feet and the great outdoors - and that fell by the wayside. I need a taskmaster to keep me motivated and on-track with the exercise thing. I need a dog.
Dogs gotta be walked. For the first time in 14 years, I had no dog to walk in 2009. So I'm thinking this is the answer to get me back to exercising on the regular. 2010 will be the year of the dog.
Related: Chihuahuas being my dog of choice, and apparently they are giving Pit Bulls a run for the money as most-surrendered shelter dog in California, I'm thinking that, like Katherine Heigl, I can make this happen.
3. Video blog
One of my dreams is to host a TV talk show. I love television. I love talking. And while I can be a grouchy misanthrope at times (see: introvert, me) I truly do mean that "loves everyone" crap I spew and secretly, I think people are fascinating. Truly. Everyone has a story to tell and I like hearing them.
I've joked that I will start as the "Oprah of Oakland" (alliterative - nice, huh?) but I really want to be the Maria of all media. But that's kind of hard to do if I'm not on camera.
Sadly talking is not doing. And I meant to do more doing in 2009.
Related: BlogHer CE Melanie Nelson wrote a brilliant post just for me titled Using Video to Build Content. Melanie also introduced me to Selfish Mom who does simple and awesome little daily video posts. She'll be a role model for me, for sure (in other words, don't be surprised if I totally rip off her approach).
4. Own my data
Here on BlogHer I write a lot about owning myself and my ish. But one thing I really meant to do in 2009 was to figure out how to own my data and content. I've got a ridiculous number of blogs spread out across several platforms. I probably have written the equivalent of a few books by now and have the content to fill several courses. However, it's not terribly useful for me spread out across the digital universe sitting on other people's servers. Like Elisa (who has an even
