Good grief, I love to nerd out over some New Year's resolutions. Let's get started...

Zach and I before going out for NYE12

1) Be on time. 
My sweet boyfriend came up with this one for me. Touché, love.
I'm a big fan of things that are measurable, and going the extra mile so I'm going to revise this one to "Be 5 minutes early."
Alongside that, I'm a realist. I can't be 5 minutes early to everything, like say, happy hour. But the following are mandatory: work, client & organizational meetings, dates, family gatherings. I'm not going to put a timeline on purely social meet ups, unless of course I'm hosting them.

2) Stop procrastinating. 

• Don't just abandon a current task to hop to another one that seems more interesting. Write down tasks as they come up in a consistent place, such as Reminders app on my iPhone. Need to have a paper back up as well for affirmation. Return focus to the task at hand. 
• Shut off the talk box. For tasks that require a concentrated amount of focus, turn off the phone. Because I'm a realtor, turning off my phone for any length of time seems counter-intuitive. But if 20 minutes here or there will gain me some real productivity, the cost is worth the reward. That's what voicemail is for. (As I write this entry, I've received probably a dozen dings and notices from my little talk box. Off it goes.)
• Mark it off the list. If it wasn't on the list, and I've finished it, I'll write it down anyway, just to cross it off. Feels good huh?
• Say no to something every day. I enjoy saying yes. To a certain extent, I enjoy juggling tasks. But reality is, when I say yes to something at random, I'm saying no to several other, probably much more important opportunities. For big decisions, I should probably sleep on it before haphazardly agreeing to anything new. 

There, see that was like 5 resolutions in one. So we'll wrap it up with one more.

3) Read voraciously.
In fifth grade, I was my elementary school's top reader, neck and neck with our eventual valedictorian. Not sure exactly how that worked out for me. But I hope to be in the public library at least once a week, whether reading some of my favorite magazines or finishing a best seller. If it wasn't closed for holiday, I would be there right now.

Here are some others that didn't make the Top Three Goals for 2012:

• Record all expenses for January and make a legitimate, usable budget for the year. 
• Use no debt for one year. 
• Lose 5 lbs permanently or stay same body weight but reduce body fat by 3%.
• Go to NYC.
• Treat my desk like a desk.*
• Double our clients for Freedom Cleaning in Q1.
• Double real estate sales for 2011 by Q3.
• Journal every week. 
• Blog every week. (I always blow this one.)
• Use digital rather than paper records for work, whenever possible. (See * above.)

So, file this away till Dec. 31, 2011, assuming the planet makes it there, and I'll give myself a report card then. In the meantime, what are your resolutions?