Yes, I'm beginning my 12 by 12 with February. Why? As I've said, I decided to myself that instead of having the conventional New Years Resolution + beginning everything from Jan 1st, I'd do it on my birthday. This gives me a month of slacking off, which I've been doing! But apart from that, all that emotional jazz got in the way (and I didn't discover W&W till mid Jan anyways. So it all works out I guess. I mean, it does give me something to look forward to on my birthday!
So learning photography is something I would like to start, considering I am on break still. Hopefully, I can at least pick up the basics, so I don't feel discouraged and give it up. I mean, honestly, I spent a bunch on even getting started so to give up will be utterly disappointing. As a side note, I really should've included learning to drive/getting my P's as part of my 12 by 12, by that didn't really rate on my radar when doing these because I honestly have no passion for driving.
Getting healthy is something I've been mentally begging myself to start on. I'm not a very consistent person with fitness. Strangely, I've once been described as a very consistent person. Anyhow, I've started with swimming and I've been to the gym twice. I plan on doing it more. What people say about exercising releasing endorphins, making you happier (well, rather than happy, I'd say, self-satisfied or somewhat accomplished) holds true. So, after my monthly membership runs out, I'd hopefully find a cheap gym to sign up to.
Learning to swim.. Working on that! I've already gotten the motions correct. Well, considering I'm a self-taught 'swimmer', I'm assuming that I'm correct given that I move at all. Relied a lot on my junior high school swimming lessons (except I can't recall how to back float... That or I gained weight T_T). Now, I'm trying to teach myself to breathe underwater. I bought nose plugs to see if that'd help. Struggled with how to wear them (blonde moment, sitting at the pools trying to stuff that piece of wire on my nose.. It looks uncomplicated, but it's damned hard to figure out if the thing doesn't fit well on my nose!) and when I did get it right, it seriously kept slipping off. Making me very depressed (they costed $8, and didn't work well!) So, I looked online for some "swimming drills" and will work on them later. Phew. Hopefully it helps me and I can swim, taking more than two breaths (the most I can do so far). My problem has been that every time feel like I need to gasp for air, my natural reflex is to land my feet.
Lookbook - the reason I would like to start a lookbook is simply because I think it would be fun to document my personal style over the years. Admittedly, I'm slightly overwhelming myself with all these personal social networking things (tumblr, blogspot, facebook and lookbook? DAYUM GIRL!) But no, if anything I will post on here and pretend that counts. Or be unlazy and post on lookbook once in a while. That workds too, hehehe.
Yes, this. I used to pride myself on owning all of Vic's dramas. I can't say that anymore because DVDs got lost and mum's friends probably fell in love with Vic and didn't want to give them back :( So, I will re-stalk Vic. Movies I need to watch include Tea Fight, Sleepless Fashion and the newly released Perfect Two. Dramas include Jin Da Bin, Sweet Relationship, Wish to see you again, Meteor Garden 2, and Prince Taro (if I can even find it!). Also, I want to re-watch Mars because it was so goddamn hot, and he was so damn irresistible in it.
Volunteering or interning is another thing I want to do. I guess, it would be nice to get my foot in the door with my career, considering my grades haven't been the best. With volunteering, I guess I really would like to help others and work towards a worthy cause. So I want to complete either one, if not combine it. Considering that my priority would be to get a paid internship, if not I'll do a volunteer position simply because it'd combine my two wants well.
Crafting is something I've always loved, but never had time or conviction to do. So hopefully by putting this on my 12 by 12, I'd actually do it. I mean, I can even include the DIY Calendar Journal as one of them done! Considering I mostly ogle, and don't need that many crafty things, I hope this is a realistic aim.
I've been mentally chiding myself and feeling uber guilty when I walk by those people who ask for donations. So, hopefully I will donate more, even if it's a little it can go a long way. If I have the opportunity, I will try to donate a large chunk.
Oooh, just discovered that I can multi-upload images. But apparently, they upload in the reverse/backwards order. Noted. This will come in handy when I actually have photoshoots to post up. The reason I want to do this is because this is what I keep envisioning. There was a personal project I wanted to complete, but that looks unlikely at the moment. So I will look for other photoshoots to play with, and just hopefully, keep photographing.
Yes, reading has always been one of my favourite hobbies and loves since I was a kid. Admittedly, I haven't read for a while. But I decided to get back into it. I'm in the middle of a book right now. So that's good. I guess I can count two, but the other one is more of a guide. But yes, it seems like this is an achievable goal. Though when uni starts, I might become desperate and count uni textbooks as a book. Hope not, because that might be demeaning towards my love for books. Ooh, I want to read a biography as well. So add that to the list as well.
And, finally, completing my project 365/366. It's a leap year. Yes, this is because I'm always so lazy and inconsistent. So I really want to do this. Maybe I will be delayed with the whole uploading thing (life and uni beckons), but with the actual photographing I hope I will stick to it.
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