Resolutions

New year, new us?

We haven't made physical lists of new year's resolutions since our middle school days, years ago. Maybe we stopped because we weren't fond of the bitter taste of guilt when we eventually broke our resolutions a few weeks (or sometimes, even a few days - oops) into the new year, or because we just got plain lazy. Whatever our reasons might have been, this time, to ring in the new year, we've decided to compile a short list of resolutions. Hopefully, you all can keep us accountable. Here are our top three resolutions of 2013:




Resolution #1: Minimize
One of the bigger lessons we have learned this year is that quality always trumps quantity- for clothing, food, and even relationships. We realized our rooms (and lives) are cluttered with things we don't need or really, even want. In an attempt to greet the new year with a fresh start, we began by cleaning out our closets. Good-bye, t-shirts that have not seen light in years. We donated ours to Goodwill, and sold some at Buffalo Exchange; check out your local clothing drive centers and consignment stores. And in order to make this a lifestyle instead of a one-time cleanse, we've also been trying our best-est to buy only things we love and or need. In the words of Macklemore, "One man's trash, that's another man's come up". (Go watch Macklemore's NPR tiny desk concert. You won't regret it.)

As we look forward to the new year with lighter hearts and less baggage, we're inspired by simple and minimalistic designs. Especially obsessed with white floors as of late.

Resolution #2: Travel

Trust us, we are not ones to turn down spending our extra cash on new dresses, boots, and bags. Something we've started to learn this past year, however, is the value of experiences in travel. After travelling to South America, Europe and Asia this summer, we've quickly realized how many sights we have yet to see, how many place we have yet to travel to, and how many people we have yet to meet. With that, our resolution this year is to expand our horizons a wee bit more, and travel as much as we can. We're currently planning our first trip already - stay tuned for where we're headed!

A look back into our own travels this past year- london, beijing, cancun, mongolia, and greece.

Resolution #3: Timeliness
Timeliness isn't an issue when your best friends (as in our case) have issues with timeliness as well. Our meeting times with one another are never set in stone, as we know that one of us, or mostly like both, will be late. This is something we have decided we need to change this year! Professors, employers, friends, and boyfriends would appreciate this resolution of ours, we're sure. This simple resolution will be the hardest to follow through with. We're going to start by setting our iCal appointments 15 minutes early, and setting alarms for them. Or maybe we'll just set our clocks 7 minutes early... we'll continue brainstorming. While we usually are dependent on our iPhones and iCals for alarms and scheduling, we found an alarm clock that may really get you to become timely:

Snuzluz puts a spin on our charity-mindset: when you go beyond a certain point of snoozing, the clock is automatically connected via wifi to your bank account and a charity of your choice that you hate (oh), giving the old-school saying of "you snooze, you lose" a real meaning.

We think we're a little too scared of our snoozing habits to try this one out but if any of you guys are brave enough, let us know.



These are just the three that we both agreed we could realistically achieve - along with the usual work hard (and play hard, of course), eat healthy, work out on the regular, etc...

What are your resolutions this year?