Everyone Loves a Boston Girl

So I know you should always offer your seat on the T to the elderly and the handicapped. If there is an older looking person, a pregnant woman, or disabled person near me, I will offer them my seat. However, what are the rules for middle-agish looking people standing quite a distance from you? On my evening commute on the crowded T, the man next to me stood up and yelled, “Hey! Do you want to sit???” The woman he was yelling to was not standing close to us. And she was probably about fifty to fifty-five years old. She shook her head and looked pissed off. I think the man offended her. Maybe if she was standing closer it would have been ok; but she clearly was not in need of a seat and did not appreciate the offer from across the T. It just made everyone uncomfortable.

On another note, people in Boston generally do not have staring problems like I do. I don’t get how you can sit on the T and just stare at the floor or at a book or whatever. I look at people whether they’re really good looking or crazy weird looking. Sometimes I find myself just staring at extremely ugly people because I can’t help it. I should be more careful…but even when I bring a book, I find myself constantly looking up and around me. I guess I should just stick to falling asleep while on my commute.

A lot of people refuse to make resolutions because they think they’re a waste of time. People don’t take them seriously, they’re always broken, and so on. I can see their points, but still, I don’t feel like it’s ever a waste of time to make some goals for yourself. What’s the worst that can happen? You don’t keep your resolutions. Well, it’s worth a shot, eh? I personally feel like we should be making goals for ourselves all year round, and not just for the New Year. But hey, if it gets us off our butts and makes us start taking inventory of our lives, I don’t see anything wrong with that.

So, without further ado…here are my resolutions:

1) Think about myself more and spending less time worrying about other’s feelings- Sounds harsh, I know. But there’s only so much feeling guilty for things I can’t control that I can take. I think I’ve already started doing this toward the end of this year, but it’s still a huge struggle. I need to start letting people take control of their own problems and stop trying to solve them. And I need to stop feeling guilty when I can’t make everyone happy all the time. I need to consider my own feelings and happiness more thoroughly.

2) Take better advantage of my free time. I don’t get much of it, and when I do, I feel like I sit around and waste it.

3) Spend more time on my freelance work and seriously start writing my book.

4) Get more sleep. I know, I know, I do think sleep is overrated, but at the same time, I think my body would be happier getting more than five hours a night.

5) Do Pilate’s at least 5 days a week. Seriously.

6) Be more easygoing and less uptight. Just try my best to be happy and make 2007 the best year yet!!

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

-Marcus Aurelius

Who knows how many of these resolutions I’ll keep. But I’m going to guess that I will keep them all, except maybe the sleep one. They’re all things that will make my life better and why wouldn’t I want that? There’s no reason 2007 can’t be a billion times better than 2006. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Me and Sas starting the new year off right!