The Art of Chaos

I’m Baaaaaaaaack!

January 24, 2012 2 Comments

Hello world, and, 2012. I hope the first few weeks of 2012 have been as good to you as they have been to me. Three weeks into the new year I am still invigorated to tackle some new challenges. I didn’t set any crazy resolutions for myself but I did set one: T.V. one night a week. In the last 17 months I have watched more T.V. than I think I have in my entire life. That’s what depression and a bad mood will do to you. Funny thing is, once you get in the rhythm of watching T.V. every single night for hours, if you are perceptive, you begin to realize that all that T.V. is really just making you more unhappy. Enough, is enough. One night a week, that’s all. Quite a challenge when you consider that I do not have a DVR and I do not plan on getting one. So how am I doing so far? Well, I am blogging for the first time in, well, to be honest, I don’t know when my last post was. Do I think I will blog more this year, maybe? It is not a resolution by any stretch. In fact, my new year’s resolution was made in the spirit of helping me overcome my depression and to inspire me to rediscover lost loves and maybe discover some new ones.

Recently I discovered society6.com through a Facebook friends post. Society6.com in an online “forum” where you can post your artwork or photography and sell it for a profit (check it out, it’s pretty cool). Naturally, I linked you to my page but feel to browse around. There are some really talented people out there. So this is a lost love rediscovered. Yesterday, I found the website for Digital Photography magazine. Each week, they post a new “assignment” to readers. I am hooked. This weeks challenge: light. I can’t wait. So yes, maybe I will blog more this year, after all what better venue is there for featuring my work?

I am also an avid reader. Since January 1, 2012. I have read three books. Pretty good start if you ask me. I joined Goodreads. Not sure what I expect to get out of it so I may end up not even using the website. In addition to the three books I have already read I have a queue of about 20 books I have been meaning to read for the last year. At my current rate, I should complete the books in my list shortly. Not to mention that, intellectually, reading is more engaging than watching T.V.

Lastly, I already discovered a new love- running. On Thanksgiving Day 2011, I ran my first race, a 5k. I did not train for the race but I am hooked. This year, I hope to run a few more races. My friend is encouraging me to run a 10k but after watching the last season of Biggest Loser, I want to try for, at a minimum, a half marathon. I begin training February 1st! I have new shoes laced up and ready to go, a running playlist, a sensor to record my progress and a training schedule. I am pumped. Additionally, I hope to finally increase my strength training. I have ALWAYS loved working out but I gravitate towards the cardio. I hope to balance my newfound love with a newfound love for strength training. Either way, I am just excited to do something other than sit down or lie down for 24 hours a day.

As always I have big hopes for the new year. So far so good. Let’s hope the rest of year is as positive. And who knows, maybe I will pick up some grammar while blogging