Beginning Blogging and New Year's Resolutions

Until last year, I never realized that New Year's Resolutions were things that people actually made. I always heard adults joking about how it only took them a week and a half to miss a day of working out, or how someone's birthday party derailed their diet. Finally, last year, as a 20-year-old college student, I figured it was time to start setting goals I would inevitably fail to reach.
I distinctly remember writing down seven or so well-defined goals that I thought were well within reason for myself. Ironically enough, I'm pretty sure one of those goals was to be more organized, and as of December 27th, 2013, I can't find the notebook in which I wrote them, and I'm not even sure I remember which one it was anyway.
Although I may have only achieved one or two of my resolutions, this year has been absolutely fantastic, and I had the opportunity to do so many things that I would never have thought as realistic enough to actually make a resolution about.
Here are some of the highlights:

1. Spend the semester in Sydney, Australia
2. Throw myself out of a plane at 14,000 ft
3. Go scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef
4. Swim with sharks
5. Visit Thailand
6. Learn to cook some Thai dishes
7. Eat bugs
8. Visit New Zealand
9. Visit Hobbiton

Here are some of the things I failed at this year:

• Running at least twice a week
• Being more organized
• Buying less takeout
• Buying fewer shoes
• Managing my time well so that I actually have free time
• Spending that free time doing stuff that I actually enjoy
• Not ending sentences with prepositions

As this year is coming to an end, I've once again began to think about changes I would like to make in my life this coming year, and I've once again compiled a list of ways I'm going to disappoint myself by February:

1. Exercise for 30 minutes at least twice a week
2. Cut down on bad carbs
3. Take more pictures
4. Read at least 12 new books by 2015
5. Spend less money at Chipotle
6. Get that degree you've been working towards for the last 3.5 years
1. Aside: I have to have at least one I know I'll accomplish
7. Open an Etsy shop with knitted/crocheted hats, scarves, etc.
8. Actually keep up with this blogging thing

So I think that's about it. Come 2015 we'll see how I did. Yikes.
Also, I don't know if I'm mentally prepared for it to be 2014.