**I do not take credit for this photo, and unfortunately I do not know who the original source is**

For me, I cringe a little bit when people ask me what my new years resolutions are, because I know that no one really thinks that people can achieve these resolutions. Each year I (and pretty much everyone else) makes resolutions, but I (and, again, pretty much everyone else) doesn't follow through or can't achieve the goals for whatever reason.
This year I am determined to achieve at least some of these goals that I'm setting for myself. 2016 will be a monumental year for me because this is the year that I will graduate from college with two bachelors degrees, and start working in my first full-time post-grad position. I've always heard that telling other people your goals makes it harder to give them up, so that's what I'm going to do in this post.

Kate's Resolutions:

• Draw more often -- and finally learn how to upload/finish it on my laptop
• Finish my professional portfolio -- click here
• Post regularly on this blog
• Graduate from college
• Obtain a full-time job in the merchandising/digital retailing industry after graduation
• Take more photos of my daily life
• Clean my apartment more often
• Work out much more often -- create a plan for working out that I can actually stick to
• Learn how to cook more healthy dishes, and cook more often
• Purchase more professional, higher-quality clothing 
• Cut the negative people out of my life -- focus on those who care about my success 
• Try more new things -- new foods or experiences that I have been previously too reserved to try
• Travel more and to new places 
• Adopt a cat from an animal shelter (after graduation) 
• Become more organized