I hope you celebrated with some bubbly!
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Last year I made some resolutions for the upcoming year. I didn't make any personal ones, but concentrated more on my business. I made five resolutions and I think it's time to take a look back and, perhaps, make some new ones too!
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1. Concentrate on all the aspects of the blog, the texts, the look, the photos and make sure they all show more personality.
![Fireworks in Montreal, summer 2012](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8213/8329786703_e0a7bbe511_z.jpg)
The second resolution was to learn how to take better photos. Well, that I can confidently say I've gotten much, much better at. I've taken a few photos this year that even people who very rarely compliment anyone have told me they are good. More importantly, I am happy with those photos. I need to do a lot less editing than before and there are several photos where the only editing I did was cropping. However, there are many things to learn still. I want to get better! To continue from last year, my resolution for 2013 is to:
2. Learn to be more consistent when taking photos and keep continuously improving.
![Fireworks in Montreal, summer 2012](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8220/8330843328_0351aa37f4_z.jpg)
The third resolution was to think less and create more. That was a tough one. I have improved on this aspect a lot! I am proud to say that I tried many things that didn't work and I shrugged them off and went off to make something else. I tried to plan less, but the list-maker in me still takes hold sometimes. However, the improvement from last year is significant. There were things that worked out well without too much planning. All in all, I did get better, but there is much more to do. In the end, I can't change who I am, so the resolution for 2013 is to:
3. Create more.
![Fireworks in Montreal, summer 2012](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8080/8330843646_486e290c0e_z.jpg)
My fifth and final resolution was to stress less. Yeah... No easy feat that one. I do think I developed leaps and bounds on this one as well. I have been feeling much better in 2012 compared to 2011. However, I am nowhere near where I need to be. One major thing I did realize this year was the cause of most of my stress. So, the resolution for 2013 is to:
4. Concentrate more on me and worry less about others.
![Fireworks in Montreal, summer 2012](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8492/8329786301_a27055291f_z.jpg)
Like I mentioned before, I do have some cool plans for my blog for this year. I want to make sure that I feel inspired writing and that there is something interesting for all of you to read about.
I've realized that for those of you who know me personally, this blog makes a lot of sense. You know who I am and how everything I write about falls into place with my personality. However, I also realize that all of you who don't know me, and there's quite a few of you, this is a rather superficial peek into who I am. I always enjoy reading blogs where you get more of a feeling who the writer is, so I promise to exercise a little less censorship on my own writing.
Perhaps try to be less wordy...
Have you made any resolutions/decisions for 2013?
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