New Year, New Resolve

I feel like my relationship with this blog is worthy of a Katy Perry song.  I want to write more, but I cannot find the time, decide what to write about, convince myself this is not boring to everyone, decide whether to open it up to the public or not (what would you want your lawyer to be blogging about, if not exclusively the law?).  But it's a new year, so I will try again.

Since I last wrote, I have a new job and live in a new city.  I took the bar(s) in July, started work in September, and learned I passed in October/November.  Since I now have a steady income and my own health insurance, I have decided to go full throttle on the road to a healthier me.  I have detailed some of my gluten issues on this blog before.  I thought that avoiding all gluten would fix the problem, but it has not so far.  I have to figure out some other solutions.  I did the Whole 30  in November, and that did make me feel better temporarily.  Since then, I have been trying to figure out the balance between convenience and health.  I want to use all the resources available to me to be the best me ever.  I have been going to the chiropractor, training for a half marathon, and doing the Nerd Academy strength training routine.  I will TRY (no promises) to detail those efforts here. 

While the job is great, it does require a ton of time and effort just to do the minimum required of me.  I have much work to do to hone my lawyer skills (hence the need to write more) and work on my time management. 

Finally, there is the social side of life: being in a new city, I can count on one hand the people I would feel comfortable texting to hang out, and they are all UVA law grads.  While I cherish those friendships, a little diversity is always good.  I am working on reaching out to new friends and being proactive in both finding new friendships and maintaining the old.  Insert silver and gold poem here.

In the interest of accountability, here are a few of my New Year's Resolutions on which I will try to update the blog:

Work resolutions: meet billable hours requirement, publish 5 articles/blog posts
Health resolutions: cook for yourself on weekdays (Paleo), half marathon, Nerd Academy
Social/personal resolutions: reach out to a new couple/a new female friend a month, keep up with hobbies (tap, guitar, tennis)

Still deciding whether I want to publish this or make it semi-private, totally private, etc.