This time last year I made no definite plans.  I'm not one for making huge, life-altering resolutions, partly because I think it doesn't need to happen every year at a certain point.  Partly because I'm not a fan of following the crowd.  

I didn't make last year's resolution list until January 4.  That shows how much of a rebel I am.  And I didn't include earth-shattering resolutions like "Get married," "Lose 20 pounds," "Cure cancer."  That's not my style.  I preferred to select little things, like "Appreciate the times when the bus comes right when I need it," and "Realize that no matter how hard I try, my new haircut will never look as good as the photo I'm basing it on."

But this year I think it's best to write down a list of things that will probably happen.  You know, if all goes well.  "Resolution" means "a firm decision," and I've come to learn over the past several years (and even months) that a lot of things are really not up to us.  So I'm going to do my best to make these things happen, but I'll allow for a little wiggle room.

In 2010:

I will enter the Provo MTC for a few weeks of intensive spiritual boot camp.

I will begin my 18-month mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, laboring in the Oklahoma Tulsa Mission.

I will meet a variety of interesting, friendly, difficult, happy, angry, frustrated, curious, and possibly smelly people.

I will learn more about the gospel, about people, and about myself than I have ever known before.

I will ask a lot of questions.  I might even answer some as well.

I will take lots of pictures.  I will write many letters.

I will probably not attend many movies, dances, parties, or sporting events.  I will likewise not get asked out on many dates.

But before all that, I might...just might...solve this Rubik's cube.