A beginning

I started this blog a few months ago to be an outlet for my frustrations with my job as a reading tutor. However, I've since discovered that I could really use a blog for everything in life. I need to get my creative juices flowing; I'm a writer, I think, at heart, and I'm out of school and presented with few opportunities to flex my writing chops. So here I am, flexing.
And since it's the beginning of January, I thought I would share just one or two of my goals with the internet world. (I have no followers, so I can't really say that I'll share it with my readers, can I?)
So first of all, I'd like to blog. I guess that one would have gone without saying. My second goal is related to my first; I'd like to write more. I have several stories in progress, but I always stop because I feel like I'm no good, or the story has been done, or I don't know where it's going, or no one will ever read it. But I have determined to stop worrying so much about that. I must silence my inner critic (or at least turn the volume down). I just read a piece by Donald Miller - on his blog, incidentally - in which he explains that resolutions don't work because they are out of context. So instead of just saying that I want to write more, my goal is to finish one story. This means that I must write at least one hour a week to start. Perhaps I will get excited and start writing two hours a week! Who knows, but the important thing is that I'll be writing.
I do have other goals, of course. I want all my students to pass the PSSA's in April, and I want to work on my relationships with my friends, and I want to live where I am instead of longing for home. That last one is a hard thing for me. I don't really know how to be where I am without leaving home for good. And the thought of leaving home for good just terrifies me. But it's something I want to explore in the next year. Who knows where I'll be next January. Maybe I'll be right where I am now, sitting in the living room of a little white house watching it snow. Or perhaps I will be "home" again, or maybe I'll be somewhere entirely different. I certainly can't see into the future. But I'll try to enjoy the ride while I'm on it.