It's time for self improvement! Happy New Year!

Ahh, the New Year. It's time for everyone to start making promises to themselves: a promise to lose weight, quit smoking, volunteer, etc. Personally, up until last year I hadn't had any true success with a resolution. I think it's because I did those big, grand ones that you get all excited about but find you fizzle by end of January (fyi-it was always a weight thing). Last year, however, I made the simple resolution that I was going to give up Soda. Why? Not sure, just thought it would be better for me. Healthier. And I succeeded. So, smaller is better, and as long as I know specifically what I'm looking to achieve, I can feel more focused on it.

This year, I plan to have two resolutions: a personal, and a professional. And I use the word 'professional' very loosely, because honestly I still don't quite feel like I earned the right to use that word.

Which, of course, is my goal. I want to try and have a greater presence, a thing that I let slip majorly during NaNoWriMo, and it continued through December. So, my goal for this year is to increase my blogging, twitter using, and to try and figure out ways to promote myself.

Not too bad, or improbable, I think. I could be proven wrong, though I sure hope not.

I'm planning on doing some research, re-reading a couple of books I'd bought on the subject to see if there's anything that I forgot or missed the first time, as well as following blogs I'd kinda lacked on reading since about, oh, I don't know, October. (I'm bad, I know)

So I'm up for hearing any recommendations on how to get out there more. Any. Please? This also includes book recommendations on the topic, popular blogs, etc.

I thank anyone in advance for their wisdom, and wish everyone a Happy New Year, and the best of luck with whatever personal or professional goals you've set for yourself.