thunder only happens when it's raining

New Year's Resolutions are perpetually dumb and a waste of time and this article on Rookie backs me up. But since it's winter break and I don't move back into my dorm until the 27th, and I actually do have dreamz and goalz (the shocking truth about most lazy people), there are some changes I'd like to make. Not because it's 2014 and it's going to be "My Year, Finally!!" but because I'm only going to be 18 until May and I feel like I'm getting so old and there are some things I'd like to accomplish.
First, a minor adjustment that needs to be made: stop writing long, run-on sentences all the time. Improve my writing in general. Generally, write more. Maybe start thinking in shorter sentences and my brain will automatically do the adjusting and I won't have thousands of conjunctions before a damn period! (Or exclamation point!)
I also want to explore the Art of Screenwriting which is why I'm currently studying the Screenwriting for Dummies book I took out from the library. I suddenly enjoy writing screenplays, a lot! Most of the fiction I write, even the short stories, go unfinished. I think I probably have at least 10 first chapters of stories saved on Word right now. It might benefit me to make one of my goals "Actually Finish Things!" but I'm trying to be realistic here. With screenplays, I find that I'm much more motivated to see things through to the very end and actually do some editing and all of that fun stuff. I genuinely enjoy it, too. Even if the characters of what I'm working on right now resemble Sam and Lindsay Weir a little too much.
Goal 3: Be more creative.
Goal 4: Read more books.
Goal 5: Watch more movies by directors that I'm really interested in, like Sophia Coppola and John Waters. Study their finished screenplays (at least the ones that are available online).
And that's all, folks! Here's to following our dreamz this year, and for the rest of our lives. If anyone's reading this, I encourage you to explore all of your interests to the fullest extent possible, think about what you might wanna do in life, and take the time to get really good at it. Writing this makes me want to listen to Dreams by Fleetwood Mac. Happy belated New Year!