January 1, 2012 - A Resolution

    I have a BA in Painting. I can tell you the exact date I painted my last canvas; May 1, 2004. That was about eight years ago. That means I've spent about a quarter of my life not doing what I like best. Not to say that I haven't done some cool shit since then. I got married, played roller derby, became a mom, and started skating again. But I still couldn't help feeling like something important was missing.
     I suck at thinking of New Year's resolutions.  One year, 2006 or 2007, I didn't eat fast food.  I think I was expecting to lose a bunch of weight or feel amazing, but all it did was make me crave Taco Bell like crazy. (Yes, I ate it on January 1). I haven't really thought of one since then. I lost 20 pounds last year, and I quit smoking on my birthday in 2006, so those options were ruled out. 2012 seemed to be destined to be resolutionless.
     I was looking through my garage the other day.  Probably looking for light bulbs or sandwich bags. I saw my painting stuff from college, a purple ArtBin and an enormous roll of canvas. I may have even laughed to myself,  "Maybe I'll have time for that next year!" I didn't find any light bulbs or sandwich bags.
     So back to the New Year's resolution. This morning it came to me. I have to paint every day in 2012. I will document what I create, how I create it, and my thoughts about it in this blog. So here I go...