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is it too late for New Year's Resolutions?

So I've never quite believed in making New Year's Resolutions...they never go quite the way you want them. And calling them goals just sounds like something you're supposed to win (and if you don't, you feel guilty about it). "Hopes" makes me sound desparate, so for now, I'll call them possibilities. Maybe they'll happen, and then again, maybe they won't. But if they don't, maybe I won't be so disappointed in myself. So here goes...

POSSIBILITIES
1. I want to be a regular single girl for a while...and actually enjoy it. I usually just jump from one relationship to another...and quite honestly I think I'm just scared of ending up alone.
2. When I make plans or come up with random ideas, I want to follow through with all of them or at least get things going. I'm tired of saying I'm going to do something and then watch it fall apart.
3. Money. Where do I even begin with that one. Seriously, someone needs to help me. I can never hold on to it long enough to put it in the bank.
4. I don't want to lose my best friend. She just moved far away for grad school, and I'm scared she'll forget about me or we just won't have time to talk.
5. I want to travel abroad. Best case scenario? Ireland
6. I want to learn sign language. I was supposed to email some lady about classes this summer, but remember how I said I have all these ideas and don't follow through...I know I know. I'm working on it.
7. I want to learn how the play the guitar. I've had one for seven years....you would think I'd have mastered it by now.
8. I want to get into OT school. GRE is coming up soon...cross your fingers.
9. I want to live a healthy lifestyle. And no, that's not just short for "hey, I want to lose weight." Seriously, I want to eat right and join classes like kickboxing or something. I want to get a reasonable amount of sleep instead of the usual four hours that I somehow manage to function on.
10. With my crazy schedule, I barely have time for myself. And that's what I need to work on.

So that's enough for now. I hope to look back on these in a year and see how far I've come. I guess we'll see...