Obligatory New Year's and start-of-term post

I was debating whether or not to post the usual beginning of term post. I wasn't going to, but as I was reading the premed blogs that I read (like Premed Post-mom at http://premedpostmom.blogspot.ca/), I realized I quite look forward to when other people post about their start of their semesters, so I figured I should post about mine too.

I am taking 5 classes plus I am finishing 1 class that I've already started. So I'm doing more like 5.5 classes this term. I will be writing 6 final exams from January - April. Three of my courses are online. I'm taking three kinesiology courses, one sports nutrition course, and two anatomy & physiology courses. One of my courses is biomechanics, so it will have quite a bit of math and physics, so that may be a bit diffcult, but I am looking forward to it, as I enjoy the sense of completion one gets from problem solving. I'm looking forward to all of my courses, and I'm also looking forward to doing the coursework on my own time rather than attending 4 lectures. In future semesters I will probably be doing all in-person classes, but I'm going to enjoy it this semester.

I wasn't going to make a New Year's resolution, but I stumbled upon one online. I'm going to be making the most out of my semester by avoiding "should" statements. For example, instead of saying "I should study for 3 hours tonight", I will replace it with "what will make me feel better if I do it?" and usually the answer is doing that same thing you were going to do with the should statement (which in this case, is the studying for 3 hours). So the result of the replacement is that it makes me feel less obliged to do something. Essentially, if I allow myself the option of not doing something, I will actually be more likely to do it. I have tried it so far and it has worked well, although sometimes I have been forgetting to do it altogether. Once it becomes second nature, then I'll be set. I found this concept out from the username makingfetchhappen on the premed101 forums.
Here is the link to the original post:
http://forums.premed101.com/index.php?/topic/81054-what-are-your-non-medicinemedical-school-new-year-resolutions/

I don't have many other updates on my general progress right now, but I do have a  few VERY exciting opportunities that I have started working on. However, I'm not going to share what they are quite yet. Part of me is being superstitious (I know, some scientist I am right?) and part of me doesn't want to get my hopes up in case things don't turn out. In any event, I will post the results within 1-3 months.

Good luck to everyone in their new year and new semester!