HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
Before I go off and spend the day with family, I would like
to say a quick THANK YOU to all of you for your love and support these past two
years. When I began this blog as a New Year’s
resolution (and mainly on a whim) two year’s ago, I never thought it would be
something that would last this long, or that would reach the point that is
where it as now. While I still have so
much to accomplish here, and so many things I want to do with this blog, I am
so blessed to have gained the readership that I have, and can’t thank you
enough for that. I am grateful for every
single one of you, and every time you come to this blog to read my writing and hear
my thoughts.
For today’s post, I’d like to share my New Year’s
resolutions with you all. This is
something that I honestly struggle with each and every year. To be honest, I hate New Year’s Eve and Day. It always serves as more of a reminder to me
of things I failed at and things I didn’t do, then as a time of celebration of
things I accomplished and hope for the future.
But this year, I’m changing that, starting here.
This morning, when watching YouTube videos, I came across
BeautyBaby44’s video, “How to be Happy, Love Yourself, & Love Your
Life.” While not everything in that
video is entirely possible for me or was relatable to me as Lindsey is younger
than me, she inspired me and her messages really hit home with me. So, taking things I’d already resolved to do
in 2014, and this last bit of inspiration, I present to you, my list of
resolutions.
1.
Hit
the gym 3 times a week: Once again, my commitment to ‘AllisonFit’ is
lacking and little progress is being made.
So, I want to get back into the gym a minimum of 3 times a week and get back with my program. Not only do I feel like not going to the gym
wastes money on an unused membership, it also just leaves me with an incomplete
goal. My gym goals are simple:
a)
Get in better physical shape
b)
Lose weight/become a healthy weight
c)
Achieve a better looking body that I am
comfortable in
2.
Ditch
the sweats & pull myself together: This is definitely going to be a
struggle for me. In making this goal I
am not throwing out all of my yoga pants forever or anything along those
lines. What I mean is make more of an
effort to ‘dress’ myself everyday in clothing with non-elastic waistbands. The past few months especially, I have found
myself reaching for the easy clothing too much- and not putting effort into my
personal appearance. This is completely fine
to do a couple times a week, or every once in a while, but every day, it makes
me lose energy and turn me into a lazy, unmotivated person, which in turn,
effects everything else in my life. It’s
a simple, and to be honest, pretty stupid thing, but if it makes that much of a
difference, then I can make the change.
3.
Land
a full-time job: This is something that I definitely need to re-focus my
efforts on now that it is a new year.
I’ve had some prospects in the past, but none have worked out. So, kicking it in high gear once more, and
pushing through the work search is a must here.
I know that once I find that full-time job, I’ll have a major confidence
boost, and that will be incredible for me.
4.
Financial
obligations: Next year, I really want to work on getting all of my finances
“under control.” I use the quotes because there are things like my student
loans, that no matter how hard I try, I wouldn’t be able to pay off in a year,
unless I win the lottery. But things
like paying off credit card bills, creating a strong, definitive budget for
spending, things like that, I want a firm plan for and it to be more controlled
for. This is a project that I’ll be
working on in the next week to really get it started for the first month of the
year.
5.
Journal:
This is something that I’ve kind of already started to do, but haven’t been so
great at. I’ve tried it in the past, and
have always failed. But it was
recommended to me several times lately, and as someone who loves writing and
writing comes very easily and naturally, I thought I’d try it again. I’ve decided that I’m going to try it using
EverNote, and then print out the ‘notes’ as my entries. This gives me access to work on the entries
on my phone, iPad (got one for Christmas!!!) and my computer. Hopefully, this will help me!
6.
Become
a more positive thinker: Lindsey’s video really helped me articulate this
goal into what it is now. Essentially, I
want to turn my negative thought process into a more positive one, so that I
can become someone that I would want myself, or my friends even, to meet. I want to be the person that walks into a
room and makes a positive impression on people after having a conversation with
them. This is easier said than done-
changing one’s entire way of thinking is a pretty big undertaking, but it’s
important to me.
7.
Turn
envy into ambition: I can’t even count the amount of times in a day that I
watch a video on YouTube, talk to friends, or even go outside, and am jealous
of someone in one way or another. But I
have decided to turn that envy into a positive thing and focus that energy on achieving
my own goals. Seeing… I don’t know… a
purse, that Nikki Phillipi has in one of her videos, may make me jealous, but
instead I’ll focus on working hard at my job so that I can have money to get
that purse myself.
So there it is guys- my resolutions for 2014! I hope they gave you some inspiration for
your own resolutions or goal making this year.
Let me know in the comments below what your own personal
resolutions/goals for the new year are!
Again, thank you all for the support, and have a HAPPY NEW
YEAR!!!
To check out Lindsey’s video, “How To Be Happy, Love
Yourself, & Love Your Life” click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLKF_iK5T0g
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