Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a great start to this new year! I am most excited for 2017, it is time to continue life's journey with new greater plans and dreams.
I am a firm believer that it shouldn't take a new year to start over or the reason to make resolutions that in a couple of weeks will be left in the oblivion. However, it is a good time to evaluate where you are currently in life and where you want to go. As I mentioned in my last post I am very content with the person I am right now and where my life is heading, however I am aware that there are many things I need to improve on and things that I need to make happen.
Plan and dream big are some of my main motivators this year along with hope. These three inspirations have allowed me to come up with a realistic goal set for this year. Because it is the first post of the year and everyone and their mother is writing on this I am going to share what my goals are for this year.
Blogging
Blogging is definitely an important part of my life and I have many things I have set for myself for this year. As you can probably see I already started with a new look, it's not a rebrand just somethings I wanted to fix up from last year. I am happy with the improvement I have made as a blogger, I want to keep that exploring with my creativity feeling confident with what I post.
Blog Content: This is the most important thing as it what makes up the blog. I want to be able to write posts that I would find myself reading. I cook and bake often yet I have never share them before, I want to share a couple of my recipes this year. I want to attempt to write a little about beauty and fashion. I am already working on posts for the first couple of months that I feel very excited to share. I am on the works of a new blog series called A Word With, that will be coming later this month. I would like to work with a brand or product this year and maybe have a sponsored post. The goal most important is that I want to stay true to myself as I grow.
Social Media & Following: I have loved getting to interact with bloggers from all over the world, and I am blessed to have already made some great friends. I want to be able to get to know more of the blogging community I have set myself the goal to comment on at least two blogs a day, be active on my social media at least 30 minutes a day, post at least 5 photos on Instagram per week. I am very grateful for the following I have and in honest truth I can only hope for it to grow. However, I don't want to make it about numbers as the written content is more important to me, besides if the content is good the following will take care for itself more or less.
College
I have a love hate relationship with school, and it is easy for me to hate it more than love it at times which just turns into overwhelming stress. Now that I will be taking courses that are all towards my major, it will be easier to love it. I want to keep up the good work and only push myself not for a grade for the best I can do, enjoying everything I learn.
Health
Last year I did a good job on taking care of myself I hope to continue and improve on it as much as I can.
Physical: I acquired the taste and love for healthier food, I do more exercise, I take my daily vitamins, I have a good intake on water, I eat for fruits and veggies, which I want to keep improving on them for this year. I do have to work on eating breakfast on time, and most importantly as the night owl I am sleep on time.
Mental: I think I am the most proud of because I have been able to manage my anxiety extremely well. I am also working on not avoiding feeling anxious because denial just makes it worse, accept how I am feeling and tell someone. I do need to improve on not feeling guilty in saying no when my mental health is at risk, but overall I hope to my mind to be as healthy as can be.
Social: Being honest this is the one I have the most difficult time with and need the most improvement. Knowing the people who matter and giving them the place they deserve in my life has been great, cutting people who were harmful or unnecessary was just as well, talking to strangers is something I am slowly making progress with. I want to communicate better specially with those loved ones who live far away. In crowds I need to stop avoiding people and learn to keep calm around them.
Personal
I am happy with where I am in life right now I want for it to only grow this year. I want to keep exploring my limits and challenging myself with new things. I want to make more time for things I love. A big one is organizing and planing more of everything, be flexible when needed but not too much. W want to create an inspiration board where many of these will be a part of. I want to be able to get my first job, get a new car, have fun with fashion, cook and bake new recipes. Enjoy and love each day with anything it brings, making the most out of each moment and be mindful.
I don't know what 2017 will bring but I look forward to embrace it all. I hope that whatever you set yourself to this year you can accomplish and enjoy life while you do it. This year of hope and dreams make them happen have a wonderful year.
Best wishes always,
