TO DO IN 2014
I'm a day late, but I didn't know if I should actually post anything resolution wise. What if I don't do what's on my list? The judgement I will be faced with is overwhelming.
Well screw judgement. I am going to post some things I'm working on because I want to. It'll be accountability for myself which is good enough.
1. Grow the blog. I really have goals and dreams for blogging: inspire, help, fill in voids in the blogging world that need to be filled (note: I'm saying this in a way of me saying there's a niche for everyone who wants to be a blogger). I want to blog 5 times a week, consistently but not regarding specific topics, yet. I want to increase my voice. I want to post more original work and content. Because this is a business/personal blog, I tend to not have my own voice to sound professional, but I need to remember to re-lax.
2. Stop being hard on myself. I'm my own worst critic for a number of reasons, but I need to let that go. I'll make mistakes, I'm human, but I will learn from that. That's life. I need to live it and stop analyzing everything to death. Breathe, stretch, shake, let it go.
3. Be financially savvy. There are things I want to accomplish as I approach my 30s, and being financially savvy is one of them. I'm smart in the fact that I don't have overwhelming credit card debt, but I want to keep my costs low and invest in Five12, so I need to cut back in certain areas. One thing is getting rid of cable, and that hurts because I am an HGTV fanatic, a Housewives of whatever county junkie, and a Teen Mom 2 train wreck viewer. But with Apple TV I can watch all of those shows OnDemand or stream them from somewhere else. $100 saved per month.
4. Travel More. Skrrrrrrt. But didn't I say I wanted to be financially savvy? Yes, but this is also to allow me to travel more. I want to go back to NY again for vacation and work. I miss it. I didn't go at all in 2013 and I feel so incomplete. I'm dramatic but that place has my heart. I also want to do weekend travels to visit friends. I need to catch-up, go to my college town (Sic 'Em) and visit the places I used to hang out at when avoiding that paper that was due the next day. I will do more of that this year.
5. Don't speak on ideas, act on them. It's very easy to post that you have an idea about something; it's another to do it. I don't need to make announcements saying I have an idea or I'm working on something. Instead, I need to act on it. The end.
6. Meditate. This has got to be the most important thing ever. I believe in prayer, the power of God and our Lord Jesus Christ to get me through things and I need to work on that. 10 minutes out of my day before bed might cut into my BINGO time, but the game isn't going anywhere unless I move it off my iPad (which I won't, because I'm obsessed). If I can just take time to reflect on the day, pray about things and just sit, I'm sure my blood pressure levels will even out to normal.
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7. Network more. I've touched on this, but I get major anxiety around new people specifically in my field. It's that whole, "What if the cool kids don't like me?" mentality and I just...who cares? Introducing yourself never killed anyone, so I need to chill.
8. Hit goal weight two and/or final goal weight. One of my main accomplishments of 2013 is hitting goal weight one, and it's got me pumped to amp up my game and keep going. I say and/or because PCOS is tricky and I don't know what or how that's going to play with me reaching there. I'm going to say no.
Those aren't all my goals but those are a few to get me started. Hope your first day of 2014 was fantastic!
