While I’m not really the type to freak out about age, I am definitely the type to freak out about how fast time flies. Ringing in 2020 was a reality check that the last decade was filled with some of the best years and experiences of my life (hi college years, I miss you), and each year felt like it flew by quicker than the last. I turned 29 on Dec. 27th, 2019, so I’ve got less than a year to make the items on this bucket list happen.
2019, how you doinnn (in my best Joey Tribbiani voice).
I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on 2018 (final verdict: I want my money back) and brainstorming my goals and plans for this new year. Last year wasn’t exactly my best, and I felt like I lost myself along the way. BUT I’m determined to make 2019 my comeback year.
Everyone always stresses the importance of being *vulnerable* when it comes to blogging and social media. While I’m not really one for oversharing or joining in on a pity party (in real life, or on Instagram), I do think it’s important to recognize that sometimes shit gets real. And in October, shit got real for me.
Done is better than good.
I recently devoured Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear* by Elizabeth Gilbert (like, in 4 hours total) and it got me thinking about this blog, my career, my passions, and what I was choosing to spend my time on. I’m an undeniably curious person, and I love to learn, try and create new things. The wish list in my head of “what I want to try/do/see/experience/start/make/write about/etc.” goes on and on forever, but in most cases, I attach an “I’ll do this someday when I actually have time to dedicate to it” footnote to said list and keep movin’ along.
Photo by Studio Magnolia
So I cannot believe that just like that, it’s Fall. It may still be 90 degrees in Florida, but I am STILL pumped for flannels, pumpkin spice everything and all of the basic betch fall things. I literally am drinking a pumpkin beer as I write this post. YUP, no shame. Before we know it, 2017 will be over and we’ll all be confused as to where it went. I thought this would be a good time to regroup and refocus on my goals for the blog (and life in general, but I’ll get to that later).
If you saw last week’s post, you know that I’m all about results and not so much about resolutions. I feel like resolutions carry a lot of pressure with them and not usually a whole lot of meaning or execution, but working toward results/goals is more of a solid plan. So for my second post under the Resolutions vs. Results series, I give you the most important part: setting your goals and scheduling for success.
So here we are, it’s almost halfway through January and everyone is either in full fledged resolution mode or stressing out about the fact that they haven’t even started. To be honest with you, I’m completely guilty of being in that second category. I have a million ideas swirling around in my head about things I want to improve on, and an overarching goal of making 2017 amazing, yet I haven’t made much headway. BUT, that’s the entire point of this post: determining your goals for 2017 and making an action plan to achieve them.