HAPPY
NEW YEAR!!!
I
really hope we all have a wonderful year: that we laugh hard and
often, develop more interests, make more friends and become the
person we've always wanted to be. HERE'S TO 2018!!!
One
of my FAVOURITE THINGS about the new year is that it feels like a
fresh start. I know every day is a chance for a fresh start, but the
start of a new year just makes me SO MOTIVATED to accomplish ALL THE
THINGS. I adore setting goals for myself every year, and I love going
back at the end of said year and seeing how I did.
There
are three areas of my life I'm setting goals for: personal, blogging
and bookish. I'm going to ensure that they're attainable and
realistic, so that I don't end up disappointing myself if I can't
achieve them!
Personal:
1. Drink
more water & eat less sugar
Drink
less coffee, drink more water. I'm giving up dairy for January
because I want to see if it improves my complexion. So whenever my
mom and I go for our daily coffee trips, I'll swap that mocha for
some water. Gotta get that H20 in, guys. By eat less sugar, I mean
only eating some dark chocolate during the week and only eating some
milk chocolate on a weekend. I go a little bit crazy with the sugar
on weekends, and I should probably stop that.
2. Try
to stick to my pilates calendar
I
follow the Blogilates monthly calendar and although I stick to it
for the first couple of weeks for every month, I tend to slack as
the weeks go on. I want to try really hard to keep at my exercising,
as it makes me feel SO MUCH BETTER.
3. Go
to bed earlier, wake up earlier.
I'm
thinking of having the light off by 22:00-22:30 and then waking up
at 7? I LIKE THIS IDEA A LOT.
4. Continue doing Bible study every day
I'M
LEARNING SO MUCH. I FEEL LIKE I'M KNOWING JESUS MORE. I WANT TO KEEP
AT THIS, GUYS.
5. GET
THINGS DONE
I
have several tools to help me achieve ultimate productivity, but
somehow I never quite end up doing all the things I hope to do. In
2018, I want to set specific things to do every day and actually do
them.
Reading:
1. Read
52 books
One
book a week, I can manage that, right? If I'm being honest,
I'd like to try to read 100 books this year. That's 2 books a week
and I think, if I manage my time correctly, I could manage that. But
with exams and all that, I'm not sure how much time I'm going to
have!
2. Try
to read for at least an hour every day (if possible)
I've
realised that I don't read very much per day. I've also realised
that I'm not as slow at reading as I thought I was. If I can just
make more time for reading, I know I'll be able to get a lot of
reading done. I MISS READING. WHY IS LIFE SO BUSY?!
3. Stop
taking books out from the library
This
is going to be so hard.
But I read way too many books from the library, when I actually have
loads of my own books to read. I really want to whittle down my TBR
pile, guys. However, I will be allowed to take out two books a
month. One book being my book club's book of the month, the other
being a new release that I'm desperate to read. Two books a month,
max. I can handle that. I'll try to only stick to taking out the one
book a month, but I'm trying to be realistic here.
Blogging:
1. Schedule
more posts
I
used to be so good at
scheduling posts, and I really want to try to get back into that
this year.
2. Blog
what I want to blog
Sometimes
it might be book posts, sometimes personal posts, sometimes
Christian posts and...whatever, really. The past few years I've felt
pressurised to blog a certain way; this year I'm going to really
just post what I want to post. I'm excited about it.
I'm
really excited for 2018! I'm so excited to have another year to
accomplish things, make new friends, make new memories and grow as a
person. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
What
are your 2018 goals?