Why do new years resolutions get to the second week and fizzle out like lambrini. For the past 6 years, I've had the same resolutions and I'm always shocked when i look back and see the same things glaring at me. I went through some old posts and instead of writing a whole new post, I've posted some of my previous New Year posts.
Happy New Year!
Knit Top- Tophop
Jeans- Miss Selfridge
Bag Topshop
Jacket- Ralph Lauren
Shoes- Salvatore Ferragamo
Ring- Gucci
Watch- Rolex
Btw, I'm not engaged, married or wearing a promise ring. I just like to wear my ring on that finger. Also, I've gone back and edited most recent style posts to include style credits.
xx
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
ANOTHER...
ANOTHER...
Read any success story and you will see threads of similarity with other success stories. Focus, passion, determination and relentless hard work. Authenticity. I don't know that it's possible to be successful when you don't 100 percent know who you are.
I don't know who I am. Wait, that's not entirely accurate. I know all the different mes. But what is important, is finding a way to combine all those different people into one person. I love so many different things. I want so many different things. I want to be so many different things. And then I get distracted by everyone that's doing what they love and loving it and doing well at it. I'm attracted to passion. But other peoples passion can be distracting. I remember starting this particular blog and everything was completely me. And then I got caught up in doing what everyone else was doing. And then stopped being me.
Then I go back to my inspiration board. Go back to doing things the way I love, regardless of how odd or pointless it seems and I'm happy again. And then it feels like maybe, just maybe, combining all those different people into one isn't as hard as I originally thought.
To find you...you have to let yourself be you. You can't think about who you are, you just have to be who you are.
This is my only new year resolution.
AND ANOTHER...
I was forced to think about new year resolutions when my friend at work walked in on the 8th of January with the hangover from hell. Her new year resolution was no alcohol all January. 'You lasted 7 days', I exclaimed. She shrugged, so I shrugged. That pretty much sums up new year resolutions.
This year though, I'd vowed to be different. To be fair, since my birthday is in December anyway, I tend to make mine early. New birthday, new me kind of thing. I kept mine sufficiently simple this year 'make an effort'. Yes. 3 words. Imagine my smug look when people would ask me and I'd turn around with just the right amount of squint and almost whisper 'make an effort', feeling like I'd just dropped the biggest gem of wisdom since the alchemist.
It hasn't worked.
I'm typing this from my unmade bed. There are clothes in a pile on the floor. I'd say in my room at least, I have not made an effort. This is my first blog post in months, my last being part of a series I never actually completed. I'd say I definitely am not making an effort. I haven't spoken to my mum in well over a week and my old iphone that I'm apparently giving to someone today still has 1072 photos on it.
It's safe to say so far, my 3 word resolution is simply not working.
Before I throw new resolutions at you though, it has to be wondered, why do new year resolutions never work. People come with solutions like 'WRITE IT DOWN'. In many houses and smart phones, lists of dreams and goals are languishing, waiting to be recycled or glanced at. 'BREAK IT DOWN INTO MANAGEABLE GOALS', yeah, but we often overestimate 'manageable', which is why my friend thought she'd do a whole month of not drinking when she often drank a couple of times a week.
So I'm sure this has been said, but this is my plan...underestimate yourself immensely. When I have an idea, I tend to go all out and burn out really quickly. But I've realised that if you knit a row everyday, at the end of the year, you'll have a jumper (is this actually true? how many rows does it take to knit a jumper?)
Either way, baby steps are my new goal, along with three things I'm going to make an effort at. My blood actually just ran cold when I typed 3 things, because I'm the sort of person that tends to like to make 40 or 50 different plans.
So, three things.
1. Write- 200 words a day. 100 on blog/diary/personal type thing. 100 on career assisting type thing.
2. French- 3 verbs a day.
3. People- contact 1 person a week that I haven't spoken to that week. (this might take more than a year to get through)
Off course, my mind if pushing many many more ideas at me, but I think I'll stop there and see how these work out.
Happy New Year!