Recapping 2013, Looking for 2014
Ciao Friends!
Merry Christmas, thank you for the lovely birthday wishes this year, I really appreciate the kind words! I hope you all had a lovely time with friends and family this year, stayed warm and enjoyed the holidays like I did. Thank you for all the lovely Christmas cards, I have them on a string of fairy lights, which you can no longer see, on my window. My birthday cards are above my computer desk on two pieces of string.
I have some lovely books and dvd/BR & games, including S1 of ONCE so I can rewatch in HD now to my heart's content! I also got hold of Disney Planes, finally, because I never got to see it and well it's... planes! If you are a gamer, like me, I can't recommend The Last of Us and Heavy Rain enough! They are both excellent games, great story lines and excellent play. {I have unfortunately finished both already XD}
Moving on to the Year in Review {shall we say}...
I hope you are all well. I know for a lot of you 2013 has been a rubbish year, and there has been a lot of heartbreak. I am sorry I haven't been around that much to speak to you all. You are all great people, and deserve a lot more than the world is giving right now. I hope 2014 is much better for you all.
2013, for me, has not been a bad year. I have accomplished a lot, I have done things I never thought I would do, but I have also missed out on things because I still have bouts of anxiety where I just want to hide, sleep, read books and watch TV. see new addiction to Gossip Girl. This is not a terribly bad thing. After all, reading is good, and TV is good too. But I am concerned that I am cutting off ties with people slowly, just because I am distancing myself with a lot of things. 2014 shall not be a year that this will happen, I really want to change that.
I have found that there are things I am unhappy about, mostly it has to do with the uncertainty of the future, and perhaps I am scared of what will happen this year. I don't, as much as I am sure I will, want to stop myself doing things because of fear of the unknown.
No Regrets!
I am a bit disappointed in me this year too. Not to dwell on it, but there are a few things I don't like about myself, and I have become a more dislikable person because of it. One of the hard hitting points of the year was when someone said I was aggressive at work, and although they don't mean it in the way I have read it, I am scared it is partially true. I am aggressive. I don't like to back down from things easily, I like to win, I like to achieve everything {the sky's the limit etc.} but it is not a great trait between friends. I think I have changed because of people I spend most of my time with too {aka: work} and I don't want to turn into that girl I think I might.
So this post is about making a positive change for the next year. :)
I want to treat myself more, to look after myself, to give myself treats when I have done well with something. After working for over 18 months now, I think I should probably spend more time looking after myself than when I was when I was a student/unemployed grad, and that does mean I shouldn't by shoes that cost less than a fiver and wear them until they have holes in. {best example the last three pairs of work shoes I have owned!}
My skin and body deserve better looking after too and my ambition is to buy better make-up for my skin, to exfoliate more, to improve the look of my legs before summer, to tone and let me love the body I have. I lost a lot of weight two years ago, but it is creeping on again since being at work all day, without exercise, and the added bonus of regular cake and sausage rolls in the kitchen. This is fine, I am not going to stop eating them, but I want combat it too. I am going to eat healthier lunches too.
I want to run more, for me, and to be fit again. I stopped running during the summer and haven't got back into it since. I have a 6mile run to complete in March as well! :S
I am going to save money so I can travel again next year. I want to travel in Europe and I am visiting Marrakech in June for a Hen Party, but I am really looking into visiting San Diego or New York in 2014. Japan/Korea was so awesome this year, and I want to do another big trip. However, I know this will be very dependent on where I am living next year as I maybe moving closer to work, moving in a with a girl I work with {I am hesitant about this}. However it all depends on my Mum getting a job, and where she will be living and if she has to move... A few uncertainties.
I really want to get stuck into learning again. I think my brain has turned to mush since leaving University, and one thing I really don't like about myself is how quickly I forget things. I either want to learn something new, teach myself some more computer coding, or study a language {I never started that last year!}
This also rolls on to...
If you have any recollection from March, {I don't expect you to!} I made a 20in2013 post that was what I wanted to achieve this year. Here it is:
{20in2013}
I completed quite a few of my 20 achievements for the year, so I am going to continue to do that next year, but reduce it to 15, and hopefully complete them all this time! This also means adding some new resolutions for 2014. :)
There are a couple of basics, like the reading and film resolutions, which I should be able to complete. There are a couple of self-improvement resolutions which should push me into feeling good about myself in 2014. I really want to impress the guys at work when this job statement I am working is complete, and hopefully this will give me a good standing for the next work opportunity. Along with the run I want to lose the weight that I have gained over the past year and get myself back to where I was when I started work. Overall I want to be under 10 stone by 2015, but I think I might be slightly ambitious. {it's always good to have a big goal!}
Hopefully this will mean that:
{thanks for sticking with me, here's a gif of me in a polar bear onesie.}
Merry Christmas, thank you for the lovely birthday wishes this year, I really appreciate the kind words! I hope you all had a lovely time with friends and family this year, stayed warm and enjoyed the holidays like I did. Thank you for all the lovely Christmas cards, I have them on a string of fairy lights, which you can no longer see, on my window. My birthday cards are above my computer desk on two pieces of string.
I have some lovely books and dvd/BR & games, including S1 of ONCE so I can rewatch in HD now to my heart's content! I also got hold of Disney Planes, finally, because I never got to see it and well it's... planes! If you are a gamer, like me, I can't recommend The Last of Us and Heavy Rain enough! They are both excellent games, great story lines and excellent play. {I have unfortunately finished both already XD}
Moving on to the Year in Review {shall we say}...
I hope you are all well. I know for a lot of you 2013 has been a rubbish year, and there has been a lot of heartbreak. I am sorry I haven't been around that much to speak to you all. You are all great people, and deserve a lot more than the world is giving right now. I hope 2014 is much better for you all.
2013, for me, has not been a bad year. I have accomplished a lot, I have done things I never thought I would do, but I have also missed out on things because I still have bouts of anxiety where I just want to hide, sleep, read books and watch TV. see new addiction to Gossip Girl. This is not a terribly bad thing. After all, reading is good, and TV is good too. But I am concerned that I am cutting off ties with people slowly, just because I am distancing myself with a lot of things. 2014 shall not be a year that this will happen, I really want to change that.
I have found that there are things I am unhappy about, mostly it has to do with the uncertainty of the future, and perhaps I am scared of what will happen this year. I don't, as much as I am sure I will, want to stop myself doing things because of fear of the unknown.
No Regrets!
I am a bit disappointed in me this year too. Not to dwell on it, but there are a few things I don't like about myself, and I have become a more dislikable person because of it. One of the hard hitting points of the year was when someone said I was aggressive at work, and although they don't mean it in the way I have read it, I am scared it is partially true. I am aggressive. I don't like to back down from things easily, I like to win, I like to achieve everything {the sky's the limit etc.} but it is not a great trait between friends. I think I have changed because of people I spend most of my time with too {aka: work} and I don't want to turn into that girl I think I might.
So this post is about making a positive change for the next year. :)
I want to treat myself more, to look after myself, to give myself treats when I have done well with something. After working for over 18 months now, I think I should probably spend more time looking after myself than when I was when I was a student/unemployed grad, and that does mean I shouldn't by shoes that cost less than a fiver and wear them until they have holes in. {best example the last three pairs of work shoes I have owned!}
My skin and body deserve better looking after too and my ambition is to buy better make-up for my skin, to exfoliate more, to improve the look of my legs before summer, to tone and let me love the body I have. I lost a lot of weight two years ago, but it is creeping on again since being at work all day, without exercise, and the added bonus of regular cake and sausage rolls in the kitchen. This is fine, I am not going to stop eating them, but I want combat it too. I am going to eat healthier lunches too.
I want to run more, for me, and to be fit again. I stopped running during the summer and haven't got back into it since. I have a 6mile run to complete in March as well! :S
I am going to save money so I can travel again next year. I want to travel in Europe and I am visiting Marrakech in June for a Hen Party, but I am really looking into visiting San Diego or New York in 2014. Japan/Korea was so awesome this year, and I want to do another big trip. However, I know this will be very dependent on where I am living next year as I maybe moving closer to work, moving in a with a girl I work with {I am hesitant about this}. However it all depends on my Mum getting a job, and where she will be living and if she has to move... A few uncertainties.
I really want to get stuck into learning again. I think my brain has turned to mush since leaving University, and one thing I really don't like about myself is how quickly I forget things. I either want to learn something new, teach myself some more computer coding, or study a language {I never started that last year!}
This also rolls on to...
If you have any recollection from March, {I don't expect you to!} I made a 20in2013 post that was what I wanted to achieve this year. Here it is:
{20in2013}
I completed quite a few of my 20 achievements for the year, so I am going to continue to do that next year, but reduce it to 15, and hopefully complete them all this time! This also means adding some new resolutions for 2014. :)
There are a couple of basics, like the reading and film resolutions, which I should be able to complete. There are a couple of self-improvement resolutions which should push me into feeling good about myself in 2014. I really want to impress the guys at work when this job statement I am working is complete, and hopefully this will give me a good standing for the next work opportunity. Along with the run I want to lose the weight that I have gained over the past year and get myself back to where I was when I started work. Overall I want to be under 10 stone by 2015, but I think I might be slightly ambitious. {it's always good to have a big goal!}
Hopefully this will mean that:
{thanks for sticking with me, here's a gif of me in a polar bear onesie.}