2016 Goals

Hello lovely people and a huge happy new year to you all!

I absolutely love new year, not so much the day itself as I´m not really much of a party animal, but I love the time of year, I always feel so motivated and fresh and like anything is possible.

I try to make new goals for each year, not so much "resolutions" but just things I want to try to do in the new year, I think it´s a great way to look back and see what I´ve achieved and to get an idea of the type of things I want to do in the future.

That being said here are a few things I´d like to do in the new year...

Take more pictures
I try to do this every year, but 2015 in particular I have been so bad at it, I want to try to take my camera out with me more to capture moments and hopefully have more memories to look back on.

Travel more
Again I try to do this every year, whether it´s around London, around the UK or around the world. There´s so much I am yet to see and I really want to try to explore even more in 2016.

Get back into blogging
As you may have noticed, in 2015 I barely blogged at all. I had a lot going on and kind of just forgot about my blog, but hopefully after a very long break, 2016 will be a very blog related year. I already have a lot of posts planned, but hopefully I will be blogging more than ever with even better content.

Maintain weight
I couldn´t have new years goals without including one about health and fitness. I lost quite a lot of weight in 2015 and feel much happier with my body than I have in a while. I really want to maintain that throughout 2016 and hopefully post lots of tips and food related posts over on my beauty blog. 

Be a nicer person 
This is a very personal goal for me. I do feel like I am a nice person already, but there is always more a person can do to be better. I hope to give up my seat on the tube more often, call my mom more, compliment people more, swear less etc. I really want to try to be a better version of myself in 2016.

I have a few smaller goals that I hope to achieve in the upcoming year but for now these are the goals I am focused on.
Let me know if you have anything planned for the new year and anything you´d like to improve on.
Thanks for reading.

2014 Reflecting

So 2014 has finally come to an end, and it's kind of been a good year for me. It's been quite drama free but also quite productive.

I like to look back on the years and see what I've achieved and whats been good and what hasn't been so good, so here I am going to have one last look back on 2014 before bringing in 2015. 

So for the past couple of years I have wrote a list of goals that I've wanted to achieve that year and have marked them off throughout the year, so lets see how I did...

• Get a full time job
  Done! Found a new job in February.
• Get a place with Chris Yep! Me and Chris finally moved in together in July.
• Jog more
  Done! Especially throughout December!
• Jog/run 5K Unfortunately Not :(
• Stress less Again, not successful. 
• Conquer a fear
    Nope
• Have a memorable 21st
  My 21st wasn't crazy but it was nice, the day started with pancakes for breakfast, the Lush Spa, then partying with some of my closest friends.
• Paris
  Nope :(
• Have a spa break
  Okay so I didn't go to a Spa Break as such but I went to a spa, does that count?
• Have a weekend away 
  Unless it's been to visit family, then nope.
• Go to a festival
  Nope
• Sign up to a charity
  Nope, I do give money and food to the homeless where I can though
• Reach 500 1000 blog followers on either blog
  I reached 500 quite early on so upped my goal, however, with work, finding time for my blog hasn't been easy :(
• Try something new
  In terms of foods, I have tried so many different things this year
• Host a dinner party
  Since moving out, Chris and I host dinner parties all of the time.
• Learn to cook
• With my boyfriend being such an amazing cook, it's difficult. However, I have dabbled in baking.
• Go a whole month without drinking
  I did Sober October!
• Read 30 (minimum) books 
  Again, time for reading has been difficult to find. Although I am recently getting back into it again.
• Give up something for lent - FAILED

I'm still working on my 2015 goals, but they will be in the side bar on my blog very soon!

New Years Resolutions!

For my final post of 2013 I'm going to be telling you all my new years resolutions!

I don't always make resolutions, sometimes I'm not in the mind set and think 'if you want to change something why wait till new years?' But I also think it's really great to start a new year with an open mind and goals of what you would like to achieve, so that's what I'm going to be doing. 

Get a full time job

I've kinda been a bit lazy the past year (or two) by only working part time and just waiting for my dream job to just come to me. I refused to work anywhere I didn't love, and I realised that could take years or may not happen at all so this year I want to just get a full time job. I don't mind what it is, I just need to get back into habit of working more.

Get our own place

This has been a plan for around a year now. However, finding somewhere to live in London with not a huge budget is proving difficult. Me and my boyfriend have discussed moving out of London soon so this may be on the cards, I'll keep you updated.

Jog

At the start of every year I tell myself to eat healthier and exercise more and in the first week of January I go full force into that, I exercise every day and eat fruit and chicken constantly. But then a week later I get bored. 

This year I'm not telling myself to jog a certain amount of times a week or anything but I do want to jog more when I can. 

Stress less

Something I haven't ever discussed on my blog and don't plan to (not yet anyway) is that I've been suffering from anxiety a lot the past year. It's gradually getting worse so I hope to work on that a lot in the new year.

Blog more and build blog/s

My final resolution is to build both of my blogs, I finally have my blogging head back and have been loving it more than ever lately, I have triple the amount of followers as I did last year and I hope to build that and create lots of fun future blog posts.

So that's it, time to say goodbye to 2013. It's been a good one, despite a few bumps, I've learnt a lot, matured a lot and I'm excited to see what 2014 will bring. I hope you all have a great new years whatever it is you're doing. 

Thank you for your constant support.

See you next year.  

2014 To do List...

As seen in my previous post, last year I put together a fun lost of things I wanted to do or achieve that year, throughout the year I checked them off and earlier today, I looked back at my progress. 

Now it's time for my 2014 goals, I'll put all of these into their own tab at the top of my blog and will most likely add to it throughout the year. 

Some may be repeated if I did them in 2013 and really enjoyed them.

Here goes...

• Get a full time job
• Get a place with Chris
• Jog more
• Jog/run 5K
• Stress less
• Conquer a fear
• Have a memorable 21st
• Paris
• Have a spa break
• Have a weekend away 
• Go to a festival
• Sign up to a charity
• Reach 500 blog followers on either blog
• Try something new
• Host a dinner party
• Learn to cook

That's all I can think of for now. Hopefully I can complete the majority of them and I'm sure I'll be adding more over time. So see my progress throughout the year check the tab next to my blog header.

Have a great new year. 

2013 Completed Goals?

So this post is kinda going to be a two part post. At the start of last year I compiled a list of things I wanted to do in 2013, I made the list and put it into a tab at the top of my blog, see here!

I knew by putting it into a space like that I would reference to it often and try to complete as many as possible. 

The reason this will be a two-parter is because I plan on doing the same for 2014, so stay tuned till later to see an updated list. 

So let's see how many I completed and how many I didn't...

Get to a weight I'm happy with

This didn't exactly happen. I exercised a lot more than a normal year this year, but it was often I  bursts, next year I plan to stick to a regime. 

Go abroad

Complete. I went to Marbella. 

Go to Paris

Incomplete. I went on a road trip all the way across France though. Paris is definitely in store for next year. 

Go to a festival

Yes. Holi One Colour Festival was definitely one of the more memorable points of the year. I  very glad I did it.

Go to the beach lots in summer

Complete. I probably went between 5-10 times. 

Have a BBQ

I had far more than anticipated.

Go to an Aquarium

We spontaneously visited an aquarium on our anniversary in Brighton. 

Go to Blackpool pleasure beach

Incomplete. We sadly didn't venture anywhere further north than the Midlands this year.

Visit the Lake District

Didn't do this, but it's still somewhere I'd like to visit.

Go to a Safari park

Visit a zoo

Two things I've been banging on about to my boyfriend all year, but we've never gotten round to doing.

Go to a comedy show

Jason Manford and Stephen K Amos. Check.

Go on the London Eye

Considering I've lived in London for 2 years and Chris has been here his whole life, we had both never been on the London Eye. Although I'm very scared of heights this was something I'm glad I did.

Have a picnic in the park 

For the first time in God knows how long, summer in England was actually pretty good. So I spent plenty of time having picnics in the park.

Dress up for Halloween

I dressed as a bloody snow white as I gave my original costume to my sister as hers wasn't delivered on time. It counts right?

Go to a fancy dress party

Does Halloween count?

Make an EBay account 

Something I've been putting off for years! Okay so I didn't actually create my own, but I equally use my boyfriend's account. Before our holiday we put loads of old stuff on, definitely glad I did that.

Get my own place, or one with Chris

Quite a complicated one but incomplete. Moving out is more difficult than anticipated. We hope to early in the new year though.

Get a full time job 

Again. No. I was in a job I loved that was part time up until July then got thrown right into another part time job straight away. Hopefully this will change soon. 

Have a new years kiss

Incomplete so far. But I have new years plans and will be with my boyfriend so I'm sure I will complete this.

Get a summer party house for a week

Something again, we talked about a lot but never got round to.

Conquer a fear

Flying. I flew for the first time this year and was terrified! Very glad I finally did it.

Adopt an animal (cat or dog)

Sadly not.

Go got London Dungeons & Madame Tussades

London Dungeons. Check. Madame Tuassades, maybe next year? 

And that's that. More than I thought I'd complete. Some will be rolling around to next year's list, some won't. I'm glad I wrote it all out though, it's sometimes nice to see what you've achieved. I'll be back later with my new and improved goals for 2014! Stay tuned.

September goals...

It's that time of the month again, where I assess what I've been doing and where I want to be going. August was up and down, as much as I enjoyed my summer as lot this year a few things happened which really opened my eyes to what's most important. I'm a huge life appreciator, I don't often take things for granted and everyday I thank whoever is in charge of my life plan for my health and happiness and for that of my family and friends. 

However, sometimes things happen that really test you and make you see what you have and bring a you closer to that.

(I'll leave this for another post).

This brings me on to this month's goals...

- Don't sweat the small stuff

- Appreciate everything!

- Be there for those who need me

Sometimes life gets overwhelming and you lose track of what is most important. 

But in the end you only become a better version of yourself.

August goals...

A slightly delayed set of goals this month, I've been a bit of a busy bee lately.

However, July was a really good month for me, I've been trying to be a bit more of a 'yes man' lately. Taking opportunities I wouldn't normally take and doing more fun and exciting things, leading to some great memories!

I've been trying to be slightly less of a worried and taking each day as it comes and making the most of each day!

So without further ado:

- Do things I wouldn't normally do

- Don't waste my days

- Enjoy the rest of the summer

A short list this month to ensure I have the best summer ever! 

July goals...

Another month, another set of goals to strive towards.

This month has already started off on a bad foot, today I found out that my place of work has actually been closed down, therefore leaving me jobless. I may make a post about all of this, but for now, rather than dwelling I'm just going to focus on getting back on my feet and sorting out a new path and a new job, which brings me to my first goal:

- Find a full time job that I enjoy!

- Try to figure out what I want in life and where I want to be in life

- Think of small steps to get me where I want to be and start to achieve my goals

- Maintain both Blogs and blog as often as possible

So a short and sweet list today, and all around a similar topic which I will start writing a blog post about as soon as I finish this one so stay tuned.

And while you wait feel free to check out my last month's goals here! 

June goals...

It's that time of the month again, time for my monthly goals!

There's something so satisfying about going back and marking off what you've achieved that month. I like to keep my lists nice and short so I'm not overwhelmed with things I want to achieve, because I feel like the longer the list the less motivated I am to get through it.

So here are my goals for the month ahead...

- Do 30 minutes of cardio every day

- Drink less alcohol, or opt for a healthier beverage e.g. vodka and soda over a cocktail 

- Make the most of the sunshine

- Try to eat slightly better

- Update my beauty blog more!

- Say yes more!

You can check out my april goals here and my may goals here if you're interested in my what I've achieved the past months.

Do you have any goals for June?

May Goals..

So last month I did my April Goals, which you can see here... 

http://myblogisthebestblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/april-goals.html

I managed to tick off a few and some are in the process of being ticked off, so I thought as it was quite a productive and motivating thing to do, that I would make it a monthly thing on my blog. For myself to see how productive I'm being and to see what I can achieve every month.

So without further ado, here are my May Goals...

- Save Save Save! Hopefully be fairly close to moving out by the end of the month!

- Stick to the My Fitness Pal app.

- Blog more!

- Start running!

- Work as much as possible

- Have passport sorted by the end of the month!

April goals.

So I kinda stole this idea from http://www.littlemissparty.blogspot.com, and I thought it was a great idea to motivate myself into getting more done and achieving more. I may start doing these at the beginning of each month and then reflecting and seeing what I have and haven't been able to achieve each month.

So.......

- Exercise as much as possible and hopefully lose a bit of weight

- Sort out a full time job

- Try to blog at least twice a week 

- Take more pictures

- Become more organised

- Save money

- Sort out my passport and hopefully book a holiday

- Make some Summer plans (things to look forward to)