Showing posts with label #onelittleword. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #onelittleword. Show all posts
My onelittleword for 2024;
After an extremely traumatic 2023 finding a word for 2024 wasn't hard at all. I barely struggled with it. And everything that I do within 2024 will reflect this word. Much harder than I've ever done in previous years. Because my healing, my mental health, is not just for me but for my girls too.
Going back to being the mom that I said I'd be when Tums was born. Working hard to avoid situations that'll make me relapse. Avoiding people who seem to be dead set on triggering me and pushing me off my path. And staying away from people who try to tell me what to do or what choices I should be making. People who tell me that my kids "shouldn't" be here are def not people I want to be around.
Making my silence more of a priority. Not answering my phone and not feeling bad for doing so. I don't need to reply to every message, text or phone call. Especially if I really don't want to.
And if this makes me sound selfish, then I guess that makes me selfish but I'm literally done caring. Because nothing is more important than MY happiness and my girls having a mom who isn't always in a bad mood.
I haven't put much thought into any specific resolutions, just focusing on getting better and recovering my mental health. I've gone way too long letting it suffer and enduring the opinions of other people. I need to get back into taking control of my life and what I want instead of worrying about upsetting other people cause that isn't the move and I don't know why I ever thought it was. In the end the ones to suffer were my girls and I'm never letting that happen again.
I have been super slacking on updating this blog! I keep telling myself I'll re-brand it but I just don't know exactly what I'm doing at the moment... so until I do, I'll just keep winging it I guess lol.
2022 was a mess of things. Like a huge mess of things and while I don't have faith that 2023 will be any better or easier; the most I can do is hope I go in a direction that will bring me some kind of contentment.
I don't have any resolutions for 2023, I didn't have time or energy or the mind space to come up with any. And I think I'm okay with that, for once. Whatever happens, happens. Whatever comes, comes. Whatever goes, goes.
I did however come up with a #onelittleword because.. well, I kinda have to. It helps me keep myself accountable and helps me to focus on the area's in my life and in myself that still need work.
With that said, my word for 2023;
★゜・。π±πΎππ½π³π°ππΈπ΄π 。・゜☆
Over the last few years (basically since Tums was born) I've learned the importance of boundaries and wondered how the hell did I go that long without having any solid ones. Then wondered why people treated me the way they did.
I have a habit of trying to always keep the peace with others, and while that's fine... mostly, it's not fine if it takes a toll on my mental health.
I'm refusing to do anything or put myself in a position where it may compromise my mental health and mental stability. Because at the end of the day, how I take care of myself and how I feel matters. I have kids who need a stable mom in order to care for them. That's no one else's responsibility but mine to make sure I provide that for them.
I do hope to re-brand this blog this year and turn it back into a place I had fun posting. In the meantime, I do run other blogs;
Mental Health & Gaming: pixiedustwords.com
Foodie: herloveforfood.co
Gaming: gamearella.com
Small Biz: pixiepinayco.com/blog
Stalkers welcome. Give me them page views lol.
What are some of your goals for 2023? Or your word if you picked one?
Wow, I thought I had posted this here... but I guess I didn't. Whoops. That's a first of missing it.
2021 was better than 2020 for sure.
I got to see my BFF and spend my birthday with her at Disney World after not seeing her for 15 years. I also got to see my girl Alexis and it was our 10 year anniversary since our Disney College Program. It was so nice to see them both. I also got to go back in November for Christmas time stuff as well as hit Universal Studios where I met up with my friend Angely. She's so fun to be around! I'm glad I was able to see her!
The end of 2021 was unexpected for lack of better word. I opened up my shop and it did really well the first and second month. I mean it did pretty well all the rest of the year but the sales I made exceeded what I thought would happen. I'm thankful for the sales and the learning process that it took to launch my shop. It's been fun learning... well... everything. And having another outlet to express myself.
I got to spend more time with my Kuya Dru despite his crazy work schedule. Me and this dude have a crazy friendship history that spans all the way back to when we were 14 and freshmen in high school. I'm absolutely thankful for all these years of friendship (23 years of having to deal with my bullshit... and it's been a lot of bullshit) and having his guidance and company.
This year I want to focus more on balance.
Which is something I've struggled with especially since giving birth. I'm thankful for the ways I learned how to create balance between being a mother to a very active toddler and balancing a whole ass business. I lost a lot of sleep... but it was def worth it.
I want to focus more on balancing the things I want out of life and making them happen. 2021 showed me I'm capable of the things I know I'm capable of... I just have to want it and manifest it and keep my vision clear and unclouded -- that's the hard part.
Here's to 2022 and working more on myself and creating the life I want.
Did you pick a word for 2022? I'd love to know if you did in the comments below!
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I know this post is a bit late this year but I got caught up in a few other things I'll talk about later!
This is my 5th? 6th? I don't remember; doing OneLittleWord. I always look forward to the New Year to pick a new word. What do I want my intentions to be for the year ahead?
My word for 2020 was Wellness and I think I did a pretty good job letting that word be the focus of most things, though I'm not that lucky every year. So what was a word that was possible to implement into my life?
My mental health was pretty up and down in 2020 which is fine, but I noticed I was afraid of things I had kicked fears of before and that was not okay. I'm trying to take steps forward, not back. I learned a lot about boundaries and saying no. There were also a lot of things I had put off in 2020 that I really wanted to do, but just didn't have the energy to.
I can't believe it's 2019... already.
But then again how many of us are saying that this week?!
Every year for the last few years I've done {onelittleword} and for the last 2 years Bubba has chosen my word for me — this year he picked L E A R N as my word for 2019.
As new parents (I can't believe she'll be here in a few months! It's so crazy to think about!) this year we're going to do a lot of learning and I'm determined to not be one of those parents who let their newborn change their life as drastically as everyone says they will.
I've never been friends with the concept of sleep; to be honest I've probably gotten more sleep since BEING pregnant, despite all the discomforts than I've gotten naturally since 2004. Like my biggest excitement is the ability to fall asleep at night WITHOUT sleeping aids as I've been heavily dependent on them to get me to sleep since 2004. Me and sleep just haven't gotten along in a really long time.
In addition to being new parents I really want to get back into learning in general. I still need to learn the rest of French and I want to start learning Spanish. I want to relearn the social media world as well as how to make the most out of my blogging and getting back into graphic design. I want to learn how to bake. How to cook better meals. How to be a better version of myself.
There's much power in knowledge and I feel like the last few years I've been in a haze of just winging things; I want to go back to being that determined person with goals and intention.
I still can't believe how fast 2017 had just zipped by! Is this a sign of getting old?! Years just pass you by? It's almost kinda scary!
It's also been a whole week and let me tell you! I'm so over all these cramps and all this physical pain right now!
This year Bubba picked my {onelittleword} again and this year he picked [ C R E A T E ].
This is going to be interesting!
So the rule is once (or once every two) a week I have to create something. I haven't really put much thought into just what I want to create yet but there are a few things that have been on my yearly goals list for a few years now, like... making marshmallows, crafting a plushie, crafting a beanie, creating a mood board. And I'm sure there's maybe 3 other ones but I can't remember them right now.
So this year will be the year I finally tackle these things.
In addition to that I also have a few other goals I'd like to attempt:
⇢ Attempt to make Filipino dishes
⇢ Attempt to bake something off my Pinterest board once a month
⇢ Work on photography/**food styling photography**
⇢ Get more into bookstagram
⇢ Practice better beauty/lifestyle flat lays
⇢ USE A REAL CAMERA MORE
⇢ Read 36 books
⇢ Meditate/Yoga
⇢ Revamp blogs
⇢ Purge everything that doesn't serve me
⇢ Reorganize kitchen
There were others but again I can't really think of them right now. Bubba also has a goals list of this own:
--- Catch up/pay student loans
--- Finish Batman, Overwatch & DBZ shelves
--- Get one new outfit a month for Hazel and I
--- Watch a movie every other week
--- Finish Autumn's book
--- Play a new game every 2 months
--- Go on at least 1 trip this year
--- Build credit
There's a lot of things we want to see and do and accomplish this year and we're excited to see where this year will take us and what adventures we'll find along the way!
I'm so thankful for his uplifting attitude and his never ending happy vibe, I don't know how long I would had been sitting in my dark hole if he wasn't here to offer the support and happiness to remind me that life needs to keep moving forward even if we're hurting or even if we've suffering, it doesn't mean you have to stick yourself in a dark box. You can still grieve and you can still mourn while still planning to make the most out of your time and yourself.
So here's to 2018 and the adventures that are waiting for us ✨.
Let's try to break this down a little more... and also, I really wanted to use this image.
Hazearella was created as a place for me to be.... me. I ditched my other blog fairytale lifestyle after realizing my life was not a fairytale (anymore) and that my time working at Disney came to an end. So, I figured why not make a blog more me based? And since launching Hazearella, I haven't really done that. I've still confined myself to not growing at all (and I just realized it says 2015 on the image and not 2016... goddammit whatever) and not really displaying who I am.
So in 2017 let's try and change that. Yeah?
B L O G G I N G G O A L S
- Post at least 3 times a week
- Learn more about SEO
- Learn more about social media
- Be more active on my social media
- Try to incorporate more blog posts about me
- Take more quality photos
- Post more videos on YouTube
P E R S O N A L G O A L S
- Read 36 books
- Learn more French
- Incorporate meditation back into my life
- Incorporate more Hygge into my life
- Discover more favorites
- Discover 5 new restaurants
- Get back into the habit of making lists
F F X I V G O A L S
- Get WHM, BLM and a tank class to 60
- Get Mining and Fishing to 60
- Get Weaver and Culinary to 60
- Clear out retainers
- Unlock all the flying locations
- Finish MSQ
There was something else I wanted to add to the list and I forgot what it was... drat. I know I'll add to this more when I think of more goals I hope to accomplish.
I know I want to revamp the look of my instagram feed for both Hazearella and Readarella. It's just hard to do that sometimes when you're not 100% sure of what you want your feed to look like. I guess I should go for a more emotional theme than a visual one and quit stressing myself out.
There are a handful of exciting things I have planned for this year that I'm hoping are going to happen and if they do I will definitely be filming and picture taking the hell out of them.
My main hope for this year is for me to GROW. And for me to be a step closer to figuring things out. To find more joy and more peace of mind and to get back to the place I was before the big ball of depressing shit had happened.
So here's hoping I have more to say in 2017.
It's that time of the year again...
Where we talk about #onelittleword.
This year my word is [ g r o w ].
I personally didn't pick this word, Penny picked it for me, but it was around the type of word I was looking for. And I think it fits pretty perfectly for what I hope to accomplish this year.
The last two years have been... a mess. A very very huge and complicated mess and I'm still trying to pick up the pieces and clean it up but it's going to take time --- a lot of time. And with that I can't make any huge life changes until then... which is really where the biggest struggle lies. I'm all about those big life changes (I am an Aries after all)!
But I'm going to give myself time this year. And patience. And I'm going to try to do better with trusting the process instead of being the impatient little girl I am fully capable of being 90% of the time.
I don't really have very many goals for this year... at least I haven't really thought of any. I suppose I'm trying to take a more realistic look at what I hope to accomplish this next year and nothing is coming to mind... for the first time ever. It's kinda relieving and a little sad.
- Read 36 books
- Blog more
- Take more pictures
- Be more organized
- Find more joy
- Try 5 new restaurants
- Learn more French
- Work on fixing everything --- one thing at a time
I'm sure as the year goes on I'll come up with more goals but for now, let's try and keep it as simple as we can.
I'm always so curious to look back and know what my best of was for the year and I'm sad to say that 2016 didn't really have a lot of when it came to that. My best nine wasn't that impressive either which was sad.
So here's to making more memories, finding more favorites and discovering more joys in 2017!
Instead of making a huge list of resolutions I'm probably not even going to complete, I decided to do #onelittleword again this year. Last year I did [ rediscover ] and I think I did fairly well with it. This years word took a little bit more time and it was hard to pick from my list of words of things I felt were important to me this time around.
So this year I decided on the word...
F O C U S
Last year I had trouble focusing on things. I let small things get in the way of my happiness, of my goals, of my day. Things that would had been hard to push passed but things I knew I had to push passed, eventually. Granted it took awhile to build up to it and I know that's part of the recovery process --- as much as it sucks.
So this year, though the burden has been lifted just a little bit, I thought I would try my hand at getting a little bit more focused. I've been spending a lot of time building my following on Twitter and Instagram, trying to learn as much as I can about SEO, I've started playing with water colors and playing with adult coloring books (which I am loving!) which has given me the ability to play with different types of shading with gel pens, coloring pens, pastels and coloring pencils. I'm looking into starting my softies project as well as playing with the idea of teaching myself how to crochet --- again. I tried many years ago and became frustrated with it because I couldn't crochet a straight line lol. Silly reason to quit but it happened. I'm willing to give it another try as well as knitting. I hear they both can be very calming and therapeutic (is it possible to do it in a bubble bath? would that be weird?). Late last year I also wanted to get into candle and bath bomb making and I know Nick wanted to attempt Macarons.
That's loads enough as it is with things we want to pursue and work on. Not to mention that I'm going back to school full time to complete the BA I had started prior to earning my certif in social media. I've changed a few of my classes in the program though and I think I'll be very happy with the degree when I'm done. I'm just excited to start again already! It's something that is very familiar to me so I have no doubts I will pick it up quickly.
Granted I don't expect to keep my focus at all times. But I am going to try to keep my focus as much as I can this year and try to stay on task with completing the things I need to complete and stop letting the little things get to me so much.
So here's to 2016. To starting over. To hopefully being in a better place at the end of this year than I was in the previous year.
Are you doing #onelittleword too? What word did you choose? And if not what are your goals for 2016?
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