Showing posts with label new year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new year. Show all posts
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.
It’s been awhile, hasn’t it?
Pregnancy caught up with me and then so did postpartum depression. And then I lost my dad. So blogging and social media took a huge back burner in 2019.
I obviously didn’t get to post all the recap posts I wanted to do so I’ll be doing that through out January.
Most of my resolutions this year have to do with wellness so that’s what I picked for my {onelittleword} this year.
A few other resolutions include;
↠ Finish school
↠ Create a space for PPD
↠ Cook more
↠ Financial health
↠ Purchase with purpose
↠ Read 20 books
↠ Project pan
↠ Work on myself — internally
↠ Ignore drama + people’s opinions
↠ Be So confident in my own perception of myself that I won’t believe anything less
↠ Eat better
↠ Create content
↠ Become a Disney content creator
↠ Write reviews
↠ Learn Spanish
↠ Take steps to the 3yr plan everyday
↠ Get back to meditation
↠ Get back to Yoga
↠ Travel 3 times
↠ Do one big act of self care every month
I’m hoping to stop by more often, especially with me wanting to go back to writing reviews.
Here’s to a productive and healthy 2020 ✨!
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 ✨.
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!
I kind of have this thing where I love Leap Year.
It always reminds me that life can tend to be messy, hectic and not go your way. And sometimes you need to just close your eyes, spin until you land in a direction and leap. I personally think that jumping not just into situations that scare you but doing things that make you think this is crazy is what really makes you get to know yourself better. Challenge yourself, reward yourself, trust yourself. Sure, maybe the path you picked will lead you into a dead end. Maybe it'll test you. Maybe it will be the best thing that's ever happened to you.
So what am I leaping for this year?
I've already made the switch to another school that honestly sort of scares me because of how focused it is on art and how serious it is about making your dreams come true. It's a little intimidating! Other than that, diving head first back into my business as well as into my blogs and working on content for my channels. But those are things I would had done regardless.
So what is something I'm going to take blind faith in? What scares me?
Traveling alone.
And it is something I'm going to have to deal with some time this year and yes it does scare me no matter how many times people say I'll be fine. Still, never traveling by yourself then having to... it's scary. Especially when it's across the country with a lay over. I hate lay over's as it is!
Divorce.
Which I know is something that is already in the works (okay, crazy that all of these things are happening this year and I wasn't even aware it was a Leap Year until like a week or two ago) but it's still scary because you're leaving your "comfort zone" or your "comfort person" rather.
And before I go, I just want to mention that today marks Flixie's 8th death anniversary (I think it's 8th) and I still miss him so much every time my anxiety gets really really bad. So I hope you're doing well, wherever you are and I'm still thinking of you fuzzy butt.
Flixie kisses • summer 2007
What are you going to take a leap for this year?
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I know, we're four days into the new year and it's taken me this long to write this post. I'm usually more prompt. So starting the year off wrong right here. Actually a lot of what's been happening so far within these four days of the new year haven't really been the usual. And I don't really mind it. Sort of.
So I participated in #onelittleword last year, my word being [ happiness ] and you can check that out on my old blog (long story, actually no story I just wanted to change my name) and I was thinking of doing a reflection post on it so many I'll save my thoughts and wrap up of 2014 for that particular post.
This year as you can see my word is [ rediscover ] and with the year I have ahead of me, it's going to be a complicated and fun and scary word to live this entire year. But it's something I've been putting off in one way or another. I've lost touch with who I am. To myself. I've lost touch with how I view myself and that's dangerous. When you start basing how YOU see YOURSELF on how SOMEONE ELSE sees YOU, it's not a good thing. I've learned to never put that power in someone else's hands ever again. Because truth is, they don't deserve it and no one but is worthy of that power.
I'm going to go through some really really cliff diving changes in the next few months. Some of which are already in progress and some that I'm --- not gonna lie --- dancing around because I'm unsure about things but then I'm also sure. If that makes sense.
So here's to 2015 and all of the things I'll be forced to endure, struggle with, come to terms with, experience and hopefully I fall in love with life again. I'm really optimistic about this word and my goal and I can't wait to see where I am and how I feel at the end of this year.
It's gonna be crazy guys.
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