That’s it then… another year gone. I can’t really say I’m sad or happy it’s over. 2018 wasn’t necessarily hard – it was challenging, but it wasn’t hard. And what’s life without a little challenge?
I’ve seen a lot of people saying they’re happy that 2018 is over and that it was the hardest year of their lives. I’ve seen a lot of “this year has been a combination of the highest highest, and the lowest lows” … literally at least 80% of peoples Instagram captions have included that phrase in their corny 2018 round up post.
I think it’s important to embrace the year that’s just past – it might’ve been shit but I bet it taught you a hell of a lot about yourself, life, and the people in it. Cherish it for what it gave you regardless of how good or bad it was.
I would say that my 2018 was more transformative than anything else. I started off the year with a fairly new job kind of in my field of study only to realize that it actually was horrible for my mental health and actually didn’t do a whole lot for my working resume because I decided mid-way through the year that I didn’t even want a career with the degree I earned only 2 years ago.
I took the scary step of quitting that job – even though it paid me well, to take a promotion at my other job in retail to allow myself to pursue this new career.
2018 also saw me rid my life of people that did nothing but bring me into a negative head space, and saw me make a better effort to pursue friendships with people that brought me joy.
Oh… and I got ENGAGED! I’d say that’s pretty dang transformative – I went from a girlfriend to a fiance. It. Feels. Fab.
What about my 2018 New Years Resolutions? I did ok with them, actually. They’re still a work in progress, like anything you’re trying to better yourself at, but I’m getting there. If I’m being honest, I didn’t start on my push-ups til around September, then I fell off a bit through November, then I picked them back up late December… BUT I TRIED!
If you remember from last years resolution post, I don’t really take New Years resolutions too seriously, I think it puts too much pressure on you to do things which can potentially put you off achieving them, but also… If you want to accomplish something, then just do it – there’s no use in waiting for a new year/month/week to start working towards your goals.
Anyway, I have set myself a few NY resolutions for 2019. Again, nothing huge, just a few little personal goals that I want to work towards achieving in 2019:
- Continue working along my new career path. Don’t give up if there’s a bump in the road. Give it my all.
- Be more consistent with my blog again… I fell off a little in the latter part of 2018 and I’m sad because it brings me joy.
- Continue to work on getting stronger (especially my dang push-ups… I didn’t do too well at starting that new years resolution until later in the year oopsie). I want to be strong all around and functionally, not just in specific lifts.
- Reduce my meat consumption and be more adventurous cooking meat-free meals.
That’s it. Not many, but they’re attainable and I’m passionate about them which means I can achieve them. To be honest, I’m more concerned about getting rid of this nasty cold I’ve been battling for the past few days. It’s a good thing we usually stay in for New Years anyway because I would’ve been an absolute disaster had we had to go out on the town. I ended up napping until just before midnight, woke up, watched the ball drop, and crawled right into bed.
What’re your goals for 2019? Comment below!
Until next time
xx