Its here girls and boys! The New Year. Some of us have been looking forward to it, while others don’t know what to think about 2018 ending. Regardless of whether we believe in New Years Resolutions or not, i’m pretty sure that most of us want to make this year better than last year. Here are a few ways to do that:
Firstly, start recording your year. Journals are cathartic and they can take so many different forms, blogs, Instagram pages or even a jar with tiny weekly highlights on it. Recording your life in these ways is a helpful way for you to appreciate your life and to truly notice your blessings.
Read more. Don’t limit what you read to fiction, instead, make an effort to read different genres and to keep feeding your mind valuable information. If it’ll make it more fun, record the books you read and try to reach a certain number by the end of 2019. You could even review what you read.
Cut down your time on social media. Social media isn’t necessarily always a negative thing, but it can be very negative an disheartening. It also cuts into valuable time that can be used improving on yourself too.
Save money. Don’t allow yourself to simply spend money as you make it, but start saving up your cash. Start saving now and things such as cars, laptops and travel are going to be way more realistic for you to buy than they would be if you put nothing away.
Explore. This applies to more than just leaving your house and looking around your city or neighborhood. Explore your options. If you don’t like being single think about trying dating sites, if you don’t like your job, apply to others. If you’re used to going to the same 5 restaurants, go to a different one. Break your routine and keep everything in your everyday life interesting.
Challenge yourself to face your fears. These fears could be travelling alone or asking a person out. They could be wearing a revealing outfit or standing up for yourself. Whatever they are, challenge them and push them and don’t allow yourself to avoid your fears, rather always be working on your strength and bravery.
Take care of yourself physically and emotionally. Get your fitness plans in line, eat better, drink your water and don’t let yourself be overrun with stress. Don’t stay in toxic relationships and make time to pamper yourself.
Develop a new skill. Whatever your interest is is a suitable goal. Whether ti’s makeup, sports, language or the arts, constantly work on it all year. Tv and Youtube means that we are constantly being distracted and we tend to watch others do what we want to do, instead of watching our fave beauty gurus and mindless tv all day long, take a few of those hours to hone the skills that you want to have.
Don’t record everything. Try to be in the moment more. Not everything you do has to be on Instagram or tweeted about, let yourself enjoy those truly great moments without constantly flexing on your followers.
Laugh more. Laughing is amazing and being able to laugh can actually help with easing the stress of work and school a bit.
Make friends. 2019 is not the year of the lonely. Shoot your shot for friendships, make group chats, talk to the people both online and in person who you feel you could be great friends with. You’re not going to make any new friends by staying silent.
Tell loved ones you love them. Because you do.
Support your friends and your family more. (Sometimes support means telling them the truth and saying no, and be willing to do that too).
Don’t tell yourself that you can’t. Because you can. If you try. All you have to do is not allow yourself to be discouraged by setbacks.
Don’t compare yourself to others. Your journey is different than theirs and their success is not a measure of yours.
Communicate, Communicate and Communicate. Don’t allow misunderstandings and small, petty arguments to mess up your friendships and relationships. Communicate more and try to work through things. If things cannot be worked through, at least you know you that it’s not for lack of trying to solve your differences.
Let go of things and people that you don’t need. You don’t need them.
