So after turning a quarter of a century old yesterday (seriously how did I grow this old?!) I decided to try and come up with 25 aims for the next year, so here goes... 1. See as much live music and theatre as possible - It's so easy to stay in and watch things on dvd/CDs but it's never the same as live, already working on this one ! 2. Learn to accept to compliments- I have an amazing boyfriend and friends who give me compliments all the time and I just hear myself saying 'No I'm not!' all the time, which is just the most annoying reply, so yeah, something else to work on ! 3.Save money- so this is one I'm not too bad at tbh, but with the holidays/new car/house I wanna buy in the next few years I really need to save as much as possible! 4. Eat less chips- I love chips, irrational amounts, so figured it couldn't harm to enjoy them a bit less! 5. Move a bit more- Don't get me wrong I'm not gonna become a gym bunny anytime soon/ever, but I hate feeling like that fat, asthmatic kid in exercisey situations so aiming to generally just move a bit more :) 6. Take less selfies- This is one I would like to think I've improved on a tad lately but my instinct when I'm drunk/ really bored is still to take a picture of my face, aware no one needs to see too much of that !! 7. Visit all the people I've been saying I need to- I happen to very lucky/ unfortunate at the same time that a lot of my friends and family are spread out all over the UK and while I do my best I really need to travel more to see them, cos honestly I miss each and everyone one of you! 8. Appreciate my family more- I still live at home, so it's so easy to just treat them like annoying housemates a lot of the time but as crazy as they are they really are a wonderful bunch! 9. Eat healthier- Probably the most boring one on here but truth is the healthier I'm eating the better I feel in myself, saying that I bloody love food so I really need to reach a good balance on this one :) 10. Stop picking myself apart- I'm sure I'm not by myself on this but it's not very often I can look in the mirror without finding at least a handful of faults with my appearance, frankly life's full of people ready to judge me, I do not need to add myself to that list! 11. Stop worrying/overthinking stuff- This is one of my worst flaws, I waste so much of my life overthinking things that aren't even things and worrying about things that probably won't ever happen! Easier said than done but worrying is so pointless I really need to commit less time to it. 12. Find some more food combinations I like as much as cheese and bacon- Pretty self explanatory this one but I consume way too much of this stuff! 13. Be more positive- I wouldn't say I'm a particularly negative person but positivity is such an attractive thing and there can never be too much of it about. 14. Stop comparing myself to others- someone clever (I cannot remember who right now!) said 'comparison is the thief of joy' and it's so true ! Social media is the worst tool for this, it makes it so easy to compare your seemingly small achievements to others but this is just yet another pointless and self berating activity I really need to quit !! 15. Be more spontaneous- I am a self-confessed control freak but this really does not leave much space for last minute plans in my life and I find these are often the best times :) 16. Plan less- This links to the above one, I really do micromanage my life and not only does this not leave much free time for me but also means I obsessively plan everything, sometimes it's best to let things just happen :) 17. Read all the books on my bookshelf- I have so many books I intend to read and never get chance to, yet I still buy new ones all the time, need to sort this ! 18. Actually go all places I've been meaning to visit- There's so many places I've been meaning to visit and haven't got round to, yet being a creature of habit I tend to go back to the same places again and again. 19. Learn a new skill- I'm not sure what this will be yet, but I look at my mum and she's so good at cooking, baking, sewing, knitting etc, all these skills I've just not bothered really learning yet, I'd love to be, well, useful like that ! 20. Realise that I am a grown up- Through my early twenties especially with moving back home it's so easy to still act like a teenager half the time and think that way too, but I think, particularly with turning 25 I really need to realise I'm an adult now, however scary that thought is ! Saying that I am typing this while listening to Disneys Greatest Hits, surely I can still be a princess at halfway to 50?! 21. Stop getting distracted while typing- This will not only help me at work but also would mean I can blog without having to change my music/check my Facebook a dozen times ! 22. Talk less, listen more- Firstly being a great listener is a fantastic quality (one I suspect I don't always possess), secondly, I lost my voice last week last week and it was pure hell, if I chatted on a bit less this may have not been the case. 23. Blog more- This is my first post in a very long time due to life kinda getting in the way but it's such a good way to document ones life/ connect with others, I really need to do it more! 24. Allow myself to make mistakes- As a bit of a perfectionist I really give myself a hard time if I make a mistake, I really need to get that everyone makes mistakes and give myself a bit of a break when I get something wrong. 25. Be a better driver- One of my absolute worse skills is driving, I'm not necessarily bad at it, I just get really bored doing it frankly and for someone who is normally so busy just looking at the road bores me silly, so from now on in I'm gonna try to focus on the road and other cars and stuff a tad more, may be a bit safer for me and anyone that risks getting in my car ! I think that's it for now, and I'm sure I'll break at least half of these within the next week and think of a million better ones once I've posted this but for now it'll do :) Lovelovelove. P.S if you have actually had the patience to read this horrifically long post, you're awesome :D
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