The start of March seems like a good time to assess my goals for the year. January and February were totally trial months, full of blues after the manic madness that is Christmas and New Year and those really dire months where you try and be sober and go to the gym and pretend that really awful day for singles in Feb doesn't exist #yikes
The only blog post I wrote last year was in January, full to the brim of New Years' Resolutions. Spoiler Alert: 2016 was absolutely horrific and I'm pretty sure I didn't do any of those things. Writing a nice little to do list at the start of the year is easy, but life happens and before you know it, it's New Year's Eve and you haven't done any of those things.
I'm going to be brutally honest here and say that 2016? Probably one of the worst years of my life. Definitely the year that my mental health took a pretty deep nosedive and I spent most of the year in denial. I coasted through the days, went to work, did what I had to do to make it through each day and that's pretty much it. It was only in the last few months of 2016 that I started to wake up and realise that
a) my life was a total mess
b) i needed to take a lot of steps towards fixing it.
At the end of the year, I started to work on myself. I've started seeing a PT & trying to lose weight, taking steps to prioritise my mental wellbeing and keep my stress levels down (bit of a mission when you work in a call centre!) This year, I'm going to continue bettering myself:
1. Lose Weight/Gain Fitness: I started working in a call centre in 2014 (before this I worked in retail) and it turns out that sitting all day and constantly stress eating is not conducive to maintaining your weight. I've gained a horrific amount of weight since starting this role and I'm honestly disgusted with myself. This year, I want to get back to where I was before all this started (and also commit to going to the gym at least 3 times a week because nothing is better for my mental health than a good gym sesh)
2. Get A New Job: the call centre life is not necessarily for me. I have a degree in Psychology and it's been really hard trying to get into the field I want but that doesn't mean I should accept the job I have. Ultimate goal is to develop my skills and get into a role that actually has some growth potential.
3. Travel Often: I went to New York in 2015 and it was the best week of my life. I'd like to travel a lot more this year and also move to a different county - I can't imagine settling down where I live now and being happy about it.
4. No Zero Days: There was this post I read on tumblr ages ago about doing something everyday, even if it is small, to work towards a better you. I think this is my main goal for 2017, to not let things slide, but to always be working on improving myself.
What are your goals for this year?
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