This year I am planning on first of all, not being disturbed by my own negative thoughts.
I tend to be a very negative person, blame it on the zodiac, my up bringing or an early awareness of a lot of wrong in the world, but I tend to stray to the dark side and stay there if I'm not careful. So this year, my #1 goal is not allow myself to be disturbed by my own negativity and focus instead on what is positive, grand and good.
On that note, I decided to take on solo traveling. Like one of my favorite travel bloggers shared, if you make a list of everywhere you want to travel to, and plan on traveling to 1 place per year, which is a lofty goal in itself, assuming of course you have the budget for it, you can (health and work wise) and you have somebody to accompany you, it will still run you way into your elderly age. That is probably not very likely, so, I decided to start. However, being cautious and wanting to get a feel for being independent, since I usually go with family or my s.o. I'm being safe and starting with local exploring before taking on real travel travel.
My third area of focus for this year is diving into a minimalist life path. I have so much EVERYTHING!!! It s a huge area of frustration in my life because I end up spending so much time cleaning, so much $ I would a million times rather spend in experiences and travel, and it honestly just makes everything feel cluttered and messy and out of control, which I hate. I'm not just talking about physical stuff either, I mean virtual/electronic stuff as well. Subscriptions, e-books, emails, OMG pictures. There is just sooo soo much.
I think this is the 1st year of my life when I am not making losing weight a goal. Instead I am focusing on drinking water and being more mindful of the overly processed items I usually consume. First of all, they're terrible for my health, 2, they're terrible for the planet, and 3, I don't want to continue setting a negative example for my niece and nephew.
That's really all I have for now in regards to my new year's goals. I'm sure more will get added on or defined as I go along but for now, it is a pretty good place to start.
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