THANKFUL

Well, folks, my 2021 New Year blog post is EXTREMELY late. Oops! It’s usually at this time of year that there’s an influx of ‘New Year, New Me’ blog posts, newsletters, and Instagram captions flying around but this year I don’t fancy finding a new me, I’m happy as I am.

LIFE //

I can’t really be bothered by New Year’s resolutions this year if I’m honest. I feel like when you’re younger setting goals like ‘exercise more’ or ‘learn how to paint’ are somewhat achievable and fun to tick off a list. But for me, the things I want to achieve in 2021 are so big and daunting. Don’t want to put that pressure on myself. After writing and publishing my 1st ever book, I want to market it with all my heart. As I get more ideas and learn more skills of becoming successful at being an author and also do more picnics and outdoor activities appreciate nature 100.

So I’d rather just take it a step at a time instead of overwhelming myself with things to achieve. Being a grown-up means always having a list of to-do’s and possibly never really feeling satisfied so I’m not looking too far ahead, let’s just figure what to do in January for now. Am starting a new decade of my life, turning 30 this year. I want to enjoy every bit of it with the people I love. I want peace, peace that I can only give myself.

Life seems to go so fast so this year I want to always remember to live in the moment, not think too far ahead, appreciate what I have, spend time with the people that matter and be myself at all times.

RELATIONSHIP //

Throughout 2020, I have

made space for myself to figure out what makes me happy and have focused on my physical health and mental wellness. It has been an awesome and intense journey, but my casual friendships have definitely suffered from it. I genuinely couldn’t balance work, my business, my close relationships (family, best friends, and close friends), AND continue to have an active social life. I had to prioritize what was most important, so my social life took a hit. I am happy to say that I have finally reached a place where I am ready to add a social life back onto my full plate. I plan to intentionally invest in friendships with people who I know want to be in my life for the long haul. I am so excited to strengthen these relationships during the second half of 2021 God willing and will let you know how it goes!... On matters of the heart, of course, someone has clearly stolen my heart, and I know we are on the same page, one day at a time, praying and hoping for the best.

FOR YOU//

What YOU choose to do with your one wild and precious life is the cherry on top of who you already are. So what is it you’re saying over yourself and this coming year? What words are you writing into those blank pages before you?

What big dreams do you have that will be plastered on the vision board of your walls? Maybe even dreams long forgotten, but beginning to seep into your memories, stirring a passion even as you read these words on the screen?

Like anything new; they didn’t start in a run. First steps aren’t sprints. And just like a new year, a new season of life, though we may feel like it or want to keep up the pace with those already seasoned, our first steps aren’t usually the biggest ones we take.

Many times those early steps look more like a tip-toe as we do it afraid. Too often first-times means a fall or a tumble, and hopefully, it also means we step out again, usually to the cheers on the sideline.

This year, there will be steps to celebrate, and moments of fear, moments of tumbling, moments of learning by failure. But in each, I want to be present, I want to rise, bruised, stronger. For you, for me, we will celebrate each stride. I want to allow myself to be me, to reside in grace, and to be happy in where I am and who I am.

And I want that for you too.

Be brilliant. Be you. You are enough.

HAPPY NEW YEAR