Goodbye 2017. Hello new year 2018.
New year.
New life.
New blog.
New beginnings.
Can you believe it’s 2018 already? I mean seriously, where has the year gone? The time flew by, but I can’t really say that I’m sad to see it go. 2017 brought a roller coaster of changes throughout my life, full of ups and downs.
If I learned anything over the past year, it’s that I will never be fully ready to prepare for whatever life throws at me. I don’t always have the right answers. I don’t always make the right decisions and I don’t always choose the right path when fate is staring me in the face.
This year, I decided I am starting the new year with a fresh start. A year where I am going to refocus my life, my purpose and my intentions. A new year where I can bring back the happy and find joy in the little things.
One of the hardest questions you can ask yourself is, ‘what do I want in life?’ I always felt like I never had time to just sit down and focus on a plan for my life. My life path has always seemed to steer it’s own course. But I never really felt like it was the right path for me.
I know I can get through any obstacle in life. I work far too hard not to and I’m too stubborn to fail. But this year, I want to redirect my life so I can focus on steering it down the course of things that make ME happy. Something that fills both my mind and heart. One thing I have learned is that we are our own person and it’s truly up to you to find your internal happiness. Do not let the negative take over.
I think Henry David Thoreau said it best…“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
New Year Dreams 2018
Five years ago I started blogging. I loved it. But I never felt like I had the time to really focus on my blog in it’s entirety.
2015 flipped my world upside. I became a single mom and was working two jobs to take care of myself and my daughter. I had no time for anything. So I quit blogging.
But truth be told, the entire time I wasn’t blogging, I wished I was blogging. I loved it. I was born to create. New inspiration was always coming to me and I would think to myself, ‘that would make a great blog post,’ but I let the busyness of life take over me.
So I’m back! I want this new space to be place for us all to uplift and inspire others. I surround myself with positive people. Those who will uplift me instead of put me down. Most of all, enthusiasm is contagious and at the end of the day, if I have someone say, “because of you I [insert positive inspiration]” then I feel like I achieved something for the day.
What are you saying goodbye to in 2017? What are you saying hello to in 2018?