New Year Resolution!
Hey lovelies!Happy 2016! I actually had a really great 2015, I made some awesome friends, got published for the first time, spoke at a conference, joined the campus newspaper(getting an article published the first semester back), fell in and out of love a couple times, and and did a lot of great writing. And lets not forget one of the best things I did in 2015: Start this blog! I'm hoping that 2016 will be just as good!
For my first post of the new year, I decided to talk about my new year resolutions. I normally never do New Year resolutions because I kinda think they're silly and they put unrealistic expectations on you. Like if you don't do it, it makes you feel like a failure and I don't need that kinda hassle in my life. For example, if I make the resolution to write everyday, I know I'm not going to achieve it because, although I love writing, I'm not going to every single day for 365 days. I'm in college, there are going to be days where all I want to do is marathon watch "The Real Housewives" series and eat cheese puffs, and I will not apologize for that. Same with any other huge resolutions. If I know I'm not going to do it, why bother?
However, after talking to Kevin, I decided to give new year resolutions another shot. Only this time, I decided not to make these huge resolutions that I'm never going to keep, and decide to make small, fun ones that I would like to do, but my heart won't be completely broken if I don''t do. Plus, a lot of these are things I can do in the last two weeks of December in case I forget about these the rest of the year (see, smart).
Anyway, without further adieu, I give you my....
Things I Want to Accomplish in 2016
Stay Stylin'
Elle
For my first post of the new year, I decided to talk about my new year resolutions. I normally never do New Year resolutions because I kinda think they're silly and they put unrealistic expectations on you. Like if you don't do it, it makes you feel like a failure and I don't need that kinda hassle in my life. For example, if I make the resolution to write everyday, I know I'm not going to achieve it because, although I love writing, I'm not going to every single day for 365 days. I'm in college, there are going to be days where all I want to do is marathon watch "The Real Housewives" series and eat cheese puffs, and I will not apologize for that. Same with any other huge resolutions. If I know I'm not going to do it, why bother?
However, after talking to Kevin, I decided to give new year resolutions another shot. Only this time, I decided not to make these huge resolutions that I'm never going to keep, and decide to make small, fun ones that I would like to do, but my heart won't be completely broken if I don''t do. Plus, a lot of these are things I can do in the last two weeks of December in case I forget about these the rest of the year (see, smart).
Anyway, without further adieu, I give you my....
Things I Want to Accomplish in 2016
- Own a flannel shirt (I actually don't own a real flannel and, with the amount of hipsters I've dated, I should probably own one. Okay, you've all seen my typewriter, I'm a hipster too; buying a flannel is just my final form.)
- Read 3 Kurt Vonnegut novels (so far I've only read Slaughterhouse-Five and some short stories. This has got to change)
- Post on the blog at LEAST three times a month (just barely reaching the bar over here)
- Read 3 Non-fiction books (I should probably read more since I'm applying to Grad schools with a duel concentration is Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction.)
- Write three things that I actually like (the dreams of a writer)
- Start and finish 3 TV shows (I'm actually terrible at mathron watching TV series on like Netflix and stuff. I don't know if it's because I'm too busy or what, but I'm going to do it.)
- Own a 1950's style dress (I NEED IT)
- Use my typewriter more (because I'm hipster)
- Have 3 successes that are adequate or higher (I know, dreaming big here)
- Finish my novel. (Okay, I know this seems like a big goal but I only have like seven chapters left and I just want to finish the damn thing)
Stay Stylin'
Elle
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