Snow Day 2017

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Currently…

Thinking - About how excited I am that it is snowing right now and tomorrow I get to spend the day reading, relaxing, and watching Mae play in the snow. 

Enjoying - Not being in school at the moment. Winter break has been wonderful. I am refreshed and ready to take on Spring semester. 

Wearing - Last years Christmas pajamas.

Needing - Maci to stop crying. She has been upset all night because her brother doesn't want to play with her. 

Wanting - To be back in my apartment in Greensboro. It has been nice being at my parents house, but I miss my room. There is something about living on my own that motivates me and makes me feel more fulfilled.

Listening - My wooden wick candle burn and Moody's bell jingle as he runs around my room.

Drinking - I was drinking coffee, but then Bebe knocked it over. 

Reading - The Shining by Stephen King. Curtesy of Eric as one of my Christmas presents. 
Trying - To learn how to play chess, although I am very bad at it.

My Goals For 2017

I am not sure whether "goals" is the best word. These are things I would like to do in the next year, but without the pressures that come with the word "goals." I have no intention of beating myself up if these things do not get accomplished in 2017, because prioritizes change over time and in six months these things may not be the things I want out of my life at this moment. I want to use these "goals" as a guideline of the direction I want to take my life over the next year. One of the ways I am plan to meet these "goals" over the next year is my new planner. If you know me or have been reading my blog for a while you know I love planners (other posts involving my love of planners here and here). Okay enough of about planners back to the things I want to accomplish, I want to choose one goal a month to really focus on. For January I am starting with "get on a routine." I hoping being on a routine will help me stay on track during school.

• Read 5 books in one month
• Workout
• Plan blogging 
• Explore religion 
• Take up knitting again 
• Learn to rock climb 
• Finish my journal
• Get on a routine
• More me dates 
• Volunteer consistently 
• 30 day self care challenge 
• Leave the country 
• Grow my blog x5
• Run another half marathon  
• Give my all in everything

Twenty Sixteen

If there was one word to describe my 2016 it would be growth. I have grown this year more than I could I have ever imagined. I was growing when I thought I wasn't moving. I was growing when I thought I was at rock bottom and when I thought I was on top of the world. I grew on my own, I grew in my relationships with others. I have learned more about myself in the past year than the 19 before it combined. I have learned what I want out of my life. I have developed my own opinions in an even deeper way than before. In 2016 I learned how to stand completely on my own, while being more social than I thought my anxiety would ever let me. I never would have thought I would have the confidence to post four selfies on Instagram in a year. If you would have told me a year ago I would owe a cat I would have laughed in your face but now my heart has two babies that I love more than the world. This year I got my nose pierced on a wim and could not be more pleased with my choice, I learned that I cannot control anyone else's actions and everything passes with time, I created more meaningful friendships with my loved ones, I got my first C in college, I went on more adventures than I could count, I learned how to play chess and fell in love out of nowhere. I still couldn't spell worth a shit this year and I probably will never eat anything watermelon flavored after my spring break in Florida. Even with all the ups and downs of the past year it has probably been my favorite year to date, I can't wait to see what adventures, struggles, experiences 2017 brings my way!