Goals

Here are my 16 goals for 2016.

I know its October, well its pretty much November now but these are my goals and I have every intention of getting a head start on completing these goals.

I know they say the way you are most likely to stick to new years resolutions is by choosing 3. But these are resolutions, they are life changes and goals I want to make happen in 2016, many of which i have already started working towards.

These are goals I believable are reachable. Of course I would love to have a full time job, doing something I love. Have my own place and get a dog, but I'm 19 very nearly 20 (so old) so these are the sort of thing I would be more likely to put in a '5 years time' goals.

So here they are:

 1. Consistently workout to further improve fitness level, health and body. - I love exercise and working out. I am already very good at sticking to a routine and working out. I am currently using Kayla Itsines Bikini Body Guide and so far i love even tho its really hard.

2. Eat 100% vegan and 90% clean, allowing yourself treats once a week. - Over the past 2 weeks i have transitioned to vegan and as of November 1st I am 100% vegan. I want to make sure i stick properly to an eating plan as i have a lot of difficult with eating.

3. Maintain a proper skincare routine. - I have always dabbled here and there with skincare. I have awful skin, or atlas to me i think its awful. I'm a teenager so what do you expected, I get spots, so I want to really focus maintaining proper skincare to give myself a fighting chance at having clear skin.

4. No Boys. - Okay I don't mean not speaking to boys, i just want to shift my attention from trying to find the one, or have a relationship and focus more on me and my future, atlas for the first 6 months of 2016. Lets all hope that when I stop looking I'll find the one eh? ;)

 5. Save £500 minimum per month. - I am very good a saving, but I am also very good at spending. I go through phases with saving, ill be really god for a couple of months, but then something will have I will buy one thing and then it appears I buy the entire world. I know £500 seems like a lot but this means I will consistently have to pick up shift at work or make me really push to find a new one.

6. Do not buy anything you don't need. - I think this is quite self explanatory. I just don't want to spend excess money.

7. Consistently clear out my room selling or donating things I no longer need. - Again this is quite self explanatory. I just want to live with as few possessions as possible i don't want excess clutter because I hate it mess and clutter. I am very OCD.

8. Plan everything out on a Saturday night for the up coming week. - Like most people my age I spend a lot of time on my computer. Most of this is wasted time. I want to make sure I have everything planned in so I am pro active and am not wasting time. Because i love being productive but one of my main talents is procrastinating. :L

9. Consistently blog. - I have written and blogged here and there for a couple of years. But I have either forgotten about it or gotten scared. I am not going to be scared anymore, this is for me to express myself because thats what I need. I can't trust many people but my blog isn't going to leave me so i can just get all my thoughts out here.

10. Get back into photography. - Since I was young I have loved photography. I did it as a GCSE, and then for 2 years at collage. But by the time i finished my course, I then hated it because I wasn't expressing myself i was working to briefs. I have hardly touched a proper camera or taken a real photo in about 3 years. I want to get back in to it and hopefully blogging will help this too.

11. Learn a new skill/hobby. - I really want to dance. I danced when I was young so this wouldn't technically be a NEW skill but i want to get back into a hobby.

12. Start my own card business on Etsy. - I love drawing. I have so many drawings in sketch books that nobody is getting to see. I always make birthday cards for friends and family and everyone always tells me how sellable my art is, so I thought why not try it out... what have I got to lose? It give me something to focus on.

13. Focus on recovery. - I have suffered with an eating disorder for almost 12 years. And although I'm better than i have been in a long time, i am still not mentally recovered. I want to work on improving this instead of just accepting maybe this is how it will always be.

14. Focus on the positive side instead of the negative even if you don't believe it at first. - Another simple one.

15. Plan things with friends more often. - I am very good a moaning I'm lonely, that i miss my friends and that i have no friends. So i what to properly make an effort to see friends outside of work, make time for them and not just catch up in passing.

16. Take chances and risks. Say YES. - As previously mentioned I have an Eating Disorder. Along with that i have a lot of other mental health issues. So I want to stop saying no out of fear and start saying yes to doing things even if they are out my comfort zones.

Do you have any goals for 2016?

Sending love your way 

Laura x

LIfe.

Safe to say its been a rough week or so. 

My relationship came crashing down around me, family life is always rocky, I didn't get a job I REALLY wanted and I've just felt a bit rubbish about everything. Im sure somebody else has this sort of week too where nothing seems to be going right.  

Too make matters worse my 2 best friends are at uni at opposite ends of the country, so texting and snapchatting photos of my  panda eyes had to suffice in showing how upset I was/am.

I had work this morning so up I got at 5:20am and proceeded to dress up as a cat because its halloween and then left for work at 6:15am. 

I did all my make up myself using makeup not face paint and everyone loved it. The customers were smiling, I was the talk of my work place and everyone was in such a better mood purely for seeing me as a cat, a rather cute cat if i do say so myself. And I have never EVER received so many compliments in such a short space of time. 

I really love making people happy, putting a smile on someones face makes me so happy, and thats when I realised that being me is okay because the Laura who loves dressing up and having fun is the girl that makes people smile. 

I don't know how or why but this got me thinking about my future. I have spent the last year if not longer just wanting a boyfriend. And its okay to admit that because everyone just wants to be liked/loved. and yes I probably do care a little too much but since when has caring being a bad thing?I have boyfriends on and off but i have never been 100% happy but I believed that I didn't deserve happiness. And they always say 'when you stop looking, you'll find love' although I don't believe this to necessarily be 100% true I think its important to keep that thought in the back off your mind. What I'm taking from that quote is do not stop living your life because of a boy. 

So as of November 1st I am going to put my all in to my future and do the things I want to do. Blogging being one of them. I have also 100% committed to veganism, decided to open and easy store to sell my art (that reminds me I must set that up) along with many other goals.

16 to be exact. 16 goals for 2016, all specific enough to be achieved with enough ambition with out it being unreachable.

Maybe in my next post I will tell you all of the goals to keep me accountable. and I can update on how they are progressing. 

I will let you know once my easy shop is up and running if anyone is interested.

Anyway sending love your way,

Laura x