Can you believe another year has passed by us, it seems like
yesterday I was celebrating 2012 New Years. As I sit back and reflect on the
year 2012, I realized I served much purpose for my life. 2012 was truly my year
of blessings, while I had many gains, I also had a few losses including
physically and spiritually. Everything I endured this year set me out to be a
better women then ever before. I learned the price of life and how the quality
of my love, respect, and worthiness is better then the quantity of my friends,
clothes, and money.
While, I never usually do new years resolutions, I found it
to be very beneficial to add a couple rituals in my daily habit. These are not
RESOLUTIONS but habit-changing techniques.
I would first like to stop pre-judging with the men I chose
to spend time with. Being picky leaves you lonely. While I don’t have a
specific type, I do however know what I like and dislike, at least I thought I
did. I only went on 5 dates this year and I kept pulling on loose strings with
past relationships. I believe that is stopping me to move to the next chapter
in my life. I have no ill feelings with any exes which is why I have not felt
the need to cut them loose. Until now, it’s not benefiting me and at the end of
the day, we aren’t meant to be. I believe if I truly lose ties with these three
guys and actually have a platonic friendship with them, my heart will gain room
to let a perfect stranger sweep me off my feet. So for 2013, I want to create
all possibilities to open up and fall in love again with someone who respects
me physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Another thing I would love to accomplish is to create a
healthier me. This means getting back on track with my weight loss, taking
better care of my hair and also my skin. I want to lose 30 pounds this year,
very realistic. Losing the weight slow allows me to go at my own pace and not
others. I created a work out routine that could allow me to lose more weight
then 30 pounds, but I know I am going to have off days, weeks, maybe months! In
a previous post, you saw my hair journey and what I will be doing weekly. As for
my skin, I will learn how to keep my blemishes at a minimum as well clearing my
dark spots from previous acne spots. The number one key to help creating a
healthier me is WATER, I have to learn to love water. During the summer time
that was really all I drank, besides the usual drink with friends, but I made
it a habit and kept with it.
Blogging has become a second job for me this year, and I love
it! I want to create better quality work
with any topic imaginable. I love my blog now, but I have much room for
improvement. I would love to find the perfect look for my blog, maybe get a
graphic designer to create a layout suitable for my blog’s personality. I will
vow to increase the traffic of my blog and try to create better quality
pictures. I have a nice high-tech camera but my iphone is always on me and has become
my best friend. I will try my best to do better in 2013.
The last thing I would love to have accomplished for 2013 is
finding my very first career! I graduate December 2013 with a degree in Public
Relations and Political Science and I would love to have a career already set
up while I’m in school. I’m in no way of any sort rushing my future because I
tend to over think everything and scare myself thinking I wont find a career in
my major field. That is why I promise to network even more next year so
companies will be delighted to have me as an addition. My internship at the Conventions Visitors
Center offered me a job playfully this
summer, but they knew I still had one year at Hampton left. Maybe they will have another
position ready next year. I do know I will start applying for careers in the
summer of 2013 and also Grad school to get my MBA. Its so many things I want to
do career-wise and I don’t want any set-backs in my future when I’m ready to do
something extraordinary. I’m excited yet scared of what my future holds.
While I sit back and read everything I just wrote it sounds
a little like RESOLUTIONS, but I do not want to call them that only because
these new moves are ESSENTIAL for my future. I need to do these things in order
to live a happy and successful life like I want. I have many goals I would like
to accomplish and I believe a lot of the stuff mentioned above is going to get
me closer to the women I would love to be.
I hope you all have a happy new year, try to be a better
person from the year before and try something you would not usually do. Thanks
for following me on my journey and I hope you all are looking forward to the
new things I have in stored for 2013.
XOXO
- Ashley
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