2015 & My Goals

So we're fifteen days into 2015 and I've already broken one of my major new year's resolutions, I bought Dr. Pepper for my apartment. I promised myself I was only going to drink Dr. Pepper when I went out to eat and I would drink water and tea at home. BUT I AM WEAK AND I BROKE. Anyways, me buying Dr. Pepper is not the point of this post. This post is going to be about 2015 and what I'm expecting and how I want it to be different from the previous years.

To be honest, I've always thought that new year's resolutions were dumb. I never really set any for myself because I knew that I wouldn't follow through with them. But this year I decided to actually set goals for myself.

• Live healthier: less junk food, less soda, more water, get active, feel better
• Look for the best in people: show grace in all situations, know that what I see may not be the only thing going on in someone's life, everyone has struggles and are trying.
• Look for the best in myself: try not to be so critical of myself and to be more confident
• Be kinder than I feel.
• Read more: reading stimulates your mind and it's fun and it helps me write better.
• Write more: yay for words
• Take action against injustice: Okay I'm not becoming a vigilante or anything but for too long we have remained silent about injustice simply because it doesn't necessarily affect us directly. I'm so over that
• Be intentional: It's so scary to be intentional. Like what if you get rejected?! Oh well. People matter. Relationships matter.
• Love unapologetically.

Something that's super cool about life and changing the way you live is that you don't have to wait until January 1 every year. Every day is a new start and you have the power and choice to change. So maybe you've broken one of your resolutions already. That's okay. Tomorrow is a fresh start and 2015 doesn't have to be as yucky as 2014 was. Don't be discouraged. Be kind. Drink lots of water. Don't let people walk all over you. You are incredible and 2015 is a blank page. Make something beautiful out of it.