How in the world is it already 2016? I have no idea. Am I the only one that wasn’t ready for the New Year? This year I didn’t even come up with resolutions. Mostly because I didn’t have a chance to pause and think about what those would be…until now. Since the excitement of the holidays is over, and I am trying to get back into the mundane swing of things, I keep thinking about what I want out of this year.
The past few months have been all about transition, and with that comes good and bad. The biggest change to my day-to-day life has been moving in with the fiancé (it is still weird to even say that). I thought I would have some kind of sadness about leaving my apartment behind and my whole single girl life. Would he judge all my single girl, weird habits? Surprisingly, I didn’t really have that mourning period, which hopefully is a sign that I am in the right relationship. I just brought all my strange habits and quarks over to the new house.
The point of that whole rant was to say I am settling into my new life, and getting back into a routine. So with all of that has come reflection and thought about what I want for 2016. I keep coming back to the same thing: I want to live an intentional life. I don’t want to turn 40 or 50, and regret passively going through life. What that even means? I am not sure.
I mostly think of the latter in regards to work. Even as all of these amazing things happen in my personal life, I still have this nagging voice in my head about my professional life. I want to be successful. I want to create something lasting. The problem is I am stuck as where to go next. This is where living an intentional life comes into play. I can’t just sit around, and wait for things to happen. I have to keep planting the seeds and hope that things come to fruition.
Last year, I did try to plant those seeds to a certain extent. For my PR business, I tried to put on webinars. If I am being honest with myself, could I have tried to promote them more? Probably. Depending on how you look at things, were they successful? Yes because I at least had people that paid me to participate. Or you can look at it and say “no” because each webinar only had 2-3 people.
Another thing that still weighs heavy on me is Glamtrepreneur. I have moments of motivation; I have moments of apathy. This past year, I did put on my own event, outside of Girl Scouts. Was it a success? Again, I am not sure. I was aiming to have 15-20 girls sign up, and I only had 2. While maybe by the numbers, it was a complete and utter failure, I had the best time at the workshop. Yes, I lost money, but the girls that participated were excited and engaged. I guess like anything else it is all a matter of perception.
That brings me to this blog. Would I like to start writing more regularly? Yes, I would. We will see what that means. I enjoy having a space to write about what is on my mind. It is a cheaper version of therapy.
Here’s to 2016, and a year of intentional living!
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