2016 Goals

Well now that we are 4 months into 2016, I finally have a list of a few things that I want to do better in 2016. These things are my goals, my hopes, and stuff I want to do better.

I want to be more patient.

Not only do I want to be more patient with other people, but I also myself. So often, it is hard for me to give myself credit; credit for trying my best to get better and be okay consistently. I think about patience so much and it bothers me that I can be so patient with almost everyone else and not myself. With that being said, when it comes to be other people, I want to be more patient as well.

I want to become more of who I want to be.

For so long, I was being who I thought other people wanted me to be. From the time I was 16, I thought I knew exactly who I was. In reality, I had no idea. Lately I’ve been learning a lot more about myself. Going through these changes of growing up, lately I have realized that half of my brain is about age 24 and the other half is still 19. Or 12. And that’s what I want to work on. Not that being young is a bad thing, but I do believe that it’s taking its toll on me. “Growing up too fast” has been one of my least favorite things about my life. Not that I wanted to, but that life forced me to. But each day, I am trying to enjoy where I am. I’ve always had this vision of who I’m becoming and I truly believe that I will get there. But until then, I am stuck in this awkward stage of “who am I?”

I want to wake up and go to sleep earlier.

I have always struggled with this and I hate it. My goal is to be more of a morning person. Not necessarily that I need to be, I just know that it has its benefits. Waking up earlier, for me at least, would mean that I would actually have time to eat breakfast. It’s so rare that I actually get to eat a real breakfast and I tend to settle for a small breakfast bar or something like that. Another reason would be that I want to be less rushed. Waking up earlier means more time; more time for myself, more time to get things done, more time in my day.

I want to improve my health.

Now this ranges, covering a few things. From to taking my medicine consistently, to eating better and cleaner, to working out more, to like I said before, ACTUALLY eating breakfast. It’s not that I’m unhealthy, I just want to take better care of myself. Plain and simple!

I want to stop procrastinating.

Although I have gotten a lot better with this, I still struggle from time to time. Whether it’s writing a paper earlier, having plenty of blogs ready to post, doing laundry or finishing an assignment way ahead of time, whatever it may be, I want to be better with my use of time.

I want to use my planner more.  

I have learned that I am such a visual person over the past several years and using my planner and actually writing things down has increased my success rate so much. I have never been able to write stuff down in my phone and remember but since I’m loving my planner this year, I’m all for using it as much as I possibly can. Before I started watching YouTube videos, I used to think that planners are super boring but now that I have been enlightened, using my planner can actually help me and not be boring.

I want to stop worrying.

I worry about everything. I worry about things that I shouldn’t worry about. I worry about things I should worry about. I worry about school, work, what I’m wearing, if I look perfect or not, if I have the greatest possessions, if I have a boyfriend or not, who likes me or loves me and who doesn’t, what people think about me (a little too often). I worry about ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. There is no in between. I want to stop. I just want to live life without that stress. I really do.

In my opinion, I think that it is so important to make goals. Whether it’s written out like this or a short, basic list on your phone, make goals for yourself. You don’t have to share them with everyone, but you can. If there are things you need someone to hold you accountable for, find someone. Keep track of your progress or write down your accomplishments, things you’ve been blessed with, however you want to do it. In my family, we each have our own “Blessing Jars.” We’ve been doing it since 2000. It came to my mom that after such a horrible year, she couldn’t remember something that really good happened. And pretty much every year since, that’s what we’ve done. I call my personal jar my “Memory Jar.” If something good happens or I do something fun, I write it down and place it in the jar. Sometimes I even put things in there that I had to experience that weren’t so great. My reasoning behind this is so that I can be reminded of how far I’ve come from that particular experience.  

So if you haven’t already, which I seriously hope you have, make a list of things that you want to accomplish this year.

And most importantly, DO THEM.