Let’s Make 2014 Unforgettable! My New Year Resolutions + Illustrations by Inslee Haynes

Happy (official & full) first week of 2014!! I hope you all had the most amazing and incredibly relaxing holiday. I’m guessing if you haven’t already had to head back to work, today is the day you do. Chin up buttercup; it’s going to be a fabulous year – and I’m so excited to journey 2014 with you!

Have you made any New Year Resolutions (or ‘goals’ / ‘lifestyle changes’ if you cringed at the term resolutions’) for 2014? Here are a few of mine:

– Floss my teeth every.single.night. – That includes when I’m so exhausted and sleep seems too precious to waste time flossing. I must suck it up and just floss.
– Wake up early – Lately,  I have had a tendency to stay up way too late working (like 4am late..errr..early. Ah, the life of an entrepreneur) which prevents me from waking up early. I need to put a stop to working into the weeee hours and hit the sack before midnight to be able to wake up for 7am!
– Make time for myself – Not making time for oneself is probably one of an entrepreneurs biggest downfalls, and it couldn’t be more true for myself. I often neglect myself in order to have more time to work; but this is completely unhealthy and totally self-defeating. In 2014, I aim to make time to relax, do a workout, read a book, go to the spa. I need this time alone to rejuvenate and keep my sanity in check; plus it’ll make me more productive in the long run.
– Leave the country – I love love looooove traveling the world, and saying that I am ‘overdue’ for a trip is a huge understatement. The last few years I have made sure to jump on a plane and travel to Vancouver to visit my sister (which is amazing and important and I will continue to do that this year), but in 2014 I also need to jump on a plane and leave the country. I’m not declaring a specific destination yet because I’m pretty much open to the world, buuuuutt, there are talks of Argentina! Traveling to all seven continents is on my Bucket List, and I have South America and Antarctica left until I can accomplish that life goal. Will 2014 be the year I travel to South America? We shall see!! 😉
– Keep A Journal – or a diary if you’d rather be old school and call it that. But I’m not talking about a “Dear Diary, today I smiled at Jake and he smiled back…Do you think it’s true love?” kind of journal. I’m talking about one that I record all the things that made me smiled during the day. We’re all guilty of rushing through our days without paying attention to the life’s little joys. I’m a true believer in seeing the positive in everything, and while I agree that shit happens and sometimes life feels sucky, I also believe that during those not-so-amazing-days there are little moments of happiness that should not be overlooked. This journal is my way of not forgetting how awesome life, and God, really is!

What are your New Year Resolutions?? I would LOVE to hear them in the comment section below!

I also want to take a moment to thank you all for being so supportive over this past year! My blog has seen incredible growth and it wouldn’t be possible without all of you. I’m truly grateful that you all take time out of your crazy hectic and busy lives to read my blog; it means more than words can say! If I could give you all huge bear hugs in person, I so would! So, consider yourselves hugged and kissed!!

Let’s make 2014 unforgettable, shall we?!

xo
V.

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