{ resolutions }

I'm a little late to the party. New years was over a week ago but I've been wanting to blog about some resolutions of mine before it gets too distant. So lets start with...

Number 1 -
A healthier lifestyle. A lot of the times when you ask someone "so what are your resolutions this year", they'll say working out, getting fit, losing 20 pounds, etc etc.. What I really want is to just be wise about what I eat and to visit the gym a couple times each week. I even gave up Coke for a little bit, can you believe it!?!? Now I'm stuck with Diet Coke, don't laugh.

Number 2 -
Be more productive.  Binging all day on Netflix is very tempting, but then at the end of the day I'm all stressed out because I have this huge stack of school that's needs to be done. Or I need to write a blog  cause it's been awhile. I'm not gonna go so far to say "no more procrastinating" because we all know that's probably never gonna happen, but being productive with my day and my time is one step closer.

Number 3 -
Put God first. I'm lucky enough to have a great group of close friends who encourage me to get into the word everyday. There's no doubt that God placed them in my life to strengthen my faith & keep me accountable. I wanna encourage you guys who are reading this to open up your bible just once a day and read a couple verses. Take notes. Write down a verse that means a lot to you. Give just a little bit of your time over to God. Trust me he deserves so much more, so its the least you could do for the man who created you ;)

Number 4 -
Stop worrying so much about what other people think. I'm pretty insecure, just being honest. we all have those things we wish we could change. Or maybe it's our personality. Or the way we do things. Or we even wish we could be more like someone. It's a daily struggle that really never gets easier. BUT we can tell ourselves that there's no reason to get all upset over what someone thinks about us. Chances are, they are just as insecure as you are. So my goal is to put aside all the negative things people may say, and maybe the looks I may get when I run out of the house for a bit with old makeup on my face from the day before (hey it happens). None of that is important. You don't need to impress anybody or MAKE anybody like you. You are you for a reason and the people you need in your life will love ya for it.

Number 5 -
Stepping out of my comfort zone. Alright alright confession time. I still ask my mom to go ask for ketchup at McDonald's, or to ask for my shoe size while shopping. I realize that I'm 16, and I'm capable of doing these things by myself but it's stepping out of my comfort zone. I'm not so shy to the point where I don't want to have face to face conversations with someone, I love talking to people and having conversations with friends. I am just a baby when it comes to talking to strangers. It's a weakness of mine. I'm not great at meeting new people, and its hard for me to be myself around people I've just met. For example, if you are one of my close my friends you know that I am crazy, a lil weird, laughing about 95% of the time and not shy that's for sure. But if you were to ask someone who sits in a classroom with me and rarely talks to me they'd say something like, she's super quite, she doesn't really start any conversations and she keeps to herself. That's something I want to change. I want to be the person who goes up to somebody new I don't know and starts a casual conversation with them. I want to be the person who befriends a new kid or is the one person who is nice to them when they could be a having a rough day. It's a huge leap, going from a girl who is scared to walk up to someone new to a girl who introduces herself right off the bat, but its on my list & I plan to work on it.

Ok that's all, thx for reading my resolutions!
See ya later dudesss.