2019 Bucketlist
I hate those people who say they "don't believe in new years resolutions". I am going to be one of them for a second, but bear with me.
I know it's February, but the year is still fun and fresh, and it's never too late to start working on making yourself the best version you can be. So get a pen and paper (or your Notes app) and let's get started!
If someone asked me what my goals are for this year, I'd honestly just shrug my shoulders and give one of those "derp-y" faces as a response. I don't have goals, per say. I call them bucket-list items. To be honest, now that I'm writing it out, it doesn't sound much different, but I find "goals" to be too cliché. I see my bucket-list items for 2019 as more of the things I want to do, say, read, write, or whatever, assuming I would be given a life-changing obstacle at some point in the year. I want to accomplish these goals while I still can, or until something unexpected comes up in my life that changes the course of where I thought I was heading. That might sounds pretty dramatic, and maybe it is, but you have to remember that the life we live should not be taken for granted. Most people have bucket-list items to achieve and cross-off as they go through life, but what if from the age of 18 you've told yourself one day you want to go to Greece, but you hold onto that for so long that by the time you're finally financially able to go to Greece, your mom goes ill, or your basement floods, or you get into a car accident and your car totaled. All of sudden, the trip gets put on the back burner again for who-knows how long! I try not to anticipate the future too far away. Sure, personally, I'd love to go Greece, but I don't linger on the idea because I know that it won't even be feasible for another 10 years. And if it does happen before then, than that's amazing! I want to set realistic bucketlist of items every year that I KNOW I can achieve by the end of the year. So without further ado, here is my 2019 Bucketlist:
1. Finish my Co-Op Placement on a positive note
2. Start my fourth, and final, year of University
3. Take a Trip with a Friend
4. Read A Book
5. Start a Garden in my backyard (and make a green wall)
6. Paint Acrylic on Canvas
7. Skip Starbucks and visit local cafes
8. Make Healthy Choices
9. Use an Agenda and have fun with it
10. Go on a Road-Trip
These items are very achievable for me and I'm not over shooting my capabilities which is a key. Of coarse I would love to read more than one book, but I know that it's hard for me to make time to read so I as long as I read one I'll see that as an accomplishment. If I get through more book, or go on more than one roadtrip or paint more than one painting, then this year will have been an accomplishment.
People tend to make their "new year resolutions" and not stick to them. So when the year comes to an end, you feel like you've failed yourself so you try to motivate yourself again by making another non-realistic resolution. You have the power to end the cycle! Make yourself a list of things that you know with your current schedule is feasible! Don't assume you'll be able to fix something new into your busy life! Take something you already do, and love doing, and just make it a habit to do more often.
I'll be updating you all on my progress to achieving my 2019 bucketlist, so stay posted! Remember that by the end of the year you want to be proud of what you've accomplished. No matter what you choose to do with your year, make sure you're doing it for yourself and not to please someone else.
Happy
I know it's February, but the year is still fun and fresh, and it's never too late to start working on making yourself the best version you can be. So get a pen and paper (or your Notes app) and let's get started!
If someone asked me what my goals are for this year, I'd honestly just shrug my shoulders and give one of those "derp-y" faces as a response. I don't have goals, per say. I call them bucket-list items. To be honest, now that I'm writing it out, it doesn't sound much different, but I find "goals" to be too cliché. I see my bucket-list items for 2019 as more of the things I want to do, say, read, write, or whatever, assuming I would be given a life-changing obstacle at some point in the year. I want to accomplish these goals while I still can, or until something unexpected comes up in my life that changes the course of where I thought I was heading. That might sounds pretty dramatic, and maybe it is, but you have to remember that the life we live should not be taken for granted. Most people have bucket-list items to achieve and cross-off as they go through life, but what if from the age of 18 you've told yourself one day you want to go to Greece, but you hold onto that for so long that by the time you're finally financially able to go to Greece, your mom goes ill, or your basement floods, or you get into a car accident and your car totaled. All of sudden, the trip gets put on the back burner again for who-knows how long! I try not to anticipate the future too far away. Sure, personally, I'd love to go Greece, but I don't linger on the idea because I know that it won't even be feasible for another 10 years. And if it does happen before then, than that's amazing! I want to set realistic bucketlist of items every year that I KNOW I can achieve by the end of the year. So without further ado, here is my 2019 Bucketlist:
1. Finish my Co-Op Placement on a positive note
2. Start my fourth, and final, year of University
3. Take a Trip with a Friend
4. Read A Book
5. Start a Garden in my backyard (and make a green wall)
6. Paint Acrylic on Canvas
7. Skip Starbucks and visit local cafes
8. Make Healthy Choices
9. Use an Agenda and have fun with it
10. Go on a Road-Trip
These items are very achievable for me and I'm not over shooting my capabilities which is a key. Of coarse I would love to read more than one book, but I know that it's hard for me to make time to read so I as long as I read one I'll see that as an accomplishment. If I get through more book, or go on more than one roadtrip or paint more than one painting, then this year will have been an accomplishment.
People tend to make their "new year resolutions" and not stick to them. So when the year comes to an end, you feel like you've failed yourself so you try to motivate yourself again by making another non-realistic resolution. You have the power to end the cycle! Make yourself a list of things that you know with your current schedule is feasible! Don't assume you'll be able to fix something new into your busy life! Take something you already do, and love doing, and just make it a habit to do more often.
I'll be updating you all on my progress to achieving my 2019 bucketlist, so stay posted! Remember that by the end of the year you want to be proud of what you've accomplished. No matter what you choose to do with your year, make sure you're doing it for yourself and not to please someone else.
Happy
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