My 2018 Resolutions

There is something about this new year that is giving me hope that it will be a great year. I don’t know why but there are some good vibes about 2018, so I am excited to start the new year. I feel like 2017 was a good year for me but 2018 really has something up and I don’t know what it is but I am 100% looking forward to it. I wrote a list of my resolutions for this year which I hope to achieve:

Hay algo de este año que me da esperanza de que va a ser un gran año. No sé qué es, pero tengo buenas vibras para 2018, por eso estoy emocionada por empezar el año nuevo. Siento que 2017 fue un buen año para mí, pero 2018 me espera con algo y no sé qué es, pero estoy 100% anhelando. Escribí una lista de algunas metas que tengo para este año:

   

   1.   I’ll just be reputation

Am I Taylor Swift? I did get inspired by her with this resolution. It happened few times that I will post a poem online and suddenly everyone was picking to see who it was or texting me what it meant. Or a blog post or a tweet.  I am so tired of explaining who I am, what I do and why I act like that. So, I decided that this year I am not explaining myself anymore. People are going to talk no matter what I say and do, so I might as well do whatever it makes me happy.

Voy a ser mi reputación. Muy Taylor Swift de mi parte. Ella me inspiro con esta resolución. Me paso un par de veces que subo un poema en internet y de repente todos quieren saber sobre que se trata y sobre quien es o me mandan mensajes preguntándome. O con un blog post o con un tweet. Estoy cansada de tener que explicar quién soy, que hago y como actuó. Entonces, decidí que este año no voy a explicar más lo que hago o escribo. Las personas van hablar sin importar lo que haga o diga, así que voy hacer lo que me haga feliz.

  

   2.   Be nice

I always try to be as nice as possible and every year I work harder and harder for it. I know that from my blog I might seem like a nice person, which I am most time but sometimes I feel like I judge people too much or I can be rude. So, I want to be as nice as possible this year.

Ser buena. Siempre trato de ser mejor persona y todos los años trabajo para mejorarlo. Sé que en mi blog parezco buena persona, lo cual lo soy la mayor parte del tiempo, pero siento que a veces juzgo mucho a las personas o puedo ser mala. Así que este año voy a ser lo más buena posible.

    3.   Be more eco friendly

I tried so hard to be eco-friendly this year. I carry my own water bottle, I recycle as much as I can and use as little paper as I can. I want to continue this year and try to spread the message to anyone that I can.

Ser más respetuosa con el medio ambiente. Este año trabaje bastante para cuidar más el medio ambiente. Llevaba mi propia botella de agua, reciclaba lo más que podía y use la menor cantidad de papel posible. Quiero seguir así este año y difundir el mensaje lo mejor que pueda.

   4.   Quitting soda

I tried all this a few years ago and did pretty good. I want to start again this year to stay healthy. So, I really want to stick to water and natural juices.

Dejar las gaseosas. Traté esto hace unos años e hice un buen trabajo. Quiero volver hacerlo este año para estar más sana. Entonces este año solo voy a tomar agua y jugos naturales.

   

   5.   Surround with positivity

I’ve been trying to do this for a while last year: remove all the negativity from my life. I am tired of being surrender by negative people and negative things. I would much rather be surrounded by a few people who are positive than with people who drain out the energy out of me. This can also be applied to social media. I am doing a social media cleanses and only keeping those that bring joy and motivate me. I don’t need to see those tweets about failing in life or those Instagram posts about feeling ugly. I just want positive people in my timeline.

Rodearme de positividad. Vengo tratando de hacer esto hace rato este año: sacar toda la negatividad de mi vida. Estoy cansada de estar rodeada de gente negativa y cosas negativas.  Prefiero estar rodeada de pocas personas que son positivas antes que estar rodeada de personas que me sacan las energías. Esto también lo puedo aplicar a las redes sociales. Voy hacer una limpieza de redes sociales y solo mantener aquellos que me traigan felicidad y me motiven. No quiero ver los tweets sobre los fracasos de la vida o Instagram de personas que no se siente cómodas con ellas mismas. Solo quiero gente positiva en mi feed de redes sociales.

  6.   Ran 10k – 20k

I wanted to run 10k this year but I hurt my knee back in May and I had to spent 2 months without exercising. This year I hope I can get to 10k and maybe even run half a marathon. My goal is to run a marathon at some point in my life and these are just some small steps.

Correr 10k-20k. Quería correr 10k este año, pero me lastimé la rodilla en mayo y estuve dos meses sin hacer ejercicio. Espero que este año pueda llegar a los 10k y hasta correr media maratón. Mi meta es correr una maratón en algún momento de mi vida y estos son pequeños pasos.

   

   7.    Write more poetry

I’ve always been shy about my poetry because it felt too personal. But after my first goal I feel like it is time to stop caring about it and keep on writing. I even created an Instagram to write more and to share it.

Escribir más poesía. Siempre fui muy tímida con mi poesía porque la sentía muy personal. Pero después de mi primer objetivo tengo que dejar de darle tanta importancia y seguir escribiendo. Hasta hice un Instagram para escribir más y compartirlo.

What are your goals this year?

Love

Pili

2016 Resolutions!

I really can’t believe I’m writing my 2016 resolutions, it feels like this year just went by way too fast. But here are the things I hope to achieve next year:

1.       Forget the pain. Being honest, 2015 was a year I did feel a lot of pain and it was hard to get up when I fell. So next year I hope to forget all the pain I felt in 2015 and start fresh.

2.       Live to the fullest/ go on adventures. I feel like I always say I need to go on more adventures but never actually do it or be more spontaneous, next year I hope to finally do it. I want to live life the fullest, not only do random things but do things I haven’t before. Also, I want to go on more adventures even it if the smallest thing like explore a new part in town, I want to do it.

3.       Good grades. Every single students has this goal every year, but unlike this year, I promise myself I will actually work harder to get better grades and do better at school. It is going to be a hard one but I really hope to achieve it.

4.       Stay healthy. I wasn’t the healthiest person this year. I work out less and did not eat healthy, but I made a promise this year I will get back on track and even better. I promise myself I will work out more, and even promise to get back into swimming which is something I know I need to do.

5.       Drive. I said this, this year, but I did get better at driving and I promise to myself I will finally get out there next year. It kind of hard since I’m really scare of it but I want to finally achieve it.

6.       Stop overthinking. I got told this a lot this year, that I was overthinking. So next year I hope I can stop this horrible habit. Not only in the sense of “this is eating me alive” but in the sense of just do it, not over think things through and dare myself to do more.

7.       Ignore what others think/say. And this one goes hand in hand with my blog. I need to stop thinking what others might say, continue posting and doing what makes me happy. But also, in the little habits in life, like what I wear or what I do, I just need to do what makes me happy

8.       Write. I did write more this year, but I want to continue, to get better at it and to achieve more with it. I didn’t write a lot of poetry this year, so next year I hope to do that more. Also, I want to write more for the blog.

9.       Less social media, more contact with people. I really want to use less social media next year. I try this, this year but fail. If we are being honest, I used less Twitter and Facebook this year, which I’m glad. I want to be less dependent on social media and more contact with people. I want to have face to face conversation and less WhatsApp chats.

10.   Save money. I might even start working this year to get money, a small job, but I want to win some money of my own. I promise that next year I will go on vacation with my friends and for that I need more money, so I hope to work to get money.

11.   Just be happy. Like I said before 2015 was not the best year and I was not the happiest if we are being honest. So after doing all the things I’ve mention above, I really hope to be happy next year.

What are your New Year resolutions?

Love

Pili

2015 Resolutions!

Hello everyone! I know I’m a Little late on this but I thought it was a little cliché to do a post about my New Year resolutions and bla bla. But since I’ve been away and had a lot of time to think  and I’ve watched a lot
of people’s new year resolutions I thought I write mine here, to share and as a reminder for myself.

1.       Take more pictures.

I know this sounds weird, but I’ve realized I don’t take enough pictures, even if it of the random thing or if they come out bad I want to take pictures. Also, the fact that I got an Fujifilm Instax I’ve been waiting to save my papers for special occasions but I’ve realized I want to use them all and just take pictures with my polaroid. Also, I’ve been going to Urban Outfitters and dying to buy a photography book to learn more.

2.       Keep writing

And by writing I mean everything, from my journal to my story. So last year was the year I actually started a story I have become truly attached and I love, I want to continue with this. I also want to continue with the blog all year, as well as most of my poems and my journal where all my thoughts are put in.

3.       Be more independent

Last year resolution was to learn how to drive, which I did. But I’m so scared of getting behind the wheel and this year I have promise myself and my family to actually practice more and go out with the car. I want to allow myself to be more independent and not have anyone driving me around.

4.       Be healthy

I’m so happy what I have reached based on my health last year. I manage to go to the gym and eat better. So, this year I want to improve this and stay on the right track. Since it is going to be such a hard and New Year I want my health to be fine.

5.       More adventures

In 2014 I spent so many days stuck at home because I felt like there was nothing out there. I wanted to do something new and I couldn’t find it. This year I want to do something crazy, I want to be able to see new things and explore more.

6.       Stay on track with school

I was in the Honor Roll and got a good grade on my International exam last year so I want this year to be the same, because of the joy and happiness I felt about achieving all this. I want my first year of college to be good and to get good grades.

7.       Save money

And with this one I go back to number 5. I want to save money to be able to do more things. I want to travel with my friends at the end of the year, and for this I need to save money.

So this are my resolutions, what are yours? What do you want for this year?

Love

Pili