In the latter half of last year, I found myself doing a lot of thinking and personal reflection. One of the big things that came from this is that I realised how completely fed up I am with myself saying I'll do x, y and z, then never following through. With the big 3-0 approaching in 2017 and the phrase "life is short" ringing in my mind, this is why I've thought of so many things I want to do/achieve/complete in 2016. Many of them are small and they're all realistic - in fact, I'm pretty confident it's possible for me to do them all this year. So here is my 16 point to-do list for 2016...
1. Stop putting myself down and BE MORE POSITIVE. For every negative thought, move it aside and replace it with a positive one.
2. Have more makeup free days. I know my skin will thank me for it.
3. Replace my old, wonky glasses with a new pair that actually suits my face shape and wear them at least a few days a week instead of my contact lenses.
4. Buy fresh flowers for the house regularly - not expensive bouquets, but just a cheap, pretty bunch from the supermarket. They never fail to make me smile and always brighten my day.
5. 2016 will be the year my house is de-cluttered. My husband and I tend to hoard items "just in case". Time to be ruthless and throw sh*t out.
6. Going on my first foreign holiday in four years last year reminded me of how much I love visiting new places and trying new things. I'd love to go on a few weekend city breaks this year and am already planning a trip to Amsterdam in April for mine and my husband's birthdays.
7. Keep up my toning exercises (squats, lunges, wall sits etc) and gradually incorporate cardio into my routine.
8. Follow my own advice and go with my gut instinct - it's almost always right.
9. Don't give up on the rocking-a-red-lip dream! I wore the Maybelline Color Drama Lip Pencil in Red Essential on Boxing Day and loved the colour on me - but didn't feel fully confident wearing it out of the house. Baby steps!
10. Book in for the balayage that I said I'd book last year...
11. On the subject of booking, also book in for my first tattoo. I've finally decided on what I want and where to have it on my body! I have been sketching the design over the last few weeks and it's nearly there.
12. Be more savvy and sensible with my spending (especially cutting down on eating out), so I can afford said tattoo, balayage, city breaks, oh and the glasses!
13. Get more sleep. Be in bed with the light off by 10.30pm on work nights.
14. My husband set up his own business 18 months ago and became limited last summer. I do his accounts for him (it's also my day job) and my goal is to move them from Excel to Microsoft Sage in the next month or two.
15. Jump on the capsule wardrobe bandwagon. I love the whole concept of it and I know it would suit me down to the ground. No more impulse buying something I'll wear once or already have five of in a slightly different colour or shape.
16. Start blogging again regularly and enjoy it. I always put too much pressure on myself and make myself feel inferior, which is when I start to lose my passion for it. So I plan to post at least once a week but won't be too strict about sticking to a posting schedule. I also won't take on so many PR samples as I have in the past. I have lots of ideas for posts, including more that vary away from beauty and I'm currently feeling enthusiastic and inspired.
Beauty Bird xx
This is a great list Sasha, especially the first point. I hope you manage to achieve it all and more! x
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Deletegreast list. Being Positive is also my number 1 goal.. sometimes I forget but when you surround your self with positive things and people you start being positive as well.
ReplyDeleteAnnie | DrugstoreDreamer
You're right. Life is too short to be surrounded by negative people especially xx
DeleteGreat list! I put pressure on myself with blogging so I went back from 4 posts a week to 3 to kind of reassess and enjoy it again, you can end up pressurising yourself when it's meant to be fun! I need to try a new hair colour too, I keep chickening out but want to do it this month!
ReplyDeleteI agree, I'm hoping my new outlook and plan for it will take it back to being fun. I definitely have put too much pressure on myself in the past with blogging.
DeleteWhat kind of thing you thinking hair colour wise?xx
Happy new year gorgeous! I love how you've kept things realistic and achievable here and ended up nodding to so many. Red Essential was my #1 festive red lip choice :D. Also, I got into doing cardio at the start of last year and now I'm verging on obsessed... give the C25K app a whirl if you haven't already. It helps so much and is super motivating :)
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Happy new year lovely! Thank you. I need to wear it more, such a gorgeous shade of red! Ooh thanks for letting me know about the C25K app, haven't heard of it xx
DeleteLove these! I'm on a bit of a declutter mission at the moment too. And keep up with the red lipstick! xx
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the de-clutter! I will definitely try :-) xx
DeleteI do have a few things that I want to do this year but unfortunately they really are dependent on some other things happening first! Fingers crossed though x
ReplyDeleteBecky @ The Little Blog of Beauty
I'll cross my fingers too for you, good luck! xx
DeleteGood luck with Sage - I hated it with a passion when I had to use it in my last job haha!
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, good luck with all yours goals - sounds like you're in for a busy year! :)
Jess xo
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Thank you! Haha oh no, I used it in my old job and really liked it.
DeleteIt does doesn't it! I'm excited for it though xx
I enjoy reading these posts as they inspire me to do more and make me feel positive about the future. The blogging pressure was a big thing for me last year but I feel like I have a balance now and am getting my act together. Thank you for sharing.
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Me too! I hope this inspired you in some way :-) I'm glad you found a balance, I feel like I'm finding mine xx
DeleteSome great goals! Be in bed by 10.30!? Girrrl, you crazy. ;)
ReplyDeleteT xxx
Haha I need my sleep! xx
DeleteI also made quite a few goals for 2016, although I didn't blog about the majority of them. I decided to stop making absolutely ridiculous goals that I knew I'd not want to go through with or ones I knew were just down right unachievable for me and its made me feel a lot more confident with myself! I hope you hit all your goals this year lovely x
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Yeah there's no point in setting yourself up to fail! Thanks very much :-) xx
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