7 goals for a joyful 2016

I haven't posted on my blog in quite awhile (like... um, years.) Work keeps me busy, exhausted & distracted.

I'm excited to start a new year, regardless if it's just another month, another day just like the last! I'm making some goals for the new year ahead. I've been throwing them around in my head for weeks now. I can't really expect to make changes if I don't actually put them into words though. Right?

Some of my goals are literal... some are more abstract. This is the first year I've had "resolutions" and I'm actually excited for all the possibilities.

1. Blog More
Seems obvious considering I'm here. I just overall want to share more. Anything creative will do. I feel like when I'm not sharing and creating, life is simply passing me by and I can't just accept that anymore.

I also don't want to be afraid to share more. I'm crippled by my fear of losing privacy. I want to fear less and live more. To do that, I must share more. I have to push myself to put more to into the universe.

I also want to distract myself. I have a lot of stressors in my life and blogging/sharing my life outside of work is certainly going to distract me so I can nurture myself to complete the following goals...

2. Eat better. Lose weight. Drink more water.
Etc. Etc.

3. Lead with positivity.
This one is going to be a struggle. I am absolutely surrounded by negativity. From work, to friends, to dealing with people in public... It's rough out there.

I'm going to surround myself with people who are positive. I'm going to lead with a positive foot. I'm also going to read and learn how to be a more positive being. We're all students in life and I'm hoping to enroll in a 400 level Positivity course over the year.

4. Be more financially responsible. 
Self explanatory.

5. Take more video.
I feel like I want to start doing this every year. I did pretty well last year, let's see if I can keep it up.

This also corresponds to #1.

6. Edit my life.
Similar to #3, take people out who don't need to be there. Take negativity out that doesn't need to be there. Get rid of things I don't use. Live more simply overall.

This also coincides with #4 because to live more simply, I will have to want less, thus, spend less.

7. Start creating my happiness.
2015 just wasn't a happy year for me. No matter how I sliced it, there were setbacks and I was dissatisfied. It's also interesting because I was keenly aware of what in my life was making me happy (and I am forever grateful for those things, never taking advantage), yet the force of what was making me unhappy was much more powerful.

This goal is probably the most abstract and quite frankly, the one I have no idea how to start achieving. I'll have to learn along the way. It's going to be a conscience effort on my part to seek the happiness against the daily struggles. I'm not saying I need to look at the "silver lining" or look for the positive in a pile of crap, but to inherently find the happiness outside the pile of crap so that force will yield power much stronger than the pile of crap.

I don't want dead ends. I want boundless possibilities, happiness and joy.

Maybe that's all I want: joy.

2016 is going to be the year of seeking joy in life, money, body, adventures. Just joy.

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I'm excited to be here & I'm excited to make 2016 a good year, even if it's just another year, month, day.

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