Longggggg time, no talk/blog! Happy new year, everybody!! WOW, 2025 is here already. And with the start of a new year, it’s the perfect time to restart the blog (hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing/posting on it!). Let’s share some resolutions for the new year!

The last couple of years have been all over the place for me, so I have a lot of resolutions / things I want to do this year as I refocus and reorient this chapter of my life:

1. Stop Consuming – We all know social media is straight TRASH but yet the majority of us mindlessly scroll and waste so much of our time (sometimes HOURS, smh) on it. I definitely want to stop wasting time on social media and instead focus on creating my own content which brings me so much more joy and fulfillment!

(You’ll see a lot of the following resolutions are “creation” based)

2. Blog & Journal More– I definitely want to get back into blogging. Instagram is great and all, but I’m kinda over it…it’s so superficial. Blogging, on the hand, is much more intentional and provides more value, imo! In addition to blogging, I also want to journal more (digitally, that is)! You’ll see on my website I have a new journal tab which I’ll start posting on soon!

3. Bring Back My Personal Style – I sincerely hate the fashion these days lol. I think it looks SO bad & everybody wears the same thing (I’m referring to the oversized clothes, neutral colors only, athleisure when not working out, very basic outfits, etc.). I want to go back to having more of an individualistic style that reflects a bit more of me! Who doesn’t want to look cute!

4. Put More Effort Into My Hair – Similar to the above, I want to also up both my haircare and hair style game. I’m getting bored of just leaving my hair down. Let’s bring back the top knots and braids!

5. More Intentional Spending – I’m already pretty good in this area, but I just want to list it anyway to reiterate. Spend less on frivolous things, spend/invest more on things that are good for me and my family like experiences/memories and health.

6. Try New Recipes – A lot of the time I just cook the same stuff or throw together whatever I have in the fridge / pantry, but I want to start trying more new recipes!

7. Become The Elusive Morning Person – This is on my list every. single. year. lmao. I want to wake up earlier (~6AM-ish) and have a great freakin’ morning to myself before work ruins my day xD (see next point).

8. Balance My Work Life– If it’s not obvious, I hate the corporate life lol. But unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like it’s going anywhere anytime soon haha so I want to find ways to make my work more enjoyable and try really hard to not allow my corporate work to consume my life.

9. Lose Weight – Writing it down in hopes that it will happen, lol.

10. Grow In my Faith & As A Christian – This gets more and more important every year. I want to glorify the Lord in everything that I do.

I’d love to know what all of your resolutions are, so let me know!! I just found out Ask.FM actually shut down (kind of sad!! I have lots of history on there, even from high school days) but hopefully you all will still share with me somehow lol as I’m very curious to see what’s top of mind for everyone else’s 2025 resolutions!

Happy New Year!
Em