Lifestyle: New Years Resolutions 2016

First things first - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! And with the new year comes a new start and therefore resolutions. For me, this is the perfect opportunity to start new with certain aspects of my life. I thought I'd share those resolutions with you as a way of subconsciously making myself stick to them if everyone knows about them!

    

1. Money Saving
With University for me only being 8 months away I need to keep up my money saving! This includes making sure to get a full time summer job and saving my work wages ready for when I hopefully go to university in September 2016 so I can follow in my mum's and sister's footsteps - hence why it is my NY resolution. 

        

2. Organisation at College
I have a terrible habit of doing college work a 2 or 3 days before it is due at the least. So this year, my aim is to instead get all my college work done within 2 or 3 days of it being set so I am not permanently rushing to get work in on time!

        

3. Friendships
I have such a strong group of friends I met at summer school that I want to make sure to see them more in 2016. Even if it is over Skype or a phone conversation most of the time, I want to speak to to them more and enjoy their company. Also, this means organising to meet them more (which means we WILL be going on that Thorpe Park trip we all talked about!!!). Alongside this, I also want to see my friends at home more - whether it be a coffee at college or a shopping day; I want to strengthen the friendships I have in my home town. 

4. Grasp every Opportunity
I want to aim this year to take every single opportunity I am given and not avoid doing things because other people will judge me or don't think it is something I could do. The summer school was the best time ever and while I was there, I was completely out of my comfort zone and would love to do more things like that. I want to take on more challenges and go out of my comfort zone more over the next year.

        

5. Be Myself
My final resolution for me is one of the most important in my mind. I have always been someone who has been scared to be myself and has been afraid to be different even though that is who I am. This is why this year I am going to dress the way I want, do the things I want and be myself and try not to care what others think. I am going to block out the negative influences and be confident in who I am in order to make me happier as a person.

        

Well, those are my New Years resolutions for 2016 and I hope it inspired you to make a couple NY resolutions for yourself too. If you have any ideas for how I can meet these resolutions or want to share your own then please feel free to leave a comment! Also, if you want to know when I post then follow this blog on Blogger and on my social media profiles (see sidebar on PC) so you know!!!

As a final quick message, I would like to say a huge congratulations to Rhiannon (pictured in the photos above) and her now fiancé Andy on their engagement over Christmas! Rhiannon is someone who has been their for me through the good and bad since we became friends 4 years ago (but especially since we became close last year). You were there to take unflattering photos of me asleep on the coach home from London, to moan about college with and keep me from going insane in tutor. Yet on a serious note, you have done so much for so many other people and always put your friends before yourself no matter what. You deserve all the happiness in the world and I can't be more happy as I know Andy is good for you and you're good for him. I am so proud of you both and excited for you. You are my best friend and I love you for it! Congratulations and good luck XXX

"Cheers to a new year 

and another 

chance to get it right for us".

- Oprah Winfrey.