New Year, Same Blog...

Well, I'm back. It's been a long, long time, but I figured that it was high time I got back into the swing of my blog. I loved it and miss it, so here we go again. I'm not going to promise to adhere to a schedule, because I know I never will, but I'm going to ease back into this...

Anyways, here's what's happening...

It's a new year, so that means new schedules, rituals, and the biggest word of all, resolutions. It's a scary word because it's extremely hard for some of us to meet the big ones and keep up with the smaller ones. I knew going into this year that a lot of things were going to have to change, get better, or that I was looking forward to starting some new things. So, I was thinking of starting by sharing some of them, and snowballing off of this in the future...

1. Facial Routines

It's always super hard to maintain something that's easy, and healthy, and that works for you. I have been through remedies, wipes, lotions, and either they're too harsh for me or too harsh together, or something. And when there's so much to remember, it's hard to maintain. 

2. Books

I have a problem. I buy more books than I read. It has been ordained as such ever since elementary school book orders when I would need everything. Then the book fairs would come, and I'd need everything there. Enter Barnes and Noble into my life. Finally Amazon Prime... It's a literary slippery slope. But a slippery slope nonetheless. My justification is that one day, I'll have floor-to-ceiling book shelves along my walls and I won't have to wait too long to fill them. It's the same with all of my coffee table books... I have no table, but one day I will... But those are another story. 

Anyways, I have an abundance of books that I would like to get to, so I'd like to share some of those with you here.

(There's more tucked away and around the house.)

3. Abs/Plank Challenges

It's pretty common to have something health/gym/work-out related on a resolution list. My mother and I have started boxing lessons at our gym, and it is amazing! To coincide with that and working out a little more, I decided to participate in the 30 Plank and Ab Challenges. They make all the difference in the world by the end, or only a little difference, but either way, it will be an accomplishment to get through them. 

4. Write 

I've come to find over the years that I love to write. When I was little I would write Maria von Trapp's biography over and over again. Stories about Lizzie McGuire. I rewrote Cinderella once. I think that then I just liked to come up with stories, but only ones that drew from what I already knew. I later found that journaling and writing out my thoughts helped me through some of the most confusing times of my life. They didn't sort out my problems, but they put into words what I was feeling and made that real. I can now look back on them and read through what I was going through... And thank God that I got through it. 

I want to definitely continue to journal, in new and old ways, and write new things. Besides my thoughts, I want to write down my past, someone else's present, or even the future. It may never get anywhere, but I'll have it to treasure. 

5. Travel

This may be far-fetched. I don't know where I want to go, but it's high-time that I take off. I may travel for fun or travel figuratively into something new. But right now, I'm stable, and I'm going stir-crazy. We might drive to California, which would be amazing, I want to go back to New York. More than anything, though, I want to go back to Europe. Or at least start to plan another trip back there for the foreseeable future. Paris, London, Salzburg again, we'll see where it leads. 

Warmth, crowded beaches, rich history in the air, and food, glorious food -- That's amore.

(Left, Center, Right)
Louvre (Paris), Amalfi (Italy), Clams and Spaghetti (the best of Italy)






6. Bullet-Journaling

Finally, besides my usual journaling, I have been seeing/reading about Bullet Journaling for a while, and have finally decided to try it. I need to work on being more organized, getting more done, more effectively - getting my ideas down, writing out my day, and being able to go back and see what I thought. So, I'll see how it goes, and I'll let you all know how it's going.


No one knows what the year will bring. It will have gains, losses, and discoveries, because what's a year without a little of everything?