Hi, everyone!
Welcome to the new year. I know my post yesterday was a bit down, and I wanted to have a follow up to that.
When I wrote that post yesterday, I was in a really bad place emotionally, and I wasn't seeing the good that happened in 2021.
In 2021, my sister in law had a baby. My sweet baby nephew who I am absolutely enchanted by. My other nephew started speaking in some full sentences, which is such a huge milestone for him.
I got to spend a lot of time with my parents, which is incredible. They moved to a place not too far from me, so it's a lot easier to hang out with them. They're basically my favorite people and my best friends, so it's wonderful being able to spend more time with them.
I'm grateful to have a steady job despite the pandemic and the craziness that came in 2021. I'm grateful to have an understanding boss who allowed me to take time off when my cat died and when I needed mental health days throughout the year.
I'm grateful that I get to work from home full time.
I'm glad that 2021 gave me a chance to learn even more about my mental health and my limits for social interactions.
There's a lot of good that came out of 2021. I had a lot of bad times, of course, but I need to focus more on the positive.
So in an effort to be more positive, I am going to list some sort of goals I have for 2022. I don't believe in new year resolutions, but I do believe in having goals. So here we go...
1. I want to read more. I had goals to do a lot of reading in 2021, but with the craziness of life, I never had the energy to read. So this year I want to really focus on reading more.
2. I want to start writing again... more than this blog. I love this blog, don't get me wrong. It's a great creative outlet for me, but I want to get back into my original passion which is writing fiction. And I have so many ideas, so I really need to get back into it.
3. I need to keep up with cleaning my house. I so rarely clean, and that's fine and dandy, but I think I need to push myself to keep better care of my home.
4. I want to purge things. I have so much stuff in my house that I don't use, and what is the point of keeping it. I'll be moving in a little over a year, and I would LOVE to have fewer items to pack when the time comes.
For example, my kitchen is FULL of stuff I don't use. Glassware, pots, pans, bowls, etc. I've been given so many things for the years as hand me downs, and I couldn't say no because I thought, who knows, maybe I'll need it someday. And don't get me wrong, I love hand me downs. I've been using hand me downs since I was born, but I need to accept that I can't keep everything.
I have tons of clothes I don't wear. Clothes I've kept because maybe some day they will fit again. Formal-type dresses I keep because maybe, just maybe, I'll have an excuse to wear them. T- shirts that are still in good condition but I don't care for them so I don't wear them.
5. I want to learn more about my mental health. I learned a lot about my mental health in 2021, but I have a long way to go.
I'm sure more goals will pop up in the next month or two, but these are the ones that I really want to focus on right now.
I'm hopeful that 2022 will be better. Even if the world isn't better, which it probably won't be because, ya know, pandemic, climate change, political disarray, etc, I want to try to be better.
Do you guys have any goals that you want to do during 2022?
As a side note, I think I might take the month of January off from my blog. I really want to start the new year right and take some time for me. This blog doesn't take up that much time, but I think a planned vacation from the blog might be good for me.
So I hope that you all have an incredible first month of the new year, and I'll see you in February!
Byeeeeee!
