My Goals For 2021

What I am manifesting and what I am hopeful for.

I am pretty sure I’d be right if I said 2020 was the worst year yet for most people. For the first time, at least in my lifetime, a global event occurred that directly affected the lives of almost everyone. I think the number one lesson I learned is that you never know what is going to happen in life and you won’t always have control so live each day in the now. Living in the past or worrying about the future only robs you of the present. I know this might seem like simple advice, but it was really tough for me to follow through with this last year. Therefore, I am making it one of my top goals for the new year.

For my resolutions….

I don’t really like the whole new year resolutions thing just because most are abandoned by February or sooner. To me, a goal is most likely to be followed through on if you just pick a random day and start working towards it. Nevertheless, it is fun to start of the year fresh with a clean slate and a bunch of new goals to improve yourself. Going along the lines of picking a random day to begin a goal, last week I started going to the gym again. I have a free membership because I work at one and yet I still have always had trouble being motivated to go. Last week though, I started working again and my mom and I began going. My boyfriend has a gym membership too and I went with him as well so he could help me learn how to lift weights. I have to say, as much as I like cardio because it’s easy, lifting weights is such a rewarding feeling. My resolution for 2021 would be to stick with this new habit and go as many times a week as I can even if I don’t feel like it.

My next resolution will hopefully be able to be done. It’s conditional because it depends on whether the vaccine is quickly distributed, and restrictions begin to be lifted. If and when this does happen, my resolution is to live life to the fullest. I never want to catch myself missing out on making memories because I was tired or didn’t feel like it. My biggest regret was not making the most of college the second semester of my freshman year before school got cancelled due to COVID-19. Every weekend I would tell myself “oh just wait until next weekend, I’ll do something fun then.” After doing that for half of the semester, everything got shutdown and the option was taken away from me. I never want to feel that regret again. I think after that I felt the most extreme case of FOMO lol…not fun.

Lastly, my third resolution is to be happier. I struggled with happiness during 2020 and as a result I feel like I lost a part of myself. I’m not exactly too sure how I am going to achieve this one yet but, I am going to make a conscious effort towards it. My other two resolutions will probably play a helpful role in this. Letting life’s circumstances get me down and stay down is so last year!

All in all, I am extremely optimistic for the new year and I’m going to make it the best one yet.

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Xoxo,

Em