The New Year's Resolution Cliche

I know, I know.. Every year people all over make multiple New Year's Resolutions: to lose more weight, to fit into their old dress from college, to get into grad school, to meet their one true love, to work harder for a promotion, to get to work early everyday instead of being consistently late, to be positive and expel negative thoughts, and to spend more time meditating or on one's faith.

For me, it's basically been losing weight for about as long as I can remember.

I've never felt like I was fat, but I've never been happy with myself, either. So each year, like hundreds of thousands of other people out there, I vow to work on myself that year.

I did this last year with more heart and feeling more determined than I had ever felt. I started a workout regiment, got into eating healthy, cut out pop/soda, completely stopped eating fast food, and yet this entire year there have been no results.

Granted, I am about to finish off one of the most devastating and toughest years of my life. Disappointingly so, since 24 is my favorite number, so naturally I wanted it to be my best year yet.

This year was filled with heartache: my grandfather died and I was learning to manage the grief of losing a role model and father figure, I was cheated on twice and then dumped, and my hours were cut down at my job. That led to me making the decision to try for a move to Jacksonville, FL; a place that accepts pigs, has plenty of job opportunities and Sephora, MAC and Ulta stores, is warm and on the coast, and my best friend lives there. Seemed kind of like a win-win-win-win-win-win-win to me.

It's obviously the end of the year now, and I've yet to get to Jacksonville. So aside from contemplating yet again how I am going to lose weight, I also have to make a resolution on how many applications to fill out per day, how many jobs to follow up on, etc.

Talk about stressful.

Actually, these last few weeks I've really slacked on working out and eating healthy and on job seeking, for which I am so ashamed. But that's why there's a New Year's Resolution, right?

New Year's Resolutions give people a sense of hope, a sense that the slate can be wiped clean and made new and one can evolve over the course of another year.

So, basically it goes something like this... "I am Whitney, and I am going to recreate myself, forge a new path to a life I'll love, and sticking to my New Year's Resolutions will give me these things."

Makes sense, right?

I am looking oh so forward to sharing my journey with you all in this upcoming year: both as an artist and in becoming a healthier and happier me.

I've been making a mean smoothie lately. ;)

Anyways, what's your New Year's Resolution? Does it involve a new career and weight loss like mine?

xx