Happy New Year and all that malarkey, here’s hoping that 2018 will be a healthy, wealthy and wonderful year for us all.
Sod making ‘New Years Resolutions’, I never stick to them anyway! Instead I have opted to write a ‘Bucket list’ filled with a range of goals, wishes and aspirations for the year ahead. I highly doubt that I’ll achieve all of these but it would be nice to tick off at least ten items (which there are a fair few to choose from) from my list.
Should you fancy having a read through my list of hopes, dreams and aspirations for 2018 then please go ahead but in William Butler Yeat’s words “Tread softly because you tread on my dreams”.
- To lose a further stone in weight through a healthy diet and exercise
- To continue exercise through using work-out DVDs, the exercise bike and Yoga
- To get a puppy (and train it!)
- To find and to get a new job which fits in with my family and financial requirements
- To book and enjoy a holiday abroad as a family
- To update at least three of the windows/ doors around the house
- To get new blinds for one or two of the windows
- To start saving for a new kitchen
- To write a daily diary using pen and paper format just for me
- To create regular Vlogs throughout the year
- To make use of meal plans for the family
- To get a new piercing (ideally an industrial piercing)
- To go to or book a concert/ gig
- To visit family and friends further afield
- To purchase a blow-up bed so that we can have family/ friends to stay
- To have a girls day out
- To start teaching E how to swim
- To enrol E into a class/ activity such as dance or Drama
- To continue building J’s reading, writing and spelling skills.
- To master the art of mixing Music
- To learn and make three new recipes
- To sew and make something for the house
- To add to the outdoor Christmas decorations
- To replace the living room stereo with a voice activated device
- To have a family day out to Blackpool Pleasure Beach
- To start using a better skin routine
- To stop over thinking things and worrying about the endless ‘what ifs’
- To drink less coke and more juice
- To have a weekend away as a couple
- To subscribe to a new magazine and to read more generally
- To reorganise the ridiculously oversized filing cabinet ditching any outdated documents
- To put forward work for the Huffington Post or other online publications.
- To find and purchase a sun lounger to place on the decking for summer
- To have a complete clear out eBaying any unwanted clothing, toys (indoor and outdoor), books, games or items
- To buy a new pair of Skechers for the spring.
- To learn how to use my hair tongs correctly to achieve the perfect curl
- To update the photographs and frames around the house with recent photos
- To master the art of ‘top liner’ and ‘wings’ using a liquid eyeliner
- To get back into gaming for relaxation
- To continue voluntary work within Schools building further experience within Education
As you can see I have quite a lot of aspirations, hopes and dreams all of which I would quite like to achieve at some point throughout the year. If you should happen to have any further ideas to put forward then be sure to drop a comment below, send me an email or get in touch via social media and who knows I may well just add it to the list!
2 comments
Love your mix of things Rachel. Totally with you on finding a new skincare routine. I am nearly 44 and my skincare routine is really hit and miss. Good luck with achieving things in 2018 x
Thanks Tracey x