Saying Goodbye to a Decade

SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR:

• VIP Floor Parties
• Winning a Game of Thrones giveaway from telephone company
• Lost a bit of weight
• First trip to Kings Island with Nikko
• All 8 adventures to Cedar Point (and the Fast Lane day!)
• Aunt Char's get-togethers
• Spending time with my brother (which was very special to me) and hanging out with Lindsay & Zoey


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Here's my take on the 10 year photo challenge that everyone was doing months ago. I can't believe it's only been 10 years since the left photo was taken when in reality it seems like an eternity ago. Even though I can almost remember it specifically... 10th grade gym class in the morning, going in late ("doctor's appointment"), taking my sweet time doing my hair. Perfection. Or so I thought it was. I've changed drastically since then and not just in appearance but personality as well. I've had so many memories and new experiences take place between these two photos that it's almost amazing these are pictures of the same person. However, one thing I do have to hand to my younger self: I actually got up and took photos and created things which is something that I really would like to get back into and spend more time on.

This year took way longer to get through than it should have. I don't want to document so much negativity here but it was probably one of the hardest years I've had to go through. Don't get me wrong I had some great times this year, but if I could've Thanos snapped my way through it... I would have done so in January. It's truly a shame because 2018 was such a good year for me which inspired me to re-start this blog, only for 2019 to become an epic pile of madness. I'm ready to kick it out the door.

I had my fair share of drama and stress to last for the next decade. Friend drama, family drama, a lot of health issues, what feels like a step back in my struggle against anxiety, moving stress, pet stress, etc. But at least something that came with all that hardship is that I learned how to better deal with these issues, so in the long run hopefully it made me stronger. I will only be taking good vibes and optimism into the new year.

Next year will be a brand new decade and I'm hoping I can start to make some of the next steps in my life, without completely changing my roots... if that makes sense. I'm pretty much in the same situtation as I was at the beginning of the decade. I do have an image in my head (a quite resonable one) of where I want to be at in the next 10 years so I need to start aiming for that. Each step will be hard but hopefully rewarding. The first thing to get the treatment will be my sleep habits. They've been complete madness since I was in high school and it's time to get into a routine so my biological clock can start to repair itself. That also includes eating better and starting an exercise regimen so I can stop sleeping away (quite literally) on my dream body. No more going to Cedar Point feeling drowsy and sleepy and unenergetic. Sleep well. Eat well. Exercise. No more procrastinating.