It's a New Year. Finally. We always seem to say it, but 2011 was one of the simultaneously best & worst years of my life. I've been feeling for a long time that things in my life weren't right. It didn't begin in 2011, but the feeling did come to fruition then. The realization that the life I was aiming for wasn't necessarily the one that I wanted. The realization that a lot of those things people tell you when you are young - that things will just work out, that you can have whatever you want, that life gets easier, that you should want to get married, buy a house, have three kids, a car, and a dog - aren't necessarily true. The realization that shitty things don't just change on their own, you have to make them change. The realization that nothing stays the same, and that is a good thing.
In 2011 The Boyfriend & I were in the worst financial situation we have ever been in, and the best. We have both been in the worst emotional states we ever have been, and the best. We started the year in jobs that we hated, and have ended in jobs that we really like. I took lots of photographs, and thought about taking many more. We started the year with a house full of things that we didn't use, and didn't need, and we ended the year with less than half the amount of things. I was sick for the whole of Winter. We started a vegetable garden, and ate vegetables that we grew with our own hands. We planned a move to New South Wales, which fell through, and then moved half-way across our state, from the city to a country town. We experienced the longest amount of time apart in our whole relationship. I got much closer to The Boyfriend, and to one of the greatest friends I have ever had. We went from living on our own to living with my parents. On the day before Christmas, we bought ourselves a car.
I am comitted to making 2012 a year of change. I want this to be a year of letting no more crap into my life. Between us, The Boyfriend and I finally have the financial means to make huge changes in our lives. By the end of the year, I want us to have paid off our debts, and our car. I want to save money, and I want to buy less. I want to focus on my personal growth, my independence and work on coming out of my shell more. I want to read more, photograph more, and write more. I want to listen to more music, take in more art, meet more people & seek out more inspiration. I want to do more. I want to experience more. I want to document more. I want us to create a beautiful life for ourselves. I want us to look back next year and think, "wow, did we really do all that in a year?".
My only hard & fast New Years Resolution? To make 2012 the most amazing year that it can be.
Until next time, xo.
In 2011 The Boyfriend & I were in the worst financial situation we have ever been in, and the best. We have both been in the worst emotional states we ever have been, and the best. We started the year in jobs that we hated, and have ended in jobs that we really like. I took lots of photographs, and thought about taking many more. We started the year with a house full of things that we didn't use, and didn't need, and we ended the year with less than half the amount of things. I was sick for the whole of Winter. We started a vegetable garden, and ate vegetables that we grew with our own hands. We planned a move to New South Wales, which fell through, and then moved half-way across our state, from the city to a country town. We experienced the longest amount of time apart in our whole relationship. I got much closer to The Boyfriend, and to one of the greatest friends I have ever had. We went from living on our own to living with my parents. On the day before Christmas, we bought ourselves a car.
I am comitted to making 2012 a year of change. I want this to be a year of letting no more crap into my life. Between us, The Boyfriend and I finally have the financial means to make huge changes in our lives. By the end of the year, I want us to have paid off our debts, and our car. I want to save money, and I want to buy less. I want to focus on my personal growth, my independence and work on coming out of my shell more. I want to read more, photograph more, and write more. I want to listen to more music, take in more art, meet more people & seek out more inspiration. I want to do more. I want to experience more. I want to document more. I want us to create a beautiful life for ourselves. I want us to look back next year and think, "wow, did we really do all that in a year?".
My only hard & fast New Years Resolution? To make 2012 the most amazing year that it can be.
Until next time, xo.
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