Dear Self,

Hola hola

So recently I’ve been thinking about motivation and my new year’s resolutions. This lead me to thinking about what would motivate me to achieve my goals. I think that people can help you to achieve your goals but ultimately, I think that it’s you, yourself, that is the person that will help you achieve your goals. This left me to wonder, if I wrote a letter to myself what would I say? I guess that I’m the only person that really knows what will motivate me and I know what I want to hear. Anyway, I decided to write myself a quick letter just to put my life into perspective and to give me a little boost at the beginning of the year.

Dear Self,

Hey, it’s ok. You’ve made it through a few years in this world and look what you’ve done. You’ve managed to get through losing your best friend, three times and through genuinely losing an angel. You know that you have so many supportive friends around you and you have to know that you have your mum, your sister and your auntie. You’re going to do this, you’re going to get through life and this is going to be your best year yet. Remember what the Jacks said- “You have to know you’ve got two guys up here that will never leave your side.” Get through life for them. Get through life for your Mum. And most of all, get through life for Oscar. You’ll never have him, but you at least deserve to live like you would if you were with him. I love you. It’s all okay.

When it all gets too much, just listen to the Jack’s music. You can talk to Sarah or your Mum if you want. Callie has your back if you want to talk about Oscar. I believe in you. C’mon girl!! You need to stop putting things off- don’t wait till next weekend, by then you know you’ll have something else to do. It’s time to get in shape. You want to travel the world, to go to university, to fall in love… but you might not have enough time to do that if you stay unfit. It’s like so many people say: “Life is short, live it while you still can”. You should do that. You’ve had plenty of time to mope around and feel sorry for yourself, but now it’s time for you to be happy. Here’s to 2016!!

I hope that everyone finds happiness this year!

Love, Sydney

 

New Year’s Resolutions

Hiya! I still can’t believe it’s 2016, the past year has gone so fast. As it has only just become the New Year, I thought I might as well take a look at my New Year’s resolutions from last year and then come up with some resolutions for this year!

My resolutions from last year:

1. Be extremely careful – do everything with caution, so as not to break anything
2. Keep room tidy
3. Put clothes away immediately
4. Update Wattpad story weekly until complete
5. Prepare all book blog posts in advance
6. Try to write a post once a week for new blog
7. Stick to reading schedule
8. Become a proper PLL fan (read all the book/watch every episode)
9. Try to be nicer to people
10. Only spend money when necessary
11. Put more effort into Business Studies
12. Complete quotation wall at school
13. Complete Silver Arts Award
14. Stop snacking (unless it is a special occasion)
15. Try and eat 5 a day- be more healthy
16. Exercise more
17. Take more care with teeth
18. Improve cleanliness
19. Be the ultimate Jack and Jack fan!!!
20. Reply ASAP to letters

So I managed to stick to 55% of my New Year’s resolutions, which I think is fairly good as a lot of people don’t stick to their resolutions!

My resolutions for 2016:

1. Put clothes away immediately
2. Write a wattpad story that is frequently updated
3. Read more often
4. Actually read all of the PLL books!
5. Put more effort into Business Studies
6. Eat less snacks
7. Try and have a balanced diet with 5 a day
8. Exercise 3 times a week excluding walking
9. Write anything and everything as often as possible
10. Become a better cook

I hope that maybe this will help some people think of some resolutions they would like to make! Also, I hope this shows people that it is possible to stick to some of your resolutions!

Happy New Year- I hope you have a fantastic year!

Love, Sydney