18 for 2018

After the shit show that was 2017 I'm feeling pretty good for 2018 - I mean its not let me down yet, two days in and no panic attacks. So 2018 is being pretty good to me so far, all I've done is spend time with David and my lil pupper Daisy and eat all the food. I started to think whilst looking at what everyone had achieved in 2017 on Instagram, what did I want to achieve in 2018? So here we are, I'm currently sat cross legged on the bed with Daisy next to me really thinking about what 18 things I want to achieve this year. So here we go...

Goodbye 2017, Hello 2018

As I get older the years seem to genuinely get shorter... They also seem to get more and more shit. Just me that thinks this? No? Ok good. As its now two days in to 2018 I thought I'd do this post.
2017 shot by in a heartbreat. I've gone through heartbreak, been at an all time low for my self esteem and confidence, picked myself back up, transformed myself completely and became probably the most confident and happy version of myself, met David (my absolute rock and best friend, if you're reading this Caitlyn and Aileen soz x), failed uni again, been broke all year, had so many panic attacks and lows, having certain people watch your every move online and not leaving you/ your relationship alone and now here we are the end of December 2018 and to be completely honest with you - I near enough cried on Christmas day, not cause I was happy and grateful and what not, but because I was so deflated and unhappy. 
My mental health in 2017 was all over the place, I went from feeling horrific to feeling amazing to once again feeling horrific, even though I've been to some incredible places with my friends and David and have met so many amazing new people, I just cant seem to shake the feeling, to describe it I'd probably just say that I felt raw/numb? A bit cut off emotionally, and in general just feel very off and not like me. 
2017 made me its bitch but 2018 be warned cause I'm going to dominate you even if it kills me - I kid, I wont let 2018 kill me that would kinda mean that once again I was the lil bitch. 

November Goals

Hello! Autumn is most definitely upon us and I achieved one of my goals last month... I blogged regularly! Woohoo go me!! 

I did not however sort my money issues out - reduced my credit card debt by a small amount but nothing huge. So this shall be an on going goal that I’ll not talk too much about until I manage to fix it. 

I also didn’t manage to get any of my autumn wardrobe sorted. I’ve worked near enough every day since my October Goals Post and my lack of money has given me no chance to get new clothes. Some new jumpers and a new pair of jeans though are definitely needed.
Lets talk November Goals though! 

Get Christmas Wrapped Up

Puns aside, I really want to have all my Christmas presents bought by the end of the month. David and I are buying joint presents for all the people in our families, we already know what we are getting his gran, mum and dad - just need to figure out what were getting for my gran, mum, her partner, my brother and Davids nephew (hes the most adorable wee boy ever). 
So still have lots of people to buy for - but we're thinking that a Stobo gift voucher for my mum and her partner could be a great idea. 

Improve the weight I'm lifting for every body part

So the weight I'm able to lift has been going up ever so slightly, but I'd like for at least one exercise for each body part to increase in weight by maybe about 10kg (?) by the end of the month. So for example, I chest press (both incline and flat) 10kg currently so it would be good to manage nearer the 20 mark by the end of the month. 

I'm going to pick exercises I want to increase on to make this easier: chest press, shoulder press, cable tricep pull downs and leg press. 

Keep on going with the blog

I love my blog, I'm excited to keep going with it and see where it'll take me over the next few months! 

What goals do you have for this month? 

October Goals

Summer has come and gone so unbelievably quickly, I feel like I got nothing done and I'm pretty certain I managed none of my previous goals from other posts...Still very much in debt, didn't pass all my exams (hey third year I'm back), haven't blogged more - although lots of posts lined up for future now I'm less stressed. I have been going to the gym lots - read lots as 6 times a week - and I did get rid of the washed out green colour from my hair, now I want to go silver though, can't keep me natural for long! 
Here we are in month 10 of 12 - it's almost Christmas hehe oh dear - and I'm determined with all my free time to be more productive and get shit done! 

Start Finding A/W Clothing | My wardrobe is so bare its unreal, I need a whole new cold weather wardrobe. Primark have loads of adorable winter clothing pieces, from jumpers to cute jackets they've got loads of amazing things. Also gonna be in search of cute boots and thick tights. 

Get Money Smart | Over summer I got soooo deep into my overdraft its unreal. So whilst back at university - even for the short amount of hours that I'm there - I want to reduce my debt, not just my debt but the rest of my term with Apple. Also gotta get myself some savings as I've zero savings left at all. 

Blog Regularly | I keep saying I will, then I don't, so sorry for that. But I'm exam stress free so imma blog as much as I can, especially as I've got loads of posts lined up. 

Do you have any goals this month? 

Beauty and Blog Goals | 2014

I wanted to do a different style post today - I say today but its currently 23:15 on New Years Eve. I'm also fueled with Sours Shots that my brother, mum and I did. So apologies in advance if I seem rambly or don't make much sense. So many apologies.
I've been thinking for awhile that I wanted to do some kind of goal post. Beauty goal wise - I want to give a short list of products I want to try or things I want to get better at. Or course they will all be beauty related. For blog goals, it will mostly be followers and photography.

Beauty Goals

Try more High End Products ~ I really loved reading everyone's favourite products of 2013 posts and I noticed that a fair few people had high end products as their favourites. It got me thinking - why don't I have more high end products? I drool over it enough; I add it to my basket so many times that I'd be just as well buying it. Then when I don't buy it and its no longer being sold, I die a little inside. An example of this is when ASOS were selling the NARS A/W cheek and eye palette. It was £32ish and then there was 20% off on top of it - and I STILL DIDNT BUY IT. My loss I guess.
Not in 2014 though, I'm seriously considering trying to delve into the world of high end skin care and beauty products. I really want to try products from NARS, Illamasqua and more from Origins. I also want to try more mascaras - I tend to only have one going at a time so I don't get to test many out. I plan on testing out one a month in 2014 - does that seem reasonable?

Get proper make-up storage ~ I also really really really want to get proper storage for my make-up. By the 10th I'll have an Alex unit - so I'll be able to sort my collection out a lot better.

Get into a proper body care routine ~ Generally speaking, I don't really tend to moisturise my body. This year I want to try and get into a habit of moisturising at least twice a week.

Drink lots of water ~ 99% of the time I do drink plenty of water, this is really only because water is the only thing I tend to drink. But I can go without drinking for a long time so this year I want to consitantly drink. When I get up in the morning I want to drink at least half of my 750ml water bottle, and then every few hours I want to have almost finished drinking another 750ml.

Easy.

Blog Goals

Blog goals. Hmmm, where to start. I would absolutely love to reach 500 followers by September and maybe 700/800 by the New Year? I'm not sure if thats realistic or not.... Logically thinking - it should be a reasonable goal. I say this since July till the end of December (6 months) I gained almost 90 GFC followers and almost 150 Bloglovin followers. That genuinely makes me feel so proud.
Vary blog content ~ I'd also love to start doing different types of posts, I'm going to guess people will tire of constantly reading reviews. I really want to do more fashion posts - maybe an outfit a day or something?
Improve photography ~ My final blog goal - as far as I can think anyway - is to improve my photography. My uncle and aunt are photographers and they have their own studio, and they have kindly said that I can use their studio for taking professional pictures and to play about with their cameras - to help me decide what one I want to buy for myself.
Comment ~ I'm going to make sure and comment on all the posts I enjoy reading - I love getting comments so I should really do the same back.

Hope you enjoyed this post.

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Fitness Fridays #2

I wrote my first post of this quite a while ago - I think it was about a month ago? And if I'm being honest - since then I went out for one run and did a little skipping and some HIIT. Not a lot though. I've also been eating so so so badly recently - it is the Christmas period after all, so its okay.
I thought I would do a quick(ish) post on my reasons/goals for wanting to exercise.

• I really want to take part in a Colour Run this year. Last year it came no where near Glasgow - but hopefully this year it does, cause I really want to take part in that - so obviously I need to get fitter for that. 
• Next up is just for becoming healthier - I just want to be healthy. This could include: not feeling as tired, looking less bloated and not getting out of breath as easily. Why would you not want to be healthy? 
• I might (fingers crossed) be going on my first ever abroad holiday. Planes, sun, sea! Its only natural that I'd want to get fitter for that, and tone up a bit so that I can look suppa hot in a bikini - also so I can have the confidence to actually wear a bikini. 
• Like I said in my previous point - I want to be more toned! There is absolutely nothing wrong with my wanting to tone up and gain a little muscle to stop jiggly bits from swaying. My main toning areas are my arms and my tummy. I'd also like to tone my thighs and perk up my boobies - yep I did just say that. I have recently lost a little bit of weight - no idea how - but my bust has became slightly smaller and this has resulted in le boobies going slightly south. I will combat this one way or another! 

So thats my little fitness goals post - next one will either be a work out for the week post or a work out playlist - we'll just have to wait and see how lazy I am next week. 

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