Love them or loathe them, you can't escape them right now. Be in dieting, getting fit, quitting that bad habit...it seems like everyone is giving New Years Resolutions a go. I personally always set myself some but with the point of keeping them realistic and achievable - and strictly no dieting! If I'm not going to do that the rest of the year, what's the point in kidding myself that I will in January! Anyway, here's my New Years Resolutions for 2015. We're now over a week in and so far, so good!
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Take Diddle Diddle Dumpling to the next level. I love this wee blog of mine, I really do. But recently I've felt like I'd lost my direction, feeling it was a burden & not something I wanted to devote the time & passion too that I used to. I did consider letting it run its course and fizzle out but after a bit of thought I realised that wasn't what I truly wanted and after a break of over Christmas I'm ready to get back in the blogging habit. I'm quite sure it will mean a perhaps change in direction but fingers crossed it works out as great as I'm hoping it will!
Continue to work on my photography, in particular editing. This was a resolution I set my self last year and I'm pleased to say I haven't resorted back to the auto settings on my camera since! I'm still very much learning but I'm getting there. One thing that I notice is that there's lots of room for improvement with though is my photo editing. It was something I used to do a lot of back in High School but there's some significant differences in editing photos to be 'emo', than there is to editing photos of your kids. I'll be following Emily Beale's Photo Clinic and will hopefully see my photos improvement through 2015 as a result.
Pay off as much of my debts as possible. In 2014 I set the same resolution and I did pretty well, especially considering that for most of the year I was relying on Statutory Maternity Pay to get by. That being said, the return to work, alongside now paying two lots of nursery fees did mean the credit card got used a little more often than I would have hoped. This year I'll be continuing to make as a big a dent in my debts are possible, including working as much overtime as possible & living a frugally as I can (hello, slow cooker!), whilst taking steps towards saving for a wedding in the next few years.
Get my vlog on! 2014 seen us film our first ever vlog. It was something I had great fun with, particularly the editing part and this year I'd like to do it a little bit more! I'm setting myself a goal of one vlog a month & seeing how we get on with that. Hopefully they'll be less awkward & more interesting than the first attempt though...
Find myself. Towards the latter end of 2014 I made some significant changes to myself, including finally tackling my cystic acne, embracing my natural hair & putting a little bit more effort into my appearance (whilst at work anyway...pyjamas are still daily wear at home). I'd like to continue this throughout 2015, including actually buying myself some new clothes, getting my running shoes back on (which slipped when I went back to work) and eating a little be more consciously.
Then there's the little things... Get all the cars on the app, Cars: Fast As Lightning. Make a lemon migraine pie. Get a hair cut. De-clutter & deep clean the house. Update the photos on our photo wall. Update our About Us page. Become familiar with our slow cooker. Get out for more long walks. Attend Britmums Live. Do some more crafty things with John. Give blood routinely.
I love having resolutions and I am so glad you're not giving up blogging. I'm not just saying this - your blog is one of my favourites, you take beautiful photos and I love your different size writing in the posts, it adds so much depth. I love reading your blog and would miss it if it wasn't there. I look forward to seeing what you have planned x
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