2016 To Do List: Goals & Resolutions

As it's not officially a new year until a half arsed blogger shares their hopes and dreams, I thought I'd share my to do list with you...then your 2016 can really kick off! These are just a few things that I want to cover over this coming year and as, ever, feel totally free to leave your very own list in the comments:

• SORT MY WARDROBE •

I love nesting. I probably spend about 90% of my time nesting and yet I have one drawer that is full of clothes that I haven't worn for 2 - 3 years that I just cannot bring myself to part with. I want to tackle that drawer and then look to making my wardrobe more current me friendly. I want to focus on sourcing softer waistbands for the mess that is my abdominal region and I also want to pick up some staples to team with my 'outrageous literary aunt at a party' prints that I love to wear. 

• read 52 books •

I don't know why I like the idea of reading fifty two books as much as I do but I find that setting a clear number helps to keep my reading focused so I'm sticking with it for another year. If you'd like to keep up with my reading throughout 2016 you can read my book reviews, follow my Goodreads and keep an eye on my Instagram. I will not sleep until you all know what I'm reading.  

• SEE MY BEST FRIENDS MORE •

As I've gotten older, my friendship group has gone from a frenzied rabble to just a select few best friends that I love with all of my heart and I'm totally okay with that. Whilst I do make the effort to speak to my best friends, I probably don't get to see them as much as I would like to so I'm hoping to rectify that a bit. This entry was inspired by the fact that I speak to Lyzi every minute of every day and yet when we met up a few weeks ago we realised that we hadn't actually seen one another in person for around a year and a half?! I am so proud of my girls and everything that they have achieved so I'm going to shower them with love and compliments for another 366 days or whatever it is because of the leap year. 

• complete my first poetry collection •

I've been tentatively writing my first ever poetry collection over the past few months and it's something that I want to work hard on and complete over this year. I have absolutely no idea what to do with it once it is written so I suppose that is something I should get a bit of help with too. I wish things like publishing my work didn't seem so mystical to me. I feel like there are whole worlds that I'm not part of because my brain just cannot fathom them. My collection, which at the moment consists of four and a half poems, doesn't follow a particular theme so far but it feels very me. I think I'll send some samples to a few friends along the way to keep me motivated. 

• share more personal adventures on vivatramp •

I want to share more musings and adventures. I don't really get out a lot *audible gasps from everyone, I'm sure* but I know for a fact that I live for boring and I'm sure plenty of you lot do as well. Let's bloody hope so, eh?! 

• use my netflix account wisely •

I know this probably comes across as a really ridiculous goal to have but, in all honesty, I want to use my subscription for more than just watching The Office again and again. I watch a lot of television shows but I want to make some new Netflix discoveries this year. I'm currently two episodes in to Making A Murderer and it is fascinating. What should I add to my watch list?

• start saving •

Time to be a bit responsible. 

• get paid for doing shit i love •

I am so clueless when it comes to freelance fiction / creative non-fiction writing as a viable career. As I was saying earlier, thanks to my illness, I find it very difficult to concentrate and process big ideas, and I just don't know where to start where writing as a career is concerned. I need a hand, pals. If you have any resources or know of any websites or can give me any pointers, please let me know in an email or a comment.  

• take more personal photographs •

As a blogger, it's very easy to fill your camera rolls and memory cards with photographs of things that will mean nothing in thirty years time....unless we all start getting really sentimental over flatlays of things we got rid of decades back. Time to take more photographs of people, events and such. I want to get through a considerable amount of film during 2016 so watch this space for said photographs. 

And that roughly completes my to do list for the following year. Have you set yourself any resolutions? If so, I want to know what they are. If not, I would like to congratulate you on your yolo approach to life. 2016 has been pretty sweet for me so far - I had a huge lie in, headed to the cinema for the second time to watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens and as I type I can smell the gammon that's roasting away in the oven. If the rest of the year continues the way it has started, I should be pretty content. Yes pals, that's literally all it takes to keep me happy. How have you spent the first day of the new year? Drop me a tweet or a comment and let me know or, alternatively, just forget I even asked and go about your business as you were. 

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