Make 2015 Your Year

It's such a cliche to say that you should make 2015 your year, and that each year comes with new opportunities, but I think it's true. While I don't really believe in New Year resolutions, as they almost always fall in the water and then next year you promise yourself the very same things, hoping that this year you'll make them happen. But what I do believe in is that with each new year, you are presented with new opportunities and if you work hard enough, you just get bigger and better. Which is sometimes just as good, if not even better, than those New Year resolutions, right? 

This year I know I'll put more work and effort into this little blog, as well as improving my designs and hopefully open up the Etsy shop that I have been thinking about for half of the past year. So if I would have any New Year resolutions it would be just to work harder towards achieving the goals that I already have set for myself, and my career as well. I will be the first one to admit that for the past few months in the previous year, I have been slacking when it comes to hard work, and it left me feeling unaccomplished and empty. That's not a good feeling, and I don't want it, so this year I will kick it in the butt and work as hard as I possibly can, so that by the time next year comes around, I will have something to be proud of.  

You may remember the last post that I wrote for Narcis Blog, about The Difference Between Alone and Lonely, and this year I don't want to be so dependant on other people and their presence in my life. While it's good to be surrounded by people you care about and they care about you, it's also important to be able to stand on your own two feet, without anyone there to hold you. And while that is more often easier said than done, especially when you're generally a very caring person that likes to be surrounded by people you care about, I need to remember that some people have to leave your life in order to make room for new, sometimes even better, people. 

So yes, this is the year where I want to focus on myself, my career and my studies. I spent most of my life trying to be a good friend, and be there for other people when they need me and I never let them in when something was wrong with me. I just need to remind myself that it's okay to let people in, and ask for their help when you need it. It's good to give but something you also need to get something in return, and sometimes it's completely okay to be a little bit selfish. I started this year by needing help from my best friend, and I think this was the first time that she saw me cry so badly that I could barely get myself together. Yes, the next day we ended up laughing about it, but it was just something that I needed to get out of my system in order to keep going forward. Now enough with this emotional and perhaps a little too personal ranting, but I hope that I got my point across. Be a little bit selfish, focus on yourself and let people go if they don't fit into your life anymore, let some new people in, or just be alone if that's what you need. 

This is the year of you, and it's the year of me. Make 2015 the year that you will never forget, do some stupid choices that you'll regret, but also make ones that you will think back and be insanely proud of yourself. And most of all, never forget that you deserve the finest things in life, even if sometimes you may think that you don't. Stay optimistic but also keep your feet on the ground. 

Happy 2015 and stay as amazing and strong as you are because you are the best person in the world.