Where Am I Going With My Life?

Hello everyone!

Wow, I guess it's been a while! School got on top of me, along with sport and performing arts... I ran out of hours in the day. I'm sure you've all been there at some point in your life. But, I'm back now and hopefully won't be taking another break for a long time!

For this blog entry, I decided to dig into the philosophical depths of my brain, and try and answer a question that we all ask ourselves regularly... where am I going with my life? What will I be doing in two years? Ten years? Heck, even thirty years?

This world moves way too fast for us to be able to get a grip on what's happening in our lives before our time is up. The days seem to be getting shorter as we're getting older. Does that mean that the future is closer and coming at us quicker? Or does it mean that your dreams, aspirations and predicted future are getting further and further out of your grip?

Okay, I need to stop myself before I get deeply depressed that my childhood is almost over, so let's come up with some positive ways to make your life worth it!

1. The Two Minute Rule
This may seem extremely crazy, but if you are sitting on your bed, desk chair or couch thinking about something little that you could be doing, get off your butt and do it! If you think you can complete it in two minutes or less, stop procrastinating.
This rule has already begun to change my life. As I'm waiting through television ads, I'll run to the bathroom and brush my teeth or I'll wash my face... I'll do something quick and easy that will help me in the future! Our world needs to learn to do everything in the spur of the moment and not procrastinate, our lives will be so much more enjoyable.

2. Turn Off Your Electronics
I know I wrote this off a computer, but our generation is stuck behind our screens way too often. Turn off your phone, laptop or tv and go outside, go to the mall and meet people face to face. Ask someone how their day is, or how they're feeling. Social media is supposed to connect us, but in reality, it's making us more and more disconnected.
Our futures are going to flash before our eyes if we hide behind our screens. Go out and explore the world!

3. Set More Goals Regularly
This is an obvious one, but one that everyone seems to forget. Setting goals for the next day, week, month or even year is such a helpful way to ensure you achieve what you want to achieve in your life. Without goals, you won't know where you want to be, and therefore won't know how to get there. Make sure your goals aren't like rules though, they need to be positive and things you really would like to do.

I hope this post helped you all with your lives in some way, let's all live life the best we can. See you all very soon!

Bella x
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New Years Resolutions

Hi internet!

Yes, this blog post is about New Years resolutions, even though the new year began almost a month ago, but that doesn’t make it irrelevant, right?

I feel like a lot of people around the world don’t take their resolutions seriously. Most people are too broad or too trendy, and don’t actually make resolutions that they can and want to achieve. These are the reasons why New Years resolutions have such a terrible reputation, and nearly everyone who has a Twitter account jokes about trying to obtain unrealistic goals at the start of each year.

Personally, I take these resolutions very seriously. I guess that may sound very generic coming from a fifteen-year-old girl, but I do genuinely put a lot of time and effort into setting up my resolutions and planning my year around them so I can be successful. 

I feel as though, if more people legitimately sat down and ran through some possible (and achievable) resolutions for each year, we could all be a much happier society, and we could all be the people we want to be.

For 2016, these are my resolutions. I do tend to change them around throughout the year, but I try my best to stick to them and work on them continuously. I am posting them all here, on my blog, so I can constantly be reminded of my goals, as well as show you guys, the lovely internet-users, my progress as I develop during this year.

One: Exercise at least once a day by either working out, running or completing some sort of recreational fitness. (Progress: This resolution has been a great success so far!)

Two: Cut down on my daily intake of sugars (mainly fructose/unnatural sugars) and fats. (Progress: I’m doing well… might have had a few cheat days...)

Three: Spend less time on the internet and more time outside. Have some adventures! (Progress: I am struggling with this one as I knew I would, but I am improving)

Four: Discover who you are, who you want to become and how you are going to get there. (Progress: I have decided that recording a diary of my answer to this question once a week or every so often will allow me to achieve this resolution)

Five: Improve my happiness and lower my anxiety levels. (Progress: This has improved immensely already, I have found many ways to make myself happy and calm, including blogging!)

Six: Make more time for friends and family and cherish every moment and memory with them. (Progress: I have made so many new friends this year already and I’m ready to focus on giving my time to others, instead of being selfish and wasting time on myself. Making others happy makes me happy, so it’s definitely a win-win situation)

All-in-all, I feel as though this year is going to be extremely successful. My mind is set on the positives and possibilities, not the negatives and dangers. I am ready to take on 2016, and show the world what I am capable of, even though I haven’t discovered that myself yet. I am ready for 2016, but is 2016 ready for me? 

I guess only time will tell.

Bella x

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