2014 to-do list

I'm not really one for new year resolutions. If you really want change, I think you can start right now. Starting on 1st January is more ceremonial than anything. That being said, I decided that I want to come up with a To-do List of what I want to do this year. Not so much because I want to change my life, (change is a process, there is no beginning and no end. It just happens.) but because I want a report card of how I did this year. So without further ado (cringe), here is my list:

1. Unplug
Every morning when I wake up, the first thing I do is check Facebook, then Instagram, then my emails. And I do this constantly throughout the day. I am obsessed with how many people are reading my posts or responding to them. It is just not healthy and I am just stressing myself out for no good reason. I am going to try to avoid doing that until I've at least had my morning cup of tea :)

2. Meditate
Okay, I've been meditating on and off for a couple of years now. I started about 8 or 9 years ago and I would go through these periods where I'm very good for a few weeks then fall off the wagon. I always give up because I thought it wasn't working. But I realise now that I never did it long enough to gave it a chance to work. So, I'm going to try to do this every other day.

3. Envy
This has got to be one of my worst habits. I am constantly envious of the people around me. I am envious of people who are happy, going somewhere (whether traveling or being successful), people who look like they have their shit together, etc. And it really sucks. Often, the people I am envious of are people I love, and I should be happy for them, instead of indulging in envy. So from now on, I am going to try to be happy for someone, instead of envying them. I've also got to work on being less judgemental, but hey, one thing at time ok?

4. Learn
You know, I always thought to myself, "someday when I don't have to work, I'm going to have time to do all the shit that I always wanted but never had time." Well I left my job in May last year and it is still not happening. I just realised that my time is limited (our time, for that matter), especially my time away from work, and I just want something to show for it. And also because I don't know what I should do with my life. I have spent the last two decades figuring it out. That's right, figuring, not doing. So how the heck am I going to figure it out if I'm not doing anything? So, this year, I'm going to try to learn something new every month.

5. Go
This is related to point 4, my time in Europe is limited. I have about 30 months in Belfast and I already spent 6 of them feeling sorry for myself. That shit has got to stop. So, I'm going to try to go somewhere else every month. Yay to new experiences!

So what is on your To-do List in 2014? No one is more surprised than me to say that this post was inspired by Lauren Conrad's 2014 Resolutions. I mean, seriously, she used to be on Laguna Beach and The Hills! I don't know if she has a team of magical elves churning great posts on her website or what, but I have to say, I really enjoy her posts. (Even though I think she's trying to dethrone Gwyneth Paltrow and her Goop empire)

Oh man, so here is my 2014 To-do List, cast in stone. Check back with me on how it's going ok?