Tupieta

I can not believe we’re already in 2011. It really does seem as if the years feel shorter and shorter. I’m so excited to be back! I have thought a lot about where I want to take this blog because it is important to me. However I believe I was so focused on being noticed that I was beginning to lose myself in it. Money was being spent irresponsibily and I found that I was limiting myself by trying to fit a niche. From now on I don’t have a particular direction I’m going in because thats not who I am anyway. I still love fashion and this blog will have a lot of it. I just decided to line up my blog with goals I set for this year along with some of my randomness and see what happens lol. Anywho, speaking of goals here are the areas of my life I’m really looking to improve by 2012: 

• Finances - Last year I made a lot more money than I have ever made and yet don’t have anything to show for it. Especially after getting into blogging, I definitely found myself shopping even more than usual. This year I have some goals set to save more, spend less, and spend more wisely. I’ll definitely be tackling this issue more in a future post because I know plenty of women like me with this same issue.  
• Education - During my freshman year of college I was dealing with some heavy stuff and left the university to return home with a 1.5 gpa. Then I attended the Art Institute Online but was unhappy with my experience. After leaving I owed a bunch of money, and without the ability to transfer credits from AI I was still stuck with my shiny 1.5 gpa. It took me 2 years to pay off my debts and return to school. Last fall was my first semester back. I went to school part time and I did well. However I’m taking a full load this time and from here on out I’m hitting the ground running. Which means I probably wont have much of a social life for now. 
• Health - Every year I set goals to lose weight and I really don’t get too far. However I’m not losing hope. No, I’m not trying to be what society says I should be, but I do have an obigation to myself to be the healthiest ME I can be. I do believe in health at every size but those of us who are quick to throw it out there as a defense are still the ones living unhealthy lifestyles and I do not want to be that person. This year it’s not about the numbers, its about the way I live. By the end of the year I want to be fit enough to run in one of our local marathons whether I’m 250 or 175. 
• Blog - This site is definitely important to me and I want to continue to develop it. In an effort to control my spending you can definitely expect more DIYs and although I haven’t given up shopping all together, I will definitely be looking at my purchases as more of an “investment” than an impulse spend. I also have a huge folder of inspirational material I want to share more.

There are some other smaller areas I would like to work on which are pretty much encompassed within the goals above. I feel taking small steps to tackle these goals will add up to something greater and make 2011 the best year yet!  

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