So it has been 18 days since I last uploaded a post. 18 days that have been unashamedly spent with endless Mulled Wine, Mince pies (I'm currently on a strict diet of at least two a day) and Movies.
Christmas is one of my favourite times of year, but as we go through the confusing days between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve (don't ask me what day it is) I always start to think about what my goals for next year are. I have never really been one for sticking to New Year's Resolutions, mainly because they tend to be slightly far fetched or unrealistic. I don't write New Year's Resolutions because I intend on becoming a brand new human being as soon as the clock strikes midnight on December 31st each year, but because I like to look back on them at the end of the year to see whether I managed to reach my personal goals. I would even recommend doing them purely for the sake of the future you who will get to look back on them in 10 years time and laugh at what you considered to be a problem in your life and how insignificant it feels now. Take it from me, it can be very entertaining.
Yesterday I was given a piece of advice that I can only imagine will stick with me for many years to come. It was that we need to remember that the biggest investment we can make in our lives to ensure future success looks back at us every time we look in a mirror. With this in mind I know that I need to put in hard work within my life now, to helpfully make my life a lot easier in the future.
The most immediate way of investing in my future that I can think of is ensuring that I do well in my degree. It is so strange to think that as I write this post I am already half way through my degree and only 18 months away from being 'set free' into the real world of work and I need to do as much now to try and make that transition as 'easy' as possible. I know that I need to work hard in terms of my academic studies, but I also need to work hard at gaining work experience and I need to work hard at filling my summer doing constructive things to help towards my future career goals of working in the media.
I just hope that 2015 will bring happiness and most importantly will begin the countdown to the end of this country being run by the Cameron and the Conservatives but with Ed Miliband as the alternative I'm not sure how likely that will be.
What are your New Year's Resolutions? Do you bother with them? Let me know in the comments!