resolutions.

i'm not into resolutions.

i am continuously making goals for my life thinking about where i am headed, where i want to go and what i need to do to get there.

this year i decided to approach things differently. i have goals that i always want to achieve and things i always want to do. these aren't resolutions. but as the new year approached i decided to think about what i wanted the year as a whole to look like and if my goals were going to fit with that or if i needed to make some changes.

ben and i talked about what we wanted for ourselves and our relationship as well as what the year will look like for us in terms of events, vacations, etc. i really liked having a conversation about it, even if i had to twist ben's arm a little to get him to participate!

i also chose a word of the year to remind myself what i need to be focused on.

my word is change. i know there's going to be a lot of change this year and i'm totally on board with it.

this blog will also hopefully change this year. i have a direction i'd like the blog to go in and some ideas for regular posts. this will make it easier for me to blog and more interesting for the 0 people that read this thing ;)

i have talked about opening an etsy shop for over a year. it's really time to get myself in gear and actually do it. i finally have a list of things that i want to sell and feel comfortable enough making to sell to other people. we are moving in february, so once i have a space to create and i'm not packing i will get the shop up and running. the shop will be announced here and hopefully i'll be able to promote it through twitter, and maybe even other blogs. i would like the shop to open up by april. earlier would be great but i am trying to be realistic.

i'm really excited about where this year is going to take me and i am staying positive about all the change that will happen.

visuals.

my blog has almost no pictures.

i never remember to take pictures of anything.

i don't carry a camera around or anything, and anytime i need or want a picture of something i tell ben "hey get your phone out and take a picture of that". i then promptly forget about the picture.

but this blog will be super boring if i dont' start taking pictures. so maybe if i write it here that i need to start taking more pictures to show the blog world, then i'll actually do it.

up next: more blogging, more photos. watch out world!