welcome to 2012: the next chapter

It’s New Years Day 2012. I’ve spent the day in Sydney’s Domain working at a music festival. I started the year at Bondi Beach watching fireworks and overlooking the ocean. I also started the year by throwing up on the side of the road next to the SFS, and I hadn’t even had anything to drink! My theory is that it can only get better from here.

Last year was a big year of change for me. I changed jobs, I started a relationship with my best friend, and a few months ago I moved into a new place after three years of living with one of my closest friends; but even with all the changes, I feel like 2011 has been more the end of one chapter, rather than the start of the next.

I am so excited for what is to come in 2012. I have four weeks left of full-time work at my current job, where I will then go down to two days a week in a different role. I will then start an internship at my Church and begin study at Bible College. It is a massive change in life plan for me, but one that I think will really benefit me and help me to experience life for what it really is.

Every year I make endless lists of goals to get fit, save money, eat better, do things more effectively and every year life passes me by with me saying I’ll do it next month. I think that next year is the perfect opportunity for me to actually make the changes in my life that I want to; to set myself weekly goals to work towards being healthier both physically and mentally. I don’t want to let life pass me by and wish that I’d spent the time getting to know people better, taking better care of myself and being as generous towards others as I can.

One of my biggest aims for this year is to start writing more. I don’t do enough of it and I enjoy putting pen to paper, or my fingers to a keyboard, so I want to use this year to improve my writing skills and re-expand my vocabulary to where it used to be. This means that I aim to write something every day, whether it be a verse of lyric or a thousand word piece on some random topic, I want to try and stick to this aim. I plan to start small, to try and by the end of January have written at least 10 things to post on this blog. Then I’ll increase it slowly so that by the end of June I will be writing every day. I waste so much of my life doing pointless things and it’s time to make a change.

I am also making other goals for this year to try and motivate myself to start making the changes in my life that I want to make, that and many other things is what I plan to outline through this blog. Whether anyone reads it or not, I don’t really mind, it’s time to start doing things for me.