Year 2020

Happy New Year my babes!!

I hope that you all had an amazing time with family and friends, time off work, time to travel, turn up and whatever else you did.

I know it’s been months since my last post, and I blame school for all of the time it took from my sharing with you all.

However; throughout the time we had apart, I did manage to pass all of my classes and start a new job.

So yes, It was a “Hot Girl Semester” like Meg said.

But, Now that we are fully back into the swing of things with the new year, it’s time for a blog post about resolutions and life.

I’m almost positive that you have already had many friends shoving their New Year’s resolutions in your face and forcing you to make similar resolutions, which we all know won’t stick. But how the hell do you make a New Year’s resolution stick?

I’ll admit, like most people, I have fallen into the trap of setting goals that are way too broad or way too unrealistic each year, and surprise surprise! They tend to disappear after a few weeks, waiting to resurface again a year later.

How ironic is it that it’s every year. Lol

Even though I’m sure you’re tired of the “New Years resolutions” and pep talks from everyone concerning their goals or some of the ones you chose to share.

If you need some more sh*t thrown in your face, I’ve got just the list for you...but here’s a little advice...

| Everything can be solved if you just slow the f*** down. |

But I digress,

Here are a few tips on how you can be sure to set goals that will stick:

1. Don’t rush planning your resolutions for the new year, think about what you truly want to accomplish and be real with yourself when choosing.. (BE REALISTIC). **A little exercise that may help is to write down from start to finish, what you believe would be the perfect day. From there, you can pick out things to make your resolutions, for example: the time you wake up everyday, how often you work out, when you read each day.
   

2. Be as specific as possible. Most of you may bring in the New Year at a party/club or in church. Either is fine but make sure when you’re making that toast or on at church on your knees praying that you give specific information about what kind of year you want for yourself. If your New Year’s resolution is to be more fit, then don’t make your resolution ‘Go to the Gym’. Instead, make it ‘Go to the Gym every two days at 5am after waking up’ or ‘Go for a 20 minute run every evening after work’. Not only are these more specific, giving times and days, but they are also linking your goal to something that you already do everyday, i.e. waking up and coming home from work. If your goals are linked to things that you already do, then you will be more likely to do them easily.
   

3. Don’t burn yourself out. Trust me, I do this every year with at least one of my resolutions. If you go in too hard and too fast, you’ll burn out and won’t be able to keep up. Tying back in with the first tip, be realistic. If you have never worked out before then setting a goal of going to the gym every morning of everyday is quite unrealistic. Try starting off with three mornings or evenings a week and go from there but whatever works for you and your schedule.

| Decade recap.

Although, yes this is a new year it is also another decade.

I can’t believe it’s been 10 years. WOW.

I started off the decade

young, sad, confused, insecure and fragile and I’m entering into this new decade...

A WOMAN

INDEPENDENT

RESILIENT

CONFIDENT

AND

GOD FEARING.

“I struggled at the beginning but watch how I finish.”

Now I could sit here and talk on and on about habits and the things I’ve learned throughout the years forever, but I need to save that for future blog posts. So that’ll be it for now.

Just remember when setting goals: Slow down, be realistic, be specific, and don’t burn yourself out.

I wish you an abundance of blessings, happiness and success this year and may your best be yet to come.

Muah xoxo

Jade’ Montinique