Good Bye 2015...

 

2015 was a year that I was more than ready to say good bye to.  God tells us that there is a time for everything & for everything there is a season.  Well let us just agree that 2015 was my time to be sad & my time to struggle & my time to wait & my time to be patient & my time to learn new things & my time to just have a crummy year.  It wasn't like one terrible thing after another happened, no rather it was long & drawn out & just over whelming.  I felt alone although I was surrounded by friends.  I felt sad although there was nothing to really be sad about.  Anxiety overtook me by the end of the year & since I had not let it show in the months before it was hard when I finally told people how I was feeling.  It was hard for me, I kind of felt like a fraud & it was hard for them because let's just say that I come by the nickname "Hollywood" honestly.  It was just a rough year for me.  I gained friends, but I lost friends.  I gained new insight, but another part of my innocence was taken.  I grew in the Lord, but it came at cost.  It was just a year that I am positive I will look back on one day and say "WOW that was a major turning point in my life, I can totally see God's hand at work".  That day just isn't today.  So for today I am just glad to say Good Bye to 2015!

So Hello 2016!!!   As for 2016 I have some big goals that I am so hopeful to keep.  I decided that I would try positive words this year instead of negative words.  Kolby seems to believe that he saw a show that said if you  say "I will do...." instead of "I won't do..." that you will be more successful at keeping the goal.  Hmmm...sounds interesting and probably works.  He said it had something to do with once we tell our brain that we won't do something that it automatically wants to do what we told it not to do.  Hmmm...again that makes a ton of sense.  That's probably why I haven't been able to keep many resolutions.  So instead of listing my goals for January here is a photo:

So far, so good.  I have been keeping to my goals, but then again we are still on vacation so here's to hoping that when we return to the real world I actually stick to these goals.  I can't wait to see how this year goes, but I'm really looking more forward to living each day for what it is.  Enjoying each day, each hour, each minute instead of counting down till the next.  Here's to hoping that it's amazing and that your's is too.  I'm going to leave you with some really silly pictures the kids and I took the other day in attempting to enjoy the moment we were in.  No they aren't my greatest pictures ever, in fact some are down right horrible, but I'm trying to live in the moment & that includes the down right bad picture moments! Happy 2016 & look forward to reading what your goals are for this  year & how you attempt to achieve them :)

Andrea