We are only about a month into 2022, which is kinda crazy at the same time like we are already a month into 2022? At the same time the holidays feel like they were three months ago, how crazy. Anywho there is a lot of pressure in the New Year for resolutions and being the best version of yourself right off the bat. Sometimes I am too harsh on myself that I am not doing enough or that what I am doing isn’t good enough. We are way too harsh on ourselves as humans. As I don’t really have any resolutions this New Year, I have some goals and things I would like to focus more on throughout 2022.

Stay off of my phone

I definitely have made this goal many times before and really haven’t been great at sticking with it. I know that if I spend more time off my phone then it will help me more mentally, but I am stuck in a baddd cycle. What will surely help me stick to this is to not go on my phone when I first wake up. Whenever I do so, I feel as if I am in the immediate brain fog and tend to be more lazy throughout the day. If I spend my mornings meditating, reflecting and enjoying myself I tend to have more energy and feel more free. Part of me feels like I am missing out, but I know for a fact I’m not. I will do more of this and keep everyone updated on how it affects me!

Not being harsh on myself when it comes to food

Overall I eat pretty well. I meal prep a lot of meals and don’t snack too much during the day. When it comes to desserts and sweet treats or coffee I tend to go overboard at times and then end up hating myself immediately after. If there is a good treat in front of me I won’t just eat a few bites or have the correct serving size, I will pretty much eat the whole thing, like an unhealthy amount at times. Then I feel as if my whole progress is ruined and then I feel bad. I have to truly come to terms to realizing that no one has the perfect diet or sticks to a crazy strict plan. Eating more intuitively has helped me a lot, but that also means that maybe I splurge so much on desserts because I don’t eat enough during the day (which is weird because I feel like I eat a lot). Anyway I want to be less harsh on myself, eat the foods I want when craving and not look at food as ‘bad’. I follow a fitness influencer ‘katecraigwellness’ on instagram and she has a lot of good points like looking at food as fuel, not as being bad for you, this has helped me a lot recently.

Less caffeine

I am crazy in general, but I am extra crazy when it comes to caffeine. I of course enjoy my delicious morning coffee with oat milk each morning. Some days though I can really go overboard. I love love love the Alani Nu energy drinks but have recently discovered that they give me crazy anxiety when I drink a whole one. I will always drink a morning coffee and won’t give that up, and usually will only have one and then I am good for the day. I love the Alani drinks a lot so I would drink one around lunch time. Each time I pair my coffee with an Alani drink in a day I have crazy anxiety and at night my heart beats very fast and then I usually have a panic attack. I bet if I just drank the energy drink vs the coffee then I’d probably be fine, but like I said I won’t give up my morning coffee. Regardless, my caffeine anxiety is my own fault and I would love to limit myself to just my morning coffee each day, or if I really want an Alani drink then I can pre plan and have that instead of a coffee. Overall I’d just really love to cut down on caffeine so I won’t have as much anxiety, if any.

Patience

A lot of the time I am an easily bored kind of person, mostly when it’s something I’m doing or trying. I feel like in today’s society things get handed to people as fast as you can blink. No one really holds patience anymore and I can see it as well in my everyday job, people think they are automatically entitled to things and it’s really sad honestly. I do not want to become that person just because I am sucked into the internet and social media (hence why I want to spend more time off of social media). Good things take time, I have to keep remembering that. Some of the greatest businesses and architecture did not happen overnight. If you have a great idea or goal, stick to it and be patient because it will come.

Spending money on memories and not materialistic things

A lot of the time if I spend my money on a materialistic item, a week later I regret it and think, “man I should’ve saved that money”. I was also thinking this past year how I never really go on many trips, I guess I always think I’m busy or don’t have enough money or whatever the case. This year I actually started a travel fund. If I have money in the fund and I don’t have a plan of where I wanna go, at least I have some funds to start planning for it. My home is so beautiful and I am so grateful to live here, but I also would love to travel and see and experience new places and things to discover more about myself and what I truly like. Being more spontaneous is something I crave and would love to do more activities that tie along with that as well.

These are some things that I’ve wanted to do more of lately, and if you can relate or want to share what you want to do more of lately, leave it in the comments below!