New Year, New Goals

So we're more than a week into 2015 and the 'New Year, New Me' Facebook statuses have started to die down. Personally, I feel that we shouldn't be aiming to completely change ourselves, but learn and grow towards improvement. On New Year's Eve (and also the eve of my 23rd birthday!) I sat in a small Mexican restaurant in Covent Garden with 3 of my best friends (and a bottomless jug of rum cocktail), in turn putting forward our goals for 2015.

We decided that 'resolutions' were not for us, but we simply wanted to highlight things what we aimed to conquer in the coming year. I could have a list of about 20 things that I want to do this year, but I thought that unrealistic so whittled them down to 5:

1. Improve my flexibility. When I try to touch my toes, as far as my fingertips get is just below my knee. This is something (weirdly) that has always been a source of frustration for me, so I am making the effort to stretch every day after working out in order to increase my range of movement and alleviate next-day muscle pain. I'll never be one of those people who gets their palms on the floor or who seem to be able to contort themselves into freaky shapes, but hopefully by the end of the year I will at least be able to graze my toes with my fingers.
2. Be more present.  We've all been guilty of it at some point. We're having a conversation with someone or watching a film and, despite looking as though we are paying attention, our minds are completely elsewhere. I want to focus on what's going on right there in the moment, and not be thinking about what I'm having for tea, or what  I'm going to do with my whole life! This is a major one for me, as I sometimes adopt the mindset that I'll be happy when I've landed my dream job, or I'll be happy when I've got more money- constantly thinking about the future. I need to just be happy now, as life is too short to wait. 
3. Blog more! I've fallen off the blogging wagon a bit (as you may be able to tell from my December photo challenge that never materialised!). This year I want to carry on blogging about things that I love as long as I am enjoying it.
4. Do something to make me proud. This one's pretty vague, but I just want to be able to reflect on 2015 at the end of the year and feel proud of at least one thing that I've done. Whether it be in my career, volunteering, friendships, writing or whatever, hopefully something within the whirlwind of another year will bring me pride.
5. Cook more. After the success of the fruit crumbles and paella that I made for myself and my family in 2014, I really want to start creating more in the kitchen. Making healthy, tasty and easy meals and snacks means that I can do something nice for my family, and also maintain my own clean diet as best I can. On that note, I have just whipped up a pretty random lunch for myself. I raided the fridge for omelette ingredients, and came up with a 'chorizo, feta and tomato' concoction. Whacking on a side of smoked salmon and avocado, this weird combination of a meal actually tasted pretty amazing!

Hopefully by putting my 2015 goals out here online will give me added motivation to stick to them! Wishing you a happy and healthy year!

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