Hello and hi! 🌊

How are things on your part of the planet? I did NOT like that I have to stop saying “hello/hi elf-ryone” but I take it people don’t want to be called elf’s forever huh? 😔 Either way, I’ll be grateful for the season that allowed me to do it 🤣. I hope all that celebrate Christmas had a really nice time! 🎄💚❤️ And happy new year!! (Yeah I’m gonna be that person that makes something of a big deal out of it but I really try not to! 😅🙌).

I was going to start this with something along the lines of: New year, new perspective or New year, same me but none of them seem to fit how I’m feeling about the new year. It doesn’t have to be a complex decision but I’ve kind of made it into one 😂. I’ve been daydreaming about 2022 and accidentally written it instead of 2021 on more than one occasion and now we’re finally in it. Is it wrong to have high hopes when you’re certain that showcasing them makes things go downhill? 😵‍💫 It’s time for a rant 😏…

Despite the rambling nature of my blog, I’m a fairly secretive person 🤯 and that’s majority based down to not wanting the universe to mess things up or more so have my mind think it’s the universe when it’s actually a wholly internal self created fear. It’s good to be private to an extent but not when it’s because of some made up belief.

I don’t mention quite a few things I plan on doing because once I do that I have a habit of not following through with whatever that was, unless it’s already started. It’s like when something’s out in the open it loses its shimmer and/or I find it gets put down to the point that I believe what is said and then it’s gone 💥.

Imma lay down a ground rule for the year right now and it’s not something that saying aloud will stop from happening in my eyes. This year I’m going to try to not place this other meaning that doesn’t even fully make sense on the universe 🤣. I don’t even do it THAT much now that I think about it but when I do, it’s noticable and not very fun so it’s gotta go! If I want to do something, I’ll realistically do it and strive to stick with my original thought process, not dwelling on words that try to break that down or the idea that the universe will play a bigger part than me in what is to come.

Something else that’s not entirely the fault of the universe is that it’s a weird feeling when you know some will act a certain way about your plans and that’s not nicely paired with stuff you build up and want to work well on. It’s easier to protect yourself and your dreams by keeping them in but it can be damaging when that slows your progress because you fear what hasn’t even happened and may never actually do so despite what you’re telling yourself. There’s a lot going on but it could be put to rest when perspective is added and it’s all about taking that step! (This post must be it, I’m acknowledging the problem and I wish that would be enough to do away with it entirely but nope 🤣).

If you put something out there, a goal or an intention and it doesn’t go well, it’s not because you shared it. The better outlook to have is that the universe will listen if you show it what you want with dedication and being passionate. Is that manifestation? 🤔✨ Your viewpoint is what needs to be upheld, it can alter over time and that’s what should happen in life in order to grow but that shouldn’t involve quitting for reasons that don’t make sense.

….I went off on one saying “you” but you may not feel this way, I tend to say “you” when it comes to affirmations for myself because I need to be told by another version of me 😂. I think this universe-that-listens thing is a metaphor for believing in yourself and it unconsciously got taken to another level in my head. All of the above, I need to recite and repeat to myself. It’ll be my goal for the year and it’s such a simple thing when it’s typed out like that but the way of abiding by the not so good outlook is far from it. It’s a habit that needs to be broken and I’m going to do that this year (hopefully it won’t take the entire year tho, there’s stuff I want to do 😅🤣). Repeatedly and gently telling myself the way I should look at all this is the way to go. I’m in control of my own destiny and it’s not set in stone. Chronic pain tries to override that but in the long run it doesn’t change my thought process. At the end of the day, it’s all about how you see things 💫. This is kind of like a motivational chat with myself that ended up here but it’s nice to document it all the same! 😂

2022 will have baggage from previous years and as I mentioned up above in the title, that won’t go away quietly. It’ll be stuck in customs for a while 🤣 (and the postal service here in Ireland did me wrong in not giving me what I paid customs on so that’s not a good sign with using this as a metaphor 🤔….this baggage WON’T stay in customs forever!…and now it sounds like I just called myself a baggage (my mum calls me that from time to time but that’s beside the point 🤣). Seriously tho, my apologies if you thought this post was actually about traveling and customs, I’m not going anywhere anytime soon so that was never on the cards 😁.

I mentioned in my last post that I’d be announcing my new blogging schedule and if I’m being completely honest with you, I didn’t give it enough thought over that 6 day break 😅. I was thinking about Tuesdays and Fridays and I like the sound of it but then it’s like a bit confusing how it would be a shorter jump from Tuesday to Friday than Friday to Tuesday if you get what I mean? 🤔 I’d prefer it to be more even! I need more time to think about it but it really is looking like those two days a week instead of the one I kept up before 😆. My next post will be up on Friday and I’ll have made my decision by then whether or not I’ll see you the Tuesday after as well so stick around, I’m not always this difficult 🤣. I’ve got some really exciting ideas for posts and I can’t wait to have them up here!! 🎉

For now, thank you for reading! 😉 It was a fairly random first post of the year but I enjoyed just going with it and writing from the heart 💗. Do you have any goals for the new year that are a bit open-ended? (meaning they could last way longer than one year) – they can be random too (we like random!….and now I sound like Gollum 😅😂)✨ let me know in the comments below 💬 and I’ll see you again soon! Take care, stay safe and have a lovely day ☺️🌟💕.

Ps: I used an image similar to the one in this post back when I started blogging, it feels really strange having something like it again! Almost like things have come full circle but maybe that makes this a significant post to write even more! ✨

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