Hello everyone,

I cannot begin to explain to you the chaos that has been my life for the last month or so. Whether it be work, school, the gym or friends and family I always seemed to be busy with something. I had little to no time to myself to just breathe and relax and if I did I spent that time worrying and stressing over the things I had to do and feeling guilty that I was not using my time more effectively. Finding a balance has always been hard for me and I feel like that is the number one problem for many other people too. Once the holidays approached I added another thing to my plate because I wanted everything to be perfect.  Even during my winter break when I, I spent a lot of my time studying and trying to get ahead rather than enjoying the moment. Finally, I realized that a big change needed to be made.

The point I wanted to make with all of this is that there is a point where we all need to say enough is enough and re-evaluate our priorities. Life is meant to be filled with moments where you laugh until you cry, where you wake up and go to sleep with a smile on your face, where you take time to watch your favorite movie with the ones you love and dance like nobody’s watching. We all need more of these moments. We need less time stressing about deadlines, grades, money etc and focus on what truly brings happiness and this starts from within.

In 2018 I think we should all make an effort to enjoy life more. We all have only one life to live and your not making the most of it if you are not taking the time to do the activities that bring you the utmost joy. Take chances and do things that you always wanted to do. Buy that boat to sail in the summer, pick up those fresh flowers, take a personal day off work to get your hair done. Taking care of you is the most important thing, so only take on what you can handle because that is 100% okay and is more than enough. If you do this everything else will just fall into place.

This is what I am choosing to follow this year and I encourage you to all do the same.

Happy New Year everyone. Let’s make 2018 the best year yet!!