2016 resolutions

I do this every year now. I guess now it's "tradition" but it also gives me a place where I can't lose my resolutions. Last year I wrote a massive post about resolutions which can kind of be summarised:
1. Get my health up to go to university
2. Clear out my room
3. Learn how to use to-do lists
4. Learn how to write to a higher standard
5. Start writing more short stories
6. Write more
7. Work really hard

What stands out to me now is the final sentence: I'm finally becoming an adult. I have definitely grown up so much this year. University pushed me to grow up and I love who I'm becoming. That's a really wonderful feeling.

My main achievement in 2015 is the milestones I've made with my health. I got a good physio November 2014 so my recovery only really started November 2014. And though my consultant told me my recovery would take two years it's taken one. Last year I couldn't do three squats and now I can do hundreds upon hundreds. And last year I couldn't go to school full time and now I can do so so  much. In October I'd cry myself to sleep with happiness. And while my health isn't perfect *cough chronically dislocating shoulder from early November to mid December* it's so much better and I can do the stuff I want to do. I can live.

I got rid of a lot of stuff and my room feels much less cluttered. Still some work but I've got rid of over 130 books.

I now can't function without a to do list. I got into it mid January last year when I got a studyblr and started bullet journalling. It's been great for my organisation.

On resolutions 4, 5 & 6 ----- 5 & 6 were a cop out but some of the stuff I've read about my health are some of the most heartbreaking and wonderful things I've ever written. I think why pain is sometimes romanticised is because the things we create while in pain can be very intense emotionally because pain, especially chronic pain, is very intense emotionally.

I've worked very hard this year even with lower energy than other people. And my A level results were phenomenal and I'm ecstatic still.

NEW RESOLUTIONS

• Come off meds
• Be able to wear heels
• Run without intervals
• Go sugar free two days a week (not fruit)
• Eat more fruit
• Start blogging about food
• Cook from a cookbook at least once a month
• Cook from Peace and Parsnips
• Stop caring about your bullying cookery teacher
• Host a dinner party
• Forgive yourself when you accidentally eat meat.
• Average 2:1+
• Get an interview at WDW
• Read 30 books
• Read unread books on my shelves
• Make desk drawers manageable
• Cut down screen time in bed
• Move flats
• Buy more plants
• Go out more
• Take more photos and not just selfies
• Live your youth