Just over six years ago (Tuesday 31st
December 2013), I attempted to do Blogmas for the first and last time and I recently
remembered that I did a New Year’s Resolution post. I thought it would be
interesting to look back it and see if I actually completed any of them. I
technically did complete Blogmas in December 2020 as I posted every day, but I
didn’t call it Blogmas.
My resolutions for 2014 were:
BEAUTY
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Learn to do winged eyeliner
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Get better at using eyeliner
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Paint my nails more often
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Declutter and minimise my collection
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Use more products/use up more products
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Hold a blog sale
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Donate to GiveAndMakeUp
PERSONAL
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Exercise more
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Get in shape
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Try more foods (Asparagus etc)
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Re-decorate my bedroom
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Get a helix piercing
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Read more books
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Blog more (3 posts a week)
I forgot what I actually had on my list
until I looked back at it. It is safe to say that I did terrible as it is now
six years later and some of them are still outstanding!
BEAUTY
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Learn to do winged
eyeliner - I still can’t do winged eyeliner, but I now wear false lashes which
kind of makes winged eyeliner redundant, depending on how big and flared your
lashes are.
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Get better at using
eyeliner - I am better at applying eyeliner. My choice is usually a pot cream/gel
and I am quite quick at applying it, even with my left hand. But I still can’t
do a wing, which is much harder with a pot cream/gel eyeliner.
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Paint my nails more
often - I don’t really ever paint them. I painted them a few times during the
last year as my nails were in better shape after the first UK lockdown. I have
minimised my nail polish collection quite a bit and I don’t really buy new
ones.
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Declutter and
minimise my collection - I did tend to do yearly declutters and I tried to
post about them. If I don’t like something now, I will generally declutter it
straight away.
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Use more products/use
up more products - I definitely buy a lot more products, but I wouldn’t say I use more. I
do use a lot more skincare items though now. I kind of use up more products,
but I generally don’t buy back ups of products so there is less pressure to use
up something and move on to something new.
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Hold a blog sale - I did try to hold a
blog sale in July 2016, but I didn’t really get any interest within the first couple
of days so I took it down. In July 2020, I started using Depop and this is
where I now sell any brand new/lightly used products I don’t want.
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Donate to
GiveAndMakeUp - When I did get around to denoting sometime in 2016, the centre stopped
accepting donations for a time period and also shipping was no longer free, so
I was unable to donate. There are no local to me charities that accept these
types of products either. I now just sell unwanted items on Depop. Everything I
sell is always in decent condition, so it isn’t like I would have to bin the
items if I couldn’t donate them.
PERSONAL
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Exercise more - I still don’t really
exercise at all! I did walk to and from work and I walk up and down the stairs
a lot, but that’s not really structured/purpose exercise.
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Get in shape - As I haven’t
exercised more, this means I haven’t got in shape either. I have lost quite a
bit of weight through the pandemic lockdowns, which is a good way forward for
me anyway. I feel a lot happier and my joints no longer feel as stiff as they did
back in the beginning of March 2020. I have made more effort to cut out junk
food which has also helped. I also feel better about maybe joining a gym in the
future. The thought of this previously freaked me out due to my anxieties, but
it’s the only thing that would massively push me towards getting in shape this
side of the millennia! Going to the gym would also produce quicker results and
it isn’t just for getting in shape. Once you are in shape, you can carry on for
general fitness upkeep.
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Try more foods
(Asparagus etc) - I did try asparagus for the first time in 2019 and it is ok, but I
don’t have it often. There are a lot more green vegetables that I love. I have
also tried strawberries and tomatoes and I should have stuck to the gut feeling
that I had all my life as predicted, I didn’t like them! To clarify, it is just
an actual whole tomato I don’t like. Tomato sauces/soup is fine.
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Re-decorate my
bedroom - I did have my bedroom re-decorated in 2017 and it is fully kitted out
with white Ikea furniture, which I now regret! I would like to re-decorate
again, but I am saving my money as I was made redundant at the end of November
and I want to buy my own house. I did also sign up to a Help to Buy scheme in
2019.
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Get a helix piercing
- I almost got the piercing during the first UK lockdown in 2020, as my
sister bought some piercing bits online so she could do more piercings on her
ears. I decided against it as I can’t sleep with earrings in as they hurt my
ears (I don’t know why). I did however get a nose piercing (right side). I
pierced it myself as both my mum and sister said they couldn’t do it. For
health and safety reasons I wouldn’t recommend piercing yourself, but I didn’t
have any problems. I used numbing cream, but I still felt the needle go through
every layer of skin! After it healed I put in a nose ring, which is why I
wanted it pierced in the first place. A stud isn’t satisfying enough for me.
After having to buy all the piercing bits separately, it was still cheaper
overall than going to a professional.
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Read more books - I don’t read books
at all, but I do read a lot of news articles online and I watch a hell of a lot
more YouTube videos!
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Blog more (3 posts a
week) - I did manage this for a time and then I sort of lost the motivation.
You can tell if you look at my previous posts count. As of March 2020, I have
consistently posted twice a week, which is kind of my new schedule (Tuesdays
and Thursdays). Some months there have been ‘bonus’ posts if something new came
out and I wanted the post up right away. I also try to pre-schedule a lot of my
posts if I can.
There’s a reason I didn’t previously
make resolutions before the 2013 post and why I still don’t. I find it impossible
to complete all of them and it just ends up making me feel bad. Don’t get me
wrong, doing this provides motivation for some people to reach their goals, but
evidently it doesn’t work for me!
Obviously, I am not making any
resolutions for this coming year, but there are a couple of small goals, if you
like, that I would like to work towards.
I would like to rain in my spending a
bit. I am currently unemployed, but I would like to own a home in the future. Also,
I tend to buy something and then if I don’t like it, I sell it on Depop, but
you never get the money back you initially spent. I would like to only buy
something if it is really necessary. I would also like to find the motivation
to properly exercise and lose more weight and tone up. I would also obviously
like to find a new job so I can continue earning money for my future. Lastly, I
hope that we can eventually return to some sort of pre-pandemic normality. STAY SAFE!
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