What a busy past few months I've had. I checked my blog today and was actually surprised to see that the last time I posted on here was November 21st. Unfortunately my posts have been few and far between lately, namely because I have just done the first semester of my 4th year at university, and the work-load has been rather tricky!
I want to focus on New Year's resolutions. This year has restored my faith in making New Year's resolutions and achieving them, so needless to say my outlook has changed.
At the end of 2011, I made two resolutions:
1. Start my own blog
2. Get an internship
I achieved both of these by May, which is great! I can now say that setting realistic New Year's resolutions is definitely worth it, and feels so rewarding when you manage to do them. A few years ago I stopped making any resolutions at all, because prior to this I would always make the same ones (that I'm sure many people do), such as "do more exercise", "eat healthily", "cut down on chocolate". I always flopped after a month and so gave up on resolutions altogether, thinking to myself that they were a waste of time and that I wouldn't be able to stick to them (I'm talking mostly about the healthy eating here).
However, I now realise that it's not about 'keeping something up', or 'sticking to something'; for me it is about setting goals that I feel I will be able to achieve. In fact, looking back on the past 12 months, I have achieved way more than I ever could have imagined when I put pen to paper last December and decided on my New Year's resolutions.
To sum up, I'm going to recount my best accomplishments, and personal highlights, of 2012.
1. Becoming a news editorial intern for Her Campus Illinois
2. Being involved with College Fashion Week Illinois - I was Greek Ambassador for Chi Omega, and was on the on the Philanthropy and Social Media committees
3. Modeled in the main runway event for College Fashion Week, wearing inspiring student-run labels such as GOCA Designs
4. Started my own blog
5. Completed a year of study at the University of Illiniois; I'm now an official alum of the university
6. Opened a branch of Her Campus at the University of Nottingham, of which I am Co-Editor-in-Chief
My new New Year's resolutions? None for 2013. I'm faced with my final semester at university, the dreaded dissertation (!), and graduating, so it seems sensible to focus primarily on my work for the time being. Are there such things as mid-year resolutions? I hope so. Time to get creative in June.
- A.T.
