Cheers to 2014

The Year 2013 was an absolutely great year; I got the opportunity to try out so many different experiences, my Memory Jar Project was a success, and I ended the year nicely. As I move forward into the New Year, I’m excited for what is to come. 2013 was all about trying out new experiences and doing things I’ve never done before. For 2014, I want to take it a step further and make it about taking more risks. Sometimes I let fear stop me from doing the things I want to do. So for 2014 I want to control my fears and take more chances. If there is something I want to do, I’m going to bulk up as much courage as I can and just follow through. Along with taking more risks, there are also three aspects of my life that I want to work on this year and those include: my education, my career goals, and myself. I want to improve my education and better myself, there’s a list of topics that I want to teach myself (ex: Economics, History, Finance, etc.). I want to gather as much knowledge about different subjects as I can. Career wise, I want to start diving into internships to see if I can discover my passion and maybe figure out what direction I want to take my life in. Lastly I want to work on myself, I want to improve myself both physically and mentally. I want to take this year and attempt to figure out who I am and find my place, but I also want to start changing up my lifestyle and start moving into a healthier way of living. I’m starting 2014 with my right foot forward and will attempt to make this an even better year compared to 2013.

Fresh Start/ Memory Jar

            As the year 2012 was coming to an end, I came across an amazing project. Most people refer to it as, the Memory Jar Project. What you do is, start the new year with an empty jar. Anytime you try something new, complete something you’ve always wanted to do, or just want to remember something you felt was meaningful you’d “record it”. Write it on a piece of paper, fold it and toss it in the Memory Jar. At the end of the year, pull out all notes and reminisce at all the amazing things you accomplished and got to experience that year. For the year of 2013, I decided to take on this project and note down all of my important memories for the year. Now twelve months later, I cannot help but stare at my memory jar and reminisce over the experiences I’ve had this last year. Not only does keeping a memory jar help engrave amazing memories into your brain, but it also gives you an idea of what you, as an individual, consider significant. This project has also allowed me to get a bit out of my comfort zone; I am not much of a risk taker but ever since starting of this project I’ve found my self more willing to take a leap of faith for the things I wanted to accomplish. This project left me eager to try new experiences and really work on becoming a well-rounded individual. I am a person of many interests and passions; there's so much I want to know and want to learn. I want to read, travel, learn and explore as many things as I can. So that is my new challenge, this is the purpose of my blog. I plan to go out and travel, read, learn about different cultures, teach myself different subjects. This blog will serve as my new memory jar and hopefully inspire others to do the same. So sit back and wish me luck on my journey towards becoming a well-rounded individual.