I kind of hoped that as soon as the 1st of January rolled around, I'd be carrying out my new year's resolutions. I'd be this new and improved version of myself, karating chopping my way through life. Don't ask me why 'karate chopping', I just see that as a sassy thing to do to get through hurdles. So I thought I'd be karate chopping through lack of motivation, anxiety - karate chop, doubt- karate chop, lack of creativity- karate chop. However, I soon realised that not only do I not work like this, but life doesn't work like this.

The 1st of January, does not bring a new you, and it takes time to work up to being able to karate chop your way through life. Something I had forgotten that was for sure. Last week, I spent most of my time feeling annoyed at myself for not being as motivated as i wanted to be. I struggled to get out of bed at a reasonable time, I struggled with motivation, and couldn't concentrate. My head was still in Christmas holiday mode.
This morning, I forced myself out of bed at a reasonable time and as I stood in the shower, I realised that 'hey it's okay to not always be on top form, and to give myself a bit of a break.' So I thought I'd write up some things that perhaps we need to remember in 2017, I guess these can be an update to my personal new year resolutions that I set to myself.

Don't Be So Hard On Yourself:

Last week, I was pretty horrible to myself, making myself feel bad for not having any energy or motivation. Although I definitely t...