my new years resolution

First and foremost, I want to wish everyone a very happy new year! I hope you all had fun celebrating with family and friends, food and fun, sequins and champagne - or a combination of those. I had a fabulous time celebrating with some dear friends in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. It was a nice change of pace from my so far quiet Christmas break. In a few days I will be headed back to Boston for my second semester of graduate school; it's hard to believe I'm already a third of the way done!


As a soon-to-be communications professional, my first new years resolution is this blog. Now, let me follow that by saying I am a horrible blogger. I have had several assignments in grad school that required me to keep a blog, and I hated it. Mostly because I was too busy to keep up with writing every day but also because I felt as if nothing I had to say was important enough. Well, that ends here! No more self-deprecation for me! I am a fun, vibrant, exciting young twenty-something, and I am going to share that with the world.


In this blog I will explore all of my favorite things - clothes, shoes, cooking, the entertainment industry, sports, advertising, etc. My interests are diverse, but isn't it more fun to mix it up a bit rather than do the same, boring blog post every day? I think so! Starting now, I want to take more time to voice my opinions about what is going on in the world, whether it be Kate Spade's new spring line or what's the newest trend in social media. Hopefully you'll bear with me and maybe even find something insightful!


A few other resolutions I have:

Expand my culinary horizons.

I like to cook. I really do. But cooking the same recipes over and over again gets really tiring. I want to try to expand my cooking abilities; I've mastered a few easy recipes, but every now and then it'd be nice to cook myself a little something special. Try something fancy after I ace that theory test or get an A on a writing piece. More than anything else, I want to have fun with it - this is supposed to be a stress reliever, not a stress inducer!

Exercise more.

I feel like everyone has this resolution, but I really do have it in my head that I want to run a 5k. I'm not much for exercise - I'd much rather go on a nice walk on the beach than a run around the track. But there's no time like the present to get in shape, and it'll only get harder as I get older. Plus, as I'm sure you'll soon learn, I'm a semi-paranoid person, so anything that can make me healthier is sure to benefit me in the long run.

Read more for pleasure, even when school starts back up.

There are SO many amazing books out there, but I feel like I don't have time for any of them. My goal this break was to read at least 3 books, and I failed. Even when I get wrapped up in the craziness of school, I want to be able to have a good book to fall asleep reading. Even if it takes me months, I'm determined to read more classics!

That's about enough for a first post. If you have any favorite recipes I should try or books I just have to read, let me know!