Holy moly, 2016. It’s been a YEAR, yo.
Much of the things I’ve read about 2016 on facebook from my friends are just shitting on this last year. Okay, I’ll admit there’s a lot to shit on.
But politics and celebrity deaths aside, I’m a pretty big fan of 2016. And not just because 16 is my lucky number.
It’s always funny to look back and think about exactly what I was thinking / feeling / doing a year ago at this time. At the end of last year I had just finished pouring my soul into marathon training. I was unhappy with my job situation and I couldn’t quite understand why. There was this burning desire in me to create something and I couldn’t figure out what that “thing” I wanted to create was. And I was bitching about studying for the GMATs. Ugh.
Resolutions get a bad rap but I love ’em. For me they act as a time capsule of what was super important to me at that point in time.
Some things seem to never change year to year — I still can’t do 3 pull-ups (I can now do one effortlessly, though, and that’s a huge improvement!) and I don’t really cook. But so freaking much has changed since I made my resolutions at the beginning of 2016.
Some of the resolutions I conquered:
✨ I took the GMAT (ugh)
✨ Started treating my blog like a business (and reaped the benfits!)
✨ Redesigned + cleaned up the blog
✨ Learned how to use my DSLR camera
✨ And truly embodied my word of the year, FEARLESS
But then there are ones I didn’t quite conquer:
⚡️ Cook one new recipe every month. Such wishful thinking, Kayla
⚡️ Bring lunch to work three times a week. Okay this one became obsolete once I started working from home 🙂
⚡️ Make an effort to work on my pull-ups <– I’m REAL proud of my one pull-up I can now do! But I need to be able to do 3 for trapeze…
⚡️ Take voice lessons again.
And then there are those goals you conquer that you didn’t even realize you had…
⭐️ I became a yoga teacher. It was something I always wanted to do, and the timing finally worked out.
⭐️ I applied to grad school –> got into grad school –> crushed my first semester of grad school 🙌🏻
⭐️ I met my now business partner, Leslie, and approached her about creating Holistic Happening. We’ve now thrown 8 wellness-focused events blending yoga, healthy food and community.
One of my biggest takeaways from 2016 is to roll with the punches and trust in the process. When I first found out I was losing my full time job I was freaking furious. No, it wasn’t my dream job, but I wanted to leave on my terms, not because my position was being minimized to part time.
It ended up being a blessing in disguise. It gave me the kick in the ass I needed to apply to grad school and the space I needed to create the beginnings of Holistic Happening. Plus I had time to devote to this blog and create more business opportunities for myself.
I’m sad to be letting go of my word-of-the-year fearless. I took this word very close to heart and let it be my guide. Until I started living fearlessly, I hadn’t realized how much fear was really holding me back. I’m still far from ballsy, but made some big ass strides towards it in the last year.
It sounds cheesy, but I hope all this fearlessness is something I’ll continue to take with me into 2017, even when it’s not my “official” word.
Stay tuned for my word of 2017 😉
So, that’s a wrap on 2016! Wishing you all a very happy new year and I’ll see ya in 2017 🙂
Your turn: Tell me about your 2016! What accomplishments are you the most proud of?
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