SMILE, IT'S A NEW YEAR

Hello lovelies! Happy new year!

2014 is here with us and what better time to think over the past year and look for new ways to grow, improve on our defects and accomplish new things. Yesterday, I read something concerning new year's resolutions that really struck me (you can read it here). It was posted a few years ago but I think it still applies to 2014.

I can never stop talking when photos are being taken!

I have fallen culprit to making new year's resolutions and forgetting them by the time March rolls in. Things like losing weight, eating more vegetables and fruits, having a more prayerful life etc, are but some of the resolutions I have made in the past. While watching The Big Bang Theory and something Sheldon said has struck me as true. He said, "Einstein said that insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting different results." So this year, I have decided to make my resolutions in a different way.

For the last couple of months, I have been working on my online store. To be honest, I have been taking my sweet time with this, postponing things in the hope of getting better conditions in the future. For instance it took me more than three months to finally get my own URL www.inches2style.com. Last December I finally did it. It's the main site for my online shop with links to my contacts and blog. This January I have decided to sit down and work on all the nitty gritties that I will require to make my shop more than a work in progress.

One other thing that I am looking forward to is the arrival of my little angel. January and February are the last stretch and I can't begin to express how excited I am.

I ended last year with the firm belief that 2014 will be much better than 2013. I'm holding this to be true no matter what challenges I will come across in the course of the year. I intend to end this year with a bang. I want to look back at the end of each week and say that I have accomplished something. I will live each day as if it was my last so that I can squeeze out as much as I can from each and everything that I experience.

Have you made any plans for the new year? What strategies have you taken to actually fulfill your 2014 resolutions?

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Audrey

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