I’ve never been a fan of New Year’s Eve because of all of the pressure to do something Instagram worthy and then have this “new me, new year” mentality. I do like to take some time to reflect on this past years accomplishments because I think we should appreciate where we started 365 days ago. I went through my photos on my phone and wrote down my accomplishments for each month. It makes it easy to actually remember what I actually did and appreciating all of the trips and events in the last year. More importantly, I can see what worked and what didn’t work so I know where i can improve. This past year had some big decisions to make and some big (expensive) changes. The start of 2019 was a little slow which made me feel stagnant. I wanted a change in my day to day life and boy, did a lot change in the later half of 2019! With a new job, a new house, a lot of unpacking and getting settled in the new house, as well as adjusting to new routines – wow it’s been a busy few months!

January // nothing eventful, It made me want to make a few changes in my life.

February // first Valentine’s Day with J, trip to DC

March // celebrated J’s birthday at Barcade

April // explored Philly on the weekends

May // Started a new job, mom was diagnosed with breast cancer

June // family reunion in Philly for cousins graduations, trip to North Carolina for moms surgery, work trip to New York City for work event

July // trip to Avalon, NJ, trip to Pensacola, FL to meet the Jake’s family, trip to Ocean Grove, NJ, signed lease to our first house together

August // moved into a house with J, anniversary trip, parents came to visit to see the new house, family trip to NJ, trip to North Carolina to see parents

September // organized big week long event at work, college alumni event

October // pumpkin picking, fall things

November // trip to North Carolina for Thanksgiving with both of our families

December // Christmas sights in the city, car was totaled in an accident, spent Christmas in Florida

Recently my life has been really busy with settling into our new house, long hours at work and I feel like there is always something that has to be done. I’m excited to get back into a routine and let things slow down for a bit in 2020. It’s rare that I have a weekend to do nothing and with some extra planning during the week I hope to have more relaxing weekends. There is still a lot I want to do in Philly and Jake and I have a few trips planned for 2020. Another really important goal is to budget and save money. We also have to buy a new car after mine was totaled in a hit and run in December. It seems that every time things start to slow down, life like’s to get busy again! I have a lot of goals and a lot of things I want to accomplish this upcoming year which I will be sharing in future blog posts to hopefully inspire one of you.