Well here I am again, late to the party as always!! I feel that 2019 was so hectic that I never gave myself time to stop and reflect on my life over the year and throughout the decade.
When the new year rolled around, I hadn't contemplated even thinking about what I'd like from life this year (let alone this new decade!).
So here I am, 8 days late scribbling down and typing up my goals for the next year and possibly even throughout the next 10 years!!
The first thing on my list of goals for 2020 is to sort out my Blog! I mentioned toward the end of last year that my blog didn't feel like me any more and I was becoming more and more detached from it to the point I gave up trying.
I'm in the midst of re branding. Goodbye to "Forget Moi Knots" and a big hello to "Faye Elizabeth Blog".
Obviously, using my name as my "branding" is far more me. It feels grown up and more personal than FMK ever did. I learnt so much from my years of blogging and the end result wasn't as I'd started.
I was taking on jobs that my heart wasn't in and that weren't representative of me as a person.
I've designed a logo that will be used across not only my blog but on my sewing/crafting social media and I'm debating using it for my photography work also. The finer details of my blog design still need polishing up and information updating, but it's well underway and I am EXCITED!!
Which leads me nicely to my next goal... crafting! There is nothing more I enjoy than making "things"; whether that be sewing something up, folding paper a billion times origami style to create something spectacular or just having a 5 minute doodle.
Art and all things craft have always been something I have turned to in times of crisis and low mood so it is only natural that I want to incorporate my crafting/making into my blog as it is a huge part of my life and is something I'm passionate about.
I'm excited to try new things and document the good the bad and the ugly through tutorials and reviews. Hopefully this new part of my blog will also allow me to incorporate video into my posts which I'm very excited to try out.
Last year was a bad year for reading! I think I read one book from start to finish. ONE. I've had a bit of a think about why my reading went downhill and I honestly think last year was just too manic in terms of time and unexpected things popping up for me to be spending my time reading.
I had also started a book that I hated. My Nana suggested Daughters of India by Jill McGivering and I'd heard good things before her suggestion. Turns out it really wasn't my kind of read and although I tried my hardest to get to the end, I just wasn't taking any information in. I started to loathe picking this book up and reading a chapter; honestly, it sat by my bedside for the best part of 6 months.
So over the next decade I will be aiming to read more and if the book isn't for me, I'm not going to mentally beat myself up about it for not finishing it before shipping it off to a charity shop.
One of the things I would like to jump on board with this year and over the decade is eating less meat.
We aren't huge meat eaters in this household as it is but we've been edging closer and closer to vegetarianism over the past few years.
We aren't and probably never will be vegetarian however we want to be more mindful of what we're eating and the impact that the meat industry has on the environment... it also pleases our animal loving sides!
By no means are we going to be disgusted with ourselves if we choose to eat meat and there is no pressure not to do so.
As we're on the subject of food related goals, I'm going to throw in baking to the mix.
Jack and myself have been baking with our nephew Finley (3yo) when we care for him as it's been something to drag him away from the TV for at least half an hour. It's been so much fun and we're not too bad at it considering Jack and myself have very little baking experience (I dont think Jack had ever made a cake!), of course Finley enjoys helping too.
So yes, over the next 10 years I want to have baked my fair share of cakes, biscuits and tarts and pies!
I want to begin tackling the personalisation of the flat this year and probably into 2021. As it's a new build that had only briefly been lived in since we came along, it is a very blank canvas.
Although I love the crisp, clean white walls, I want to make my mark on this place with colour and accessories.
Money is fairly tight at the moment especially as we're trying to save for Florida and for a mortgage deposit to eventually buy this property, so my plan is to tackle room by room.
I want to take Jack to Ireland. I've been saying this for the past 3 years but we never seem to get around to planning and actually doing it!!
My mothers side of the family is Irish but I have only been to Ireland once back in 2010. I loved what I saw of Ireland, the views are stunning and the people are so friendly.
Maybe over the next 10 years we'll find a week we can escape life and head over to Ireland.
And my last goal for 2020 is to buy less, repair more, make my own (much better quality and many more years of life) or buy secondhand instead. I'm not much of a spender when it comes to clothes as I spend most of my time wearing uniform however I want to cut right down on my clothes spending and only buying what is absolutely necessary.
I am aware at the increase of the throwaway culture and fast fashion and the way that it has effected our beautiful planet. Again, I know that i'll probably find it extremely difficult to cut down to buying absolutely nothing however my goal isn't to cut out buying completely, its to be more mindful of what I'm buying and making a conscious decision about the amount of 'anything' I buy.
Overall, I'm aiming for the next year and the 9 after that to be spent doing things I love, with the people I love and reducing the harm I personally cause to our planet.
Hopefully I'll be back in December to look back on these goals and be able to tick a few off and count this year as a successful one. If I dont manage it, I wont feel a failure, I wont beat myself up and I will continue to try, try again.
I hope 2020 is a great year for all who are reading this and that the decade also will be full of happy moments and great adventures!
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