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So this is the new year

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Welcome to 2015! We at donuts&denim have spent the last two weeks scattered across the country, spending as much time as possible with family and friends. We hope you were cozied up with the ones you love, too.

We’ve returned from the holiday lull with all of the temporary vigor that comes with the new year, queueing up brand new material left and right in a nicotine patch and kale smoothie fueled blog binge–our first attempts at attaining our New Year’s resolutions.

In all seriousness, New Year’s Day holds a new appeal as I get older (maybe because I’m not hungover?). So many untapped possibilities! So many juice cleanses! So many opportunities to fall short on resolutions! (sidebar: WILL I EVER DO A PULL-UP???) Despite the fact that my failure to success ratio is hovering around 3:1, I always like to make a few resolutions anyway, so here are mine for 2015:

  1. Apply for my dream job. I hope you’re reading this, ESPN.
  2. Actually do a pull-up. (Backup: give up diet soda.)
  3. Go on a spontaneous adventure. Yes, I am planning to be more spontaneous this year. The irony is not lost on me.

–kp

While I admire kp’s neat and tidy list of resolutions, that particular approach has never worked for me. Maybe it’s because I’m always trying to lose just five more pounds or brush up on my French but a new year’s to-do list hasn’t cut it in the past. Last year, however, one of the wisest people I know suggested that I pick a word for the year. Just one word that I could focus on in every aspect of my life. In 2014 that word was reciprocity – getting out of something exactly what I put into it – and it worked! 2014 was not only a year of reciprocity, but also a year of major life changes

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Thanks to Steph at Sparkle.Pounce. for this lovely sketch.

 

So this year I’m focusing on constancy. That’s not to say I won’t be looking for adventure around every corner but I will strive to be steadfast and devoted to several areas of my life including my health and fitness goals, continuing to make my house a home, maintaining those relationships that are most important to me, and developing professionally. Here’s to making 2015 a year full of constancy, love, and happiness.

–mm

Editor’s note: bb isn’t big on new year’s resolutions. probably because she’s too busy killing it 24/7/365. Also she’s not sure constancy is a word.

What are your New Year’s resolutions?

xo,
donuts&denim