I thought that 2017 went by
quickly, but nothing prepared me for how fast 2018 was going to be. It has been
a year of highs and lows but all in all, I’ve been able to achieve some things
I never thought I could do. This year has been full of many exciting moments as
well as the stressful moments, however I can happily say that it’s been one of
my favourite years to date.
Now I haven’t blogged in nearly 4
months – but I wanted to write this little reflection post to remind myself of
all the great things that have happened this year and hopefully this’ll help
bring back my writing motivation too (we
will see).
TRAVELS
I constantly went on about how I
wanted to see more of the world and experience new places. This has always been
tough for me – as I’ve talked before, I’m an anxious traveller and I don’t do
so well when it comes to public transport, busy airports/train stations. This
was the year that I needed to immediately try and suck it up as I was going on 2
trips abroad and new that I’d have to just get over the anxiety at some point
as hard as it is to do. Well, I did it!
At the end of February, I took a
short haul flight to Edinburgh, Scotland to celebrate my 6 year anniversary
with Alex. He was very sneaky and booked the holiday for us both as one of my Christmas
presents and even booked my time off work too. The flight was awful and bumpy
but needless to say, it was a short flight and we got there all in one piece!
Edinburgh was a beautiful city.
The second trip was my summer
holiday at the end of June, there was 7 of us going and we were off to Florida,
America! You could say I was a lot more nervous about this trip as it was an 8
hour 30 minute flight and I felt claustrophobic just by the thought of being
stuck on a plane for that amount of time. Leading up to the flight – when we
checked in our bags and waited in the virgin lounge, I decided to have a few
mimosa’s to calm my nerves. I’m super surprised and so proud of myself because
I found that plane journey a complete breeze, there was hardly any turbulence and
I was just drinking champagne whilst watching movies the whole time that the
flight went by very quickly. Our 2 weeks spent in America was awesome and I got
to visit some incredible places.
LIFE
One of my goals was to get healthy
and I used to say it every year, yet not do nothing about it. 2018 was
different because I officially joined the gym, and I started going at least
twice a week if I could. I usually like to go after work because I feel that it’s
quite therapeutic especially if I’ve had a stressful day. I have a gym routine
now too (how fancy).
I would say that I’d like to start
eating a bit better this year though. I need to definitely cut down on all the
pizza takeaways, sugar in tea and I’d like to actually substitute my milk for
almond or coconut milk.
2018 was the year that I and Alex
started really thinking about moving out together. We’re saving for a mortgage
at the moment and we’re seeing a mortgage advisor some point this month to go
through everything and to actually give ourselves a bit of a reality check.
One thing I’m really pleased that
I have kept going is my scrapbook. For those who don’t know, I keep a scrapbook
full of all my memories and I use my HP Sprocket printer to print these
memories out. I normally have a very creative mind space, but I do get bored
easily – my scrapbook is one of my hobbies that I thought I’d easily get bored
of but I haven’t and I’m so glad I kept going. It’s nice to look back on the
little things that I’ve done.
A LIST OF HIGHLIGHTS IN 2018
·
Met some
amazing new work friends who I will have for life
·
Got front row
tickets to Imagine Dragons at the O2 Arena
·
Celebrated a
family engagement
·
I turned 22!
·
Spent my 22nd
birthday in Bath, England
·
Saw Ed
Sheeran live at Wembley Stadium
·
Got to visit
Hogwarts in Universal Studios Florida
·
Took a trip
to Arundel Castle
·
Watched Dirty
Dancing in the back garden on an outside projector
·
Had a night
out making our own pizzas and getting drunk
·
Went to see
Dreamboys lol
·
Went to Lindfield
for a firework night
·
Spent Christmas
with family
So that pretty much sums up my 2018. I wish you all the best for 2019.
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