Preliminary thoughts

Or, maybe I'll title this "initial recap of 2017."
Ugh, this sounds like a work email.

It's almost mid-december (what). and... it's crazy to think another year is about to be over, but at the same time it's kinda exciting? Or more so, exciting to think about what has happened in the past 12 months? (and also crazy to think 12 months is not really that much long as it seems)...

Obviously this post is a little incoherent/pure word vomit thoughts.

So what did I accomplish in 2017?
Lots of damn things.


  • Lost some holiday weight in January
  • Gained it all back lol during a bachelorette party
  • Start to become a little more in tune with how diet affects health (especially those ugly migraines...)
  • Had quite a few wakeup calls in regards to health: back spasms, hella migraines, cold and then the flu, etc. The list goes on
  • Attempted the Whole 30. Or should I call it Half 30?
  • Read a lot more than what I'm used to
  • Used alternative medicine efforts to learn about food allergies!?
  • Tried therapy for the first time to become "the best version of myself." Definitely felt like this was a big year for personal self development and crushing those goals
  • Had a few epiphany/clarity moments and realized family and friends are important to me. But so is traveling and exploring new places...
  • Realized that putting up with an income generator solely for the one main output is not sometimes the best game plan.
  • Decided to put single girl dreams aside, and go for companionship.
  • BUT WAIT I AM STILL THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE
  • Bothersome joints, thinning hair, gross skin. Wtf, aging.

And I leave you with some of my favorite blurbs from 2017:
  • Focusing on 2 out fo 3
  • Choose one: pain of hard work or pain of regret
  • 2017 was the year of self discovery
  • Don't hold yourself back
  • Chilling/coasting until PSP was actually a game plan of mine. wow.
  • I am a dragon. What to do with all that fire?

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