Around midway through the year I notice that everyone neglects or stops mentioning their New Year's Resolutions. I'm one of those people.
I thought I'd kick off noting some of the positive changes I've made some progress on in 2018.
I've made healthier eating choices! Which means not only saving $$ by cooking, but also being more aware of more beneficial ingredients and products.
By way of cooking more, I've LEARNED how to cook more! Once you get over the initial costs of buying spices and base necessities, cooking, in a lot of ways, pays for itself.
I've been working out fairly regularly, and by that I mean once a week, hah. But last year was 0 times a week--so I'm really excited to keep adding onto this.
I've gotten better at budgeting myself. Often I'll nickel-and-dime myself on purchases by saying, "it's only a few dollars more." By keeping to a stricter budget, my savings add up--and it makes special treats less guilty!
I've found ways to deal with self-doubt in healthier ways. This is a topic I'll touch on more in future posts.
Makeup and skincare empties! And also...
No-buys. I've gone a good several months without buying any new products, and instead been using up what I have before researching their replacements. That might sound redundant, but nothing is more demotivating to finish products than finding out halfway through that there's something *even better* out there, just waiting for you....
Getting over my purchase/sale FOMO. Asking myself, "Do I *really* need this?" and "Do I have dupes for this?" You guessed it, there are a lot more makeup posts (including empties updates, no-buys, and pan projects!) awaiting in the future.
I'll keep updates to this list in the future by making more posts about positive choices. Oftentimes people feel like if you post a lot of reflective pieces, you're not happy. That's not the case! For some balance, I like to keep track (via online posts) of great changes.