HELLO 2016 // 01/01/16 BY SOPHIE

(So 2015 has disappeared, and I know that New Years resolutions are often seen as silly and that technically 'New Year' is something that we have constructed and that on January 1st I am not going to magically shift into a 'whole new me'. But, I am very much drawn to the idea of reinvention and growth and change, so this year;)

I'm going to eat better food and make time for cooking, I'm going to wake up early and watch the sun and not stare at a screen and breath in and out with my windows wide open whatever the weather. I'm going to smile in the morning and say hello to people that I don't know. I'm going to be more mindful and meditate more often and stretch every (other) night.

I'm going to stop wishing for the weekend and embrace days and emotions and thoughts and people and life. I'm going to read more books and watch more films and go outside for long walks and breathe. I'm going to breathe. 

I'm going to look at myself and grin, and look at other people and grin, and I'm going to compliment the woman that smiles, and smile at the boy that glances. And I'm going to dance more than I do, and I'm going to sing more than I do, and I'm going to go for drives with loud music and visit beaches with loud music and I'm going to listen to even more music. I'm going to paint more pictures and take more photos and create more moments. I'm going to volunteer. I'm going to plan a travelling route and buy a world map. I'm going to educate myself about the world and talk to more people and meet more people and click with more people.

I'm going to wear comfier clothes and shop in more independent places and buy more silver bangles and an anklet that won't break when I pull my socks off. 

I'm going to listen to myself. And I'm going to work myself out a little more. And I'm going to try and let people work me out a little more. 

And I'm going to glow. I just want to glow. 

I welcome you to glow right along with me. 

Happy new year

Xxx