2019 Intentions
First and foremost, welcome to my creative space! As a part of improving myself, I have decided to create a blog site to write about anything that may come to my mind. Blogging has been something on my mind for a few years now, and I’ve finally decided to give it a go. As my first official blog post, I wanted to share my New Year’s Intentions. I refrain from using the word resolution because by definition a resolution is a solution to a problem. None of what I have listed is a problem, but a goal I am continuously working towards to better myself. So, without further ado and not in any particular order, here are my intentions for the year 2019!
In 2019, I intend to….
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Love Myself More
I’m sure everyone at some point or another has seen the quote “You owe yourself the love that you so freely give to others” floating around on social media. Well, it isn’t a lie. We DO owe ourselves all the love and respect and kindness that we offer to others. It is genuinely easy for me to be kind to others. I feel so passionate about giving away happiness to make sure someone else is feeling loved, but I forget to share that with myself. This year is the year I start to change my focus. Of course, I’m not going to stop encouraging others, but it’s time I start to love myself a little more. We are our #1 priorities and we owe it to ourselves to genuinely love every fiber of our own beings! Are there going to be days where I don’t want to love myself? Absolutely and that is OK! As long as I am making a conscious effort to focus on loving myself more. After all, I am fearfully and wonderfully made by the Creator himself, and if He can love me, then so can I.
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Lose Weight (But not the weight you are thinking of)
You probably read that and thought, “Kait, I thought you were going to love yourself more, why are you flat out telling us you need to lose weight?”. Although I do plan to start working out more, that is not the point of this goal. By weight, I am referring to anything that may be weighing me down mentally. This goes hand in hand with loving myself. In order to truly fall in love with the person I was created to be, I have get rid of the things that are going to keep me from becoming the best possible version of myself. This goal is a goal that can change daily, weekly, monthly, or quite honestly, hourly. This will all just depend on what I feel is keeping me from seeking true joy in life. One day, it may be too much time on social media. Another day, it might be stress from work or personal stress. I want to be able to look at whatever is exhausting me and think of ways to positively “lose the weight”.
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Stop Settling
I wrote and deleted and rewrote this explanation at least five times. I decided that going into depth on this intention can be saved for another post. The main focus of this statement is to make sure I am focusing on myself and realizing what I deserve. You could even say “shooting for the stars” to be cliché. Again, I’ll expand on this at a later time….there’s too many things I want to say!
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Become a Harder Worker
Currently, I am the Social Sales Manager at the Homewood Suites by Hilton in Downtown Pittsburgh. I love my job, I love my supervisor, and I love the environment I work in. I’m finally at a job where I can see myself creating a career as opposed to leaving after 9/10 months into the position. With this job comes a lot more responsibility though. I have monthly monetary goals and sales I have to make each month and it has a been a little bit of a challenge for me. I, thankfully, have one of the best teachers/supervisors in the industry who has provided me with multiple skills and tools to help me succeed. I work hard, but no one works as hard as she does. I aspire to reach to her level and put as much dedication into this job and our clients as she does. This year, I intend to throw myself wholeheartedly into this position and become the best I can possibly be.
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Become Comfortable with Being Alone
Some of you may know that I recently got out of a long (long for me) relationship. I didn’t realize how dependent upon my significant other I was for happiness until the moment it ended. I have always been a little dependent upon others to provide me with happiness and love instead of myself. I would absolutely love to be in a relationship with the right person, but that’s not going to happen until I can become fully comfortable with being alone with myself. This goes hand in hand with loving myself more. I need to be able to sit alone in my apartment and feel content and not feel as if I am missing something in my life. To quote one of my favorite poets, “You must want to learn to spend the rest of your life with yourself first.” -Rupi Kaur
I honestly could keep going with what my intentions are for 2019, but I thought I would sum it up with those top 5. I know there will come days where I might only be able to focus on one of the above, but I believe that as long as I am making an effort to pour more positivity into myself, then 2019 is going to be my year.
HAPPY 2019 LET’S MAKE IT A KILLER YEAR!