I cannot believe that it is March already. It’s spring, it’s the time of new beginnings, and seeing daffodils in every shop and all around is really making me happy. I love spring so much, and March has kicked off so well already. It has barely even begun and I have already achieved so much – I got tickets to Dear Evan Hansen in London, I got a job, I finally got my driver’s licence; it’s been a good few days. But even so, there are things I want to accomplish this month, things to improve myself, and just things I want to try, so here goes!
Read Every Day
Even if it’s just a page, reading is so good for me. It’s calming, it helps with English skills, it’s all round just great. I have a reading challenge set for the year and I’m really not doing that well, but I know I’ll catch up over summer. Even still, I would like to get a move on with it, failing is not something I enjoy, even if it is my own self-set target. So this month I plan to finish the book I’m currently reading and at least one other. I’m planning to read The Edible Woman, so maybe that will come next. When I was younger, reading was such a major part of my life, I don’t know when it became such a chore. I want to go back to the person I was then: reading all the time, I couldn’t get enough. Maybe reading a little every day will help me get back on track.
Start Yoga
I want to try and do thirty days straight of yoga. I am a complete beginner so this may go horribly wrong, but hey, it’s fun, it’s exercise, and it’s something new to try. So many people I’ve spoken to have nothing but good things to say about practicing yoga, and I really need to get some balance and strength, as well as forming new, positive, habits. I am really looking forward to this one, and seeing how the thirty days makes a difference (I’ll keep you all updated on my Instagram!) As well as exercise, I want to get more in tune with my body. I listen to a podcast by Kalyn Nicholson (check her out, she’s great), who is always talking about listening to her body. I’ve never understood it, and I would really like to figure it out. I would like to be at peace with my body, and something tells me this might help me take the first few steps.
Reduce My Waste
So as we all know, because every time you open social media – especially Twitter – it’s screaming at you, the world is going up in flames. Anywhere you look there’s people screaming to stop using plastic, or to go vegan, or do literally anything to help. A few weeks ago I got a shampoo bar from LUSH and I love it so much. It works so well with my hair, and I don’t even need to use conditioner that often anymore. It is so great, and I would recommend to everyone, if you’re considering it.
I was clearing out my bedroom the other day, and halfway through, it dawned on me how many things I had just thrown away for no reasons. Things that should have been recycled, or reused, or donated. Even just sheets of paper; it would have taken two minutes for me to go and put them in recycling, but I binned them. It made me think I should be more aware of my waste, and try to reduce it as much as possible, so that’s the plan for this month.
I hope y’all are as in love with spring as I am, it honestly makes me so happy. I feel like spring is a whole new “New Year,” because it’s full of new beginnings. It is beautiful. Another obvious goal is to keep up with the blogging, but so far so good. Until next time lovelies xo
Same Gal, Different Day 