some goals for 2019

I started by scribbling these down in the back page of my shiny new Kikki K agenda but as I reread my previous '2018 goals' post I uploaded onto here (and felt very smug at the fact that I actually did achieve the majority what I had wanted to) I figured it wouldn't do any harm to type them up onto here. So here we go...goals for the year 2019.

-Spanish. I want to speak more of it, learn more of it, read more of it, write more of it. I just want to immerse myself in this beautiful language that I feel so privileged to be able to say I can communicate in. I visited Madrid and my passion grew stronger, to indescribable lengths. I will live there in my lifetime. I have to.

-Get through first year. I'm already almost there, I can do it.

-I want to travel. Yes, yet another person throwing that word around 'travel...travel...travel' But I want to do it. Praying I get the discover EU internal pass. A place I've been wanting to go to desperately is Lisbon, it looks beautiful and laidback and historic and has pretty tiles, yellow trams and custard tarts. I want to visit Central Europe: Prague and Budapest. I want to spend days lazing on hidden beaches around Menorca, the Balearics lesser known younger sister. I want to go to more parts of Spain: Valencia, Barcelona, Madrid and Sevilla (again)

-I'm living so close to Cornwall, I would love to take a week or two in the summer following the end of term visiting the beaches around there and exploring the Jurassic coast, tanning, swimming and surfing.

-Venture more into art and art history. I continually regret not taking a short course in Art History that my sixth form offered and this regret was intensified whenever I had to test my friends who were studying it in the run up to exams. I love looking at art and matching it to its corresponding time period, the links between a portrait and the year in which it was painted is so fascinating to me and I truly do see it as another medium into studying history in general.

-Continue viewing my blog instagram as a place to post photos that I like, share what I'm doing and upload fun insta stories. Viewing it as anything other than that sucks the fun out of it.

-Hit 200k views. I'm at 150k at the time of writing, I can *so* do it. Reach 400 followers on bloglovin. I don't see my blog as a massive potential business and gateway to becoming an 'influencer' of some sort. No way. To me it's a place where I can write and share photos and stories from my own life and the community I have here is invaluable.

-Do something different with my hair...dye it a bit lighter or get some highlights into it.

-Read more. It's another one that everyone has put on their list but I really want to get through more books this year, I’ve got a growing list of books I want to get through this year- no specific number as I definitely don’t need the pressure of 40+ books looming over me. I just want to read more and if I can get through just 5 books this year I’ll feel accomplished.

-Stop worrying about things and take life as it comes at me. 'Ride the wave until it breaks' Everything that is meant to be, will be.

-I want to post on here more often, my blog posting schedule is very sporadic and I don’t really have a set framing for my blog posts. I think the ship has already sailed for my beauty posts and I much prefer sharing skincare or the few makeup products I really like. I would say the same for my fashion posts, as much as I love putting together outfits sharing them on here is such a hassle. I want to post more of what I love: life updates, travel diaries (my actual fave posts) and those random lifestyle posts.

-I hope 2019 is the year I finally go up to Newcastle (and Oxford, for more than 3 hours) and visit Katie instead of making her come down to London

-Learn how to drive...something I've been putting off for a year now!

-Meet more blogging friends (I'm looking at you, Eleanor)

-See J Balvin and Maluma live

-Film 1 second everyday, I'm on day 3 and it's still going strong. I'm already looking forward to seeing the finished product!

Those are all the goals I have at the moment, there's nothing profound or groundbreaking but I like it that way. I'll probably revisit this post and add on a few more new goals as I go on. 2018 was the best year of my life which is something that has been thrown around by many others but it truly was- it had its ups and downs with the end of exams, travel, big life transitions and rough patches. I'm excited to see where this year takes me but I simultaneously don't want to think too much about it; I'll just ride the wave until it breaks.

Do you have any goals for this year? Wishing you a very very happy new year
Dalal