Some People Make Resolutions...

...and I make one year and five year plans...

Seriously, I have a problem. Well, I guess you could say it's both a really good habit and a really bad habit. I make lists and plans and schedules and notes for EVERYTHING.

On one hand it really helps me remember things, stay focused, and actually get shit done. On the other hand it makes me nervous because I can actually see all of the things I need to do and still haven't done. It's just the teeniest bit nerve-wracking.

But, nevertheless, if I didn't write these lists like this I also wouldn't be able to sleep at night. I would just stay awake, hopelessly thinking about all of these things swirling around in my head. Instead if I find that I can't sleep because too much is on my mind, I get out of bed and write it all down.

Now, onto my plans.

On the paper below I wrote my important dates for January, my 2015 plan, my five-year plan, and my monthly budget. 

I won't go into everything on the paper because that would become tedious and it's unnecessary.

  

2015 goals:

   

• Become fully vegan: I have been vegetarian for almost two years now, and the longer I go on without making the plunge to vegan the more unhappy I become. So, I want to finally make that switch over to full veganism this year. It will take a lot of money and determination, but it's worth the happiness and peace it will bring me.
• Get fit and work out more: Okay so I know this is something almost everyone says they will do at the beginning of every year, but I truly want to do this. This isn't a wish for me, it's something that will happen, and something I've already been working on. I've already lost about 5 pounds (yes, even through the holiday feasts) and I don't plan on stopping any time soon. I've been walking more, doing yoga, hooping, hiking, and eating better. I plan to carry that into 2015.
• Blog and Vlog: I want to continue blogging! My life is going to be crazy busy this year but I want to write at the very least one blog post a month... and continuing on that note, I want to start vlogging. Yes, people, YouTube. I want to start making YouTube content. I don't care if that means only one video up this year, I just want to start.
• Work and Career: This year is going to be huge for me career-wise. Last month I finally got my cosmetology license and I am working on getting an assistant job in a salon in Hollywood. I want to really put everything I've got into furthering my career. I want to work full time. I want to continue working with Mikaela Phillips on her photoshoots. This year is really going to be a game-changer for me and my career. 
• Conventions galore: This is going to be the year of conventions for me! I've already attended quite a few conventions in my lifetime, but I want this year to be full of them. I am going to make every effort I can to attend as many as possible. I want to do this partially because it's fun, and partially because conventions are a huge platform for education in my career field. I plan on attending IMATS LA, ISSE Long Beach, The Makeup Show LA, VidCon, BeautyCon, PHAMExpo, ScareLA, and any other cons I can get my hands on. 

Five-Year Goals:

•  MUD master's program: Unfortunately I will not be able to attend MUD this February like I had hoped. I will simply not have enough time to devote 5 days out of 7 to school. I just can't make it work, even if I only worked part time. So, instead I have moved the MUD program to my 5 year plan. I still have every intent on going to the master's program there, I'm just unsure of exactly when I'll be able to do it.
• Living on my own: Every young adult's dream: I want to move out! This is in no way an expression of any sort of disdain for my family, please understand. It's just that I'm a twenty year old young woman who can't wait to be independent! Anyway, I plan on being out and on my own by 2020.
  I'll probably be living in a studio apartment somewhere in LA. I love the Hollywood/Los Feliz area. Of course, I make this a part of my five year plan because it will take at least a couple of years before I can even begin to afford living on my own in LA. For now, I am happy living in LA with my father. 
• Career: By 2020 I want to own a salon suite. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is basically a huge apartment-like building that houses many, many individual, small salons. Imagine an apartment complex where each apartment is a different, mini salon. Each beauty professional rents his or her own space, and is completely in charge of their business. That is where I want to be with my career in five years. Oh, and working on movies/photoshoots/editorials/TV wouldn't hurt either.

 THERE YOU HAVE IT.

Have a lovely 2015!

BKL

j