Jessie Spangler

I love the idea of a new year and a fresh start. There’s something revitalizing about waking up on January first, with a whole year stretching ahead like a blank journal, waiting to be filled.

And in honor of 2018 coming up in a few days, I thought I would just list some goals for the new year:

• Continue to focus on being happy and self-love
• Stay healthy, mentally and physically
• Stay positive and grateful, and work on being optimistic, even in tough situations
• Continue to improve my photography and writing, and hopefully finish my second book!
• Work more on Girl in Pursuit, and grow my blog and following
• Go on more adventures
• Grow into a better person

And for the heck of it, some fun bucket list type items I’m hoping to accomplish in 2018!

• Visit Spain and Portugal (set to leave in a few days!)
• Head down to Nashville for a few days with friends this summer
• Start my senior year of college
• Finish my year of being EIC of my school’s newspaper
• Go on some spontaneous adventures
• See Taylor Swift in concert
• Visit more coffee shops I haven’t been to before
• Maybe try to get one of my books published
• Write as much as I can

Happy New Year!