Taylor's 23rd Year

6 days ago, I celebrated my 23rd birthday. I bet you're wondering if I'm excited or terrified about that!

This year, I vow to be as "Taylor" as I can. Weird, wacky and wonderful. Along with each of those adjectives, I have also plotted out 3 "sections" that are going to be my focus this year, I will share them with you now.

---Health & wellness.> I have had a lackluster attitude about this over the past few years. Time to put a stop to that, nonsense! Lately, I have been noticing that my body isn't as machine-like as I would like it to be. I get huffy and puffy when walking up the stairs, and my dryer keeps shrinking my clothes. So I am ENDING it now and vow to love my body and love it with some veggies. Along with physical wellness, I am also going to be feeding my spiritual appetite by spending more time in prayer and praise. This is of utmost importance. My physical body will only last me this lifetime, but my soul will last me for my eternal lifetime. Also, with this section, I will focus more on things that make me happy- gardening, blogging and reading.

---Financial & lifetime planning.> What does this mean?! Big, fancy words that tell everyone about how I will get heavily involved in the stock market this year. Except NOT. Not that at all. But what this means to me is to pay down debt and grow up savings. Simple. Also, I will focus more on maxing out my retirement accounts, saving for emergencies, and purchasing a vehicle. (Any vehicle suggestions, please comment on how awesome you think I would look in this car, I also really appreciate photos.) I know, I know... cars aren't a real investment (because they immediately depreciate when you drive away), but my car is slowly becoming a 200+ year old turtle with some respiratory and digestive issues. Lolz.

---Career & personal business.> Yes, I have a desire to be the best I can be. This applies to really all aspects of my 23-year-old self, but this year I'd like to see myself grow further. Learn more. I love my day job, it is the ideal position for me right now. I'd like to see where that can take me! In my personal business, I have noticed over the past year or so, that I am super passionate about impacting the lives of others. There is no greater feeling than helping someone bloom. Also, I freaking love to party! So I will keep doing that and increasing my parties per month little by little. Meeting people gives me energy and drive.

At 23, I am really all about maximizing the time that I have and making all three of these facets work together like a smoothly-running 23 year-old clock should. I'm going to have the BEST 23rd year of my whole life. That's a fact! I promise it to you. There is no use in going back to 22. I have already conquered that year. I've thrived. The real funny part about that is that there's no going back. Like seriously. No time machines in my refrigerator.  (Is that the most common place for a time machine, I'm not sure...?)

Please comment on how you think I could make my 23rd year the best. If you're older, please share one tip for each year older you are than me. (HAHA, just kidding!!) If you're younger, please apply some of your own self-improvements into the middle of your year. And also give me some pointers. We're never to old or young to offer a helping hand.

Thank you for reading. Feelings are fun.

Always remember, the best YEAR is yet to come!
Taylor