HAPPY NEW YEAR & 2017 Resolutions

I wish you all a very Happy New Year 2017 and hope you can turn it into the best year you had so far. I personally don't have any special plans for this year as it's just starting, but I hope it will be a good year. 

I thought I list some personal resolutions and some blogging resolutions to start off the blogging year.  Though I do this to keep me motivated over the following year and to keep track of what I wanted to change or achieve at the beginning of the year. I know I was really bad at following my resolutions over the past few years, but I though I just try it again. Maybe it does help.

Do you have any resolutions planed for the year of 2017?

Personal Resolutions

Get back into shape.

Lately I noticed how out of shape I am. Not only that I didn't lose any weight I gained last Christmas in 2015, but I'm out of breath just too fast. I had to go by bike to work yesterday and I felt like I never make it there. I really want to change that. I just don't know how to do it because I hate sports, but I know that I can't keep going on like this.
I remember the time I used to love go out running to clear my head and it always felt really good. Maybe I can start that again. But than I have to keep it up in any weather, because I know I'll be to lazy to start all over again.

Be more motivated for certain things. 
I tend to lose motivation so fast, even with things I like. For example I'm really interested in my studies but I'm just not motivated and I kind of didn't do anything in the last semester for it. I hate that. The same goes for writing, I love it and I really want to finish this one story I have started all those years ago, but every time I look at it I can't find a way to keep going.

Start writing again.
I don't mean the writing on the blog, but story writing or poem writing. I miss it. I used to write a lot, just different short things, but I kind of just stoped doing it. I have to change it.

Go to more concerts.
This might sound stupid, but I only went to three concerts last year and I don't like that. I remember the time I went to around 12 concerts a year, several in a month. I really miss this. Concerts always make me feel so much better. I can lose myself there and let lose of all those "depressing" thoughts surrounding myself. I always feel so much better after a good concert.
I need to follow all those (not Japanese) bands more and keep track of their tours, so I won't miss them all the time.

Finally to visit a book fair again and maybe a convention.
I really really want that a lot. Reading is just this huge passion I have and I love book fairs. I used to go there in the past, but since no one ever wants to go with me anymore I stoped so too. I don't know what keeps me from going there alone, since I'm perfectly fine going to concerts by myself.
The same counts for conventions. I don't need to attend something big, I just miss the anime & manga stuff and looking at cosplayers. (<= This kind of sounds stupid, but I appreciate a good cosplay.)

Attend more Lolita related meet ups.
I love Lolita fashion so much and I even own quite a few pieces. I kind of never wear it, even though it's so expensive. I just can't wear it that often, because I think it's to "uncomfortable" for uni and I'm not allowed to wear it at work (we have to wear a uniform). So most of the time my most pretty dresses and skirts are just hanging in the closet. This really annoys me.
Also I went to the last Christmas meet up after a really long time not going and it was really good. Met so many nice ladies and I really want to keep that up. I want to meet more people who love the same fashion I do and just have fun and enjoy wearing one of my favourite hobbies.

Work more on myself.
What do I mean with this? Just to keep my head clear of depressing things and thoughts, to work more on my self confidence and fight my social anxiety.
Even though I love so many different things which aren't that present in today's society I really have a "weak" mind. I tend to be super shy, that goes as far as not asking for help or information, if I have a bad day. I thought I had overcome this part, but it kind of returned last year again and I really have a hard time fighting it. There are some more different things I don't want to go in detail with, though.
I keep going back to sad or depressing thoughts and that really holds me down, maybe that's also the reason for my lost motivation.
So, I really want to fight it this year and be better to myself and get out of that state of mind.

Be more creative again.
What I really mean is doing videos. Not booktube videos or something a like. Just some creative videos. Maybe something like changing seasons or to track some special moments, to express more art through moving pictures. Things like that.
Also I want to get back into graphic design. I learned it a few years ago and it actually is my certificated job, but when I finished my apprenticeship I was so annoyed by it and felt like all creativity was gone. Lost somewhere in a black hole in outer space. But every time I plan and create a new header for my blog and work on photos for the different entries I realise that I miss this and that I want to get back into creating printed stuff.

Get a new camera.
I really want to do more professional photos and I really need a new camera. Sadly the ones I want are all so expensive and even though I start saving up for one of them I kind of never reach the goal, because I just have too many expensive hobbies.
I really need to start to sort out my priorities more!
I also want a Fuji Instax Mini 8 so much. These are just so cute!!!

Use my calendar more and start planing through my week/ month.

I have this super cute dookibook and I really love it. But I kind of never use it. I need to keep track of a few things and I want to start doing it this year more intensive. I want to keep track of my homework, my work schedule and my blogging schedule in it. So I'll know when I have to prepare certain things.

I don't really want to over decorate it with a tone of stickers and washi tape, but I actually want to decorate it a bit every week, just to keep it pretty.

Blogging Resolutions

Get a real blogging schedule.

Actually worked on this in December and I already have most of January planed out. I'm so proud of myself!

There will be two entries a week one T10T or T5W, depends on which topic suites my mood better and depending on which of those I did another entry on Saturdays or Sundays. If  I have a review or a read-a-thon to post about, but also an already scheduled entry there could be three entries a week. Some things just need to get off my mind as fast as possible.

Expand my blogging topics.

What does this mean? I know, I already have a mixed blog, but I really want to have it like this. I don't want to have a million blogs for all the different things I want to write about. I'll keep up my movies, tv shows, manga and anime stuff, but I also want to do more discussions when there is something specific on my mind I want to talk about. I want to write more about different countries and cultures, about Lolita fashion and maybe about my favourite make up products. I'm not sure about that last one, because I think I don't really want to talk too much about anything make up, but there are a few things I really like a lot. I also thought about reviewing CDs of my favourite bands or something alike.

What do you think about that?

If you have any suggestions for discussions or different topics I could write about please let me know.

Write at least one book review a month.

I really want to start book reviewing. I often have so many thoughts on books I read, but I nearly never write them down and I don't really have someone to talk about this a lot. I try to bring my friends to read the books I loved, but none of them reads as much as I do and my sister is not that passionate about talking about books, even though she reads them.

So I have to start reviewing more and discuss certain things I liked and disliked about them.

Comment more on other people's blogs and videos.

This is a part of the "working on myself" resolution I have mentioned earlier. I even get super shy and socially awkward online and tend to just read a blog entry or watch a video without commenting, even when I have to say something about it. This annoys me so much and I know that commenting would lead to discussion and that this could also change another thing I dislike, not being able to discuss books with other people.

I know I need to change that to achieve what I have planed with the following resolution.

Get this lovely blog more out there and promote it more.

I really want more traffic on my beloved baby. I started blogging so many years ago, and decided a few years ago to import all the different things on this one. But I never really promoted any type of blog I had. I want to change it and get this one out there, to stay motivated writing entries and to get to know more people who like the same things I like and to have someone to talk about all the things I can't talk about with friends.

It's so weird but I tend to have friends with who I only have one common interest. It's so strange. And none of them likes to discuss books or wears my kind of fashion. I need more of those, that's why I want to push my Fairytales out there.

Finally start my planed blog about East Asian Art.

I have this blog planed since I started studying East Asian Art, and I really want to start that blog. I want to discuss a few topics on it and I want to talk about how it is to study this field of art and what it actually means.