March Favorites: Songs

Hey guys! I know I said in the beginning of the year that I'd post more and I kinda left you hanging. Sorry! Then, I couldn't decide what I wanted to come back with. So, why not start back on a good note. 

(If you click on the songs, it'll send you to that YouTube video) 

Here goes my March Favorite Songs: 

• Sit Still, Look Pretty by Daya 
• Wasn't Expecting That by Jamie Lawson
• Rock Bottom by Hailee Steinfeld ft. DNCE 
• Light It Up (ft. Nyla & Fuse ODG) by Major Lazer 
• History by One Direction 
• Heavy (Jussie Smollett) by Empire  EXPLICT 
• I Hate You, I Love You by Gnash ft. Olivia O'Brien EXPLICT 
• Over and Over Again by Nathan Sykes 

~And that's the way the cookie crumbles!~

Challenge Yourself

People say that everything happens for a reason, and to that I say “HOGWASH”! 

They say that good things come to those who wait, and to that I say PROVE IT! 

Because everything that I thought I knew, is now being challenged. I thought I knew everything about what I know, but now I don't think so. Oh My Gosh!  That was so confusing. but that’s what I think. I'm sitting on my couch and I’m wondering how accurate my thoughts are? You grow up thinking one thing and one day it gets challenged and then you're at a loss for words. It’s like life just waited until you thought you had it all together and then BAM! CHANGE. No explanation. No reasoning. Just figure it out. The sooner the better obviously, but until then you're left on your own. 

It’s like you get dropped in the middle of a field by yourself and your thoughts. No one to help you, or save you, or anything. What do you do? What do you believe? What do you say? What do you think? Do you chose to continue believing what you already believe because that’s the easy way out, or do you challenge yourself to think outside of the box and find the answers? Challenge yourself to find out why things are the way they are! 

So do that! Question what you believe. Now I'm not telling you to completely change who you are, but find out why you are who are. Find out why the things that bother you, bother you. Find out why you believe what you believe. And hey, maybe you’ll learn more about yourself than you care to know, maybe you'll realize the error in some of your ways, and maybe, just maybe you’ll become the person that you always hoped you’d be. The real you that you keep locked away from everyone else. 

So lets do this. Together! 

~And that’s the way the cookie crumbles!~

Hello 2016

Hey guys. Long time no blog. I know, you don’t want to hear my excuses but my first semester of college was an adjustment. And it seems like every time I went to blog something would come up! But I’m on winter break now, I’m going to try to start posting at least once a week and hopefully that’ll be my first step. Imagine if I could upload multiple times a week. *GASP*

Right now, my mind is completely focused on 2016 and everything that I want to accomplish. I think that if I write them out, I’ll have more of a desire to get them done, because now they’re out in the universe.

  My Goals for 2016-

1.     Read my Bible everyday – My faith is very important to me, but lately it’s been taking a backseat to everything else in my life. I want to try to read the Bible through this year, and also have a more personal relationship with God.

2.     Workout 6 days a week – I want to try-out for my schools Track & Field team and right now, I am in horrible shape. Also, I want to feel better about myself and help boost my self-confidence.

3.     Daily Journal – I have kept a personal journal on and off for almost 5 years, but this year I want to make journaling a daily thing. It doesn’t even have to be super long. Just a little synopsis of how I’m feeling, so when the year is over I can look back and reminisce.

4.     Be Positive – I am very environmentally impacted. Meaning if someone around me is sad or happy I tend to lean more towards their feeling. This year I want to be in charge. I want to look for the good in life.

5.     Blog – I have a lot of goals for this blog. Mostly I want to put more effort and really begin making it a priority. I also want to branch out in the blogging community and be a part of a network/ group that helps and uplifts each other.

6.     Me First – I have a tendency to put others view of me as who I actually am. I’m learning that living that way isn’t helping me at all. I am going to start thinking about how I feel and what I want before I allow others opinion to sway me.

7.     Read More – Between school, work, and blogging I really don’t have as much free time as I would like, but reading has always been something that I enjoy. I am challenging myself to read 30 books this year.

8.     Socialize - For my first semester in college, I didn’t really branch out at all. I didn’t talk to many people and I want that to change. I don’t want to look back on my college experience and only have gone to classes. I want to make lasting friendships and live a life that I would be proud to tell others one day.

*DISCLAIMER- I am by no means trying to push any of my goals onto anyone, I just wanted to share them to help keep myself accountable and hopefully inspire someone else to create their own personal goals.

~And that's the way the cookie crumbles!~