We’re back to the fresh start feeling at the New Year. I recapped 2023 in last week’s post. I’m honestly more excited about the second part of 2024 than the first part (I’m dreading needing to finish my Master’s project.) While I have a few resolutions and intentions, this post is more about ins and outs. Hope you had a lovely New Years with family and friends!
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My resolutions for the year:
I resolve to get my driver’s license. I failed when I took the test in August.
I resolve to go to Boston. I had a trip planned last September, and of course, that weekend was the weekend NYC flooded 🙁
I resolve to go abroad again. 😉
I resolve to graduate journalism school.
I resolve to get a big girl job. I would love to start working full-time and move forward on some financial goals I’ve had in the past 2 years.
I resolve to read more classic literature. While I did read a ton last year, I want to hone on the classics I didn’t have time to read (and technically still don’t have time to read in grad school.)
Silly resolution: I’d love to go to coffee shops in 5 new to me neighborhoods in NYC.
Wild resolution (tiny chance this will happen): I get an opportunity to live abroad, ideally 6 months.
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WORD OF THE YEAR
My word of the year is *drumroll* hope.
I kept seeing this word popping up after God whispered to me on my birthday. It appeared in the Bronx while I was reporting. On the Golden Bachelor. On a Substack post by Lore Wilbert. Reading a Mitford book with the main character being Hope. A message from Sarah Southern.
So, we’re gonna try to hope. Hope I get a job when I graduate. Hope I get my license. Hope I travel for my birthday this year to see dear college friends.
2024 WALLPAPERS
Here’s my 2024 wallpapers – one for my lockscreen and the other for my home screen.
The themes are hints of blue, cozy fires, traveling to new places, enjoying food and wine with friends, looking at the beauty of NYC, and reading.
INS AND OUTS FOR 2024
In
- Being hopeful about the future
- Adventures with friends
- Sunscreen
- Hair care
- Seeing my college besties (like Cata and Chloe!)
- Dancing to music I love
- Praying for my friends
- Traveling to new places
Out
- Buying concert tickets and not going
- Stressing about things I can’t control
- Lack of clarity
- Being envious of other people’s successes
- Being horrible at responding to texts
Wishing you all a delightful and peace-filled 2024!
Signing off,
Gigi
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