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Happy New Year Wanderlusters 🌎

January 12, 2019 /

Happy New Year! Just like that, a WHOLE ‘nother year has seemed to fly by, and it’s January again. 2018 brought Sean and I a lot of amazing memories together.

We…

1.) Traveled to 9 other states + Washington D.C.

Tennessee Welcome Sign
Quick midnight stop at the welcome sign before continuing on to Clingman’s Dome in the Smoky Mountains

2.) Ran the Pittsburgh Half Marathon together – a first for Sean & second for me

Pittsburgh Half Marathon
Post race at Point State Park in Pittsburgh

3.) Took our first trip to Ireland and LOVED IT

Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Cliffs of Moher

4.) I took my first steps on the Appalachian Trail while Sean probably took his millionth 😆

McAffee Knob, Virginia Part of the Appalachian Trail
McAffee Knob – Virginia

5.) We bought our first home together

The keys to our new home

6.) And we went back home to California for Christmas ❤️

Napa Valley, CA
Jumping for joy to be back home again

All in all, it was truly a wonderful year spent together, and one we will continue to treasure. But as always, I’ve written up some of my own personal goals and aspirations for 2019.

Cliche, right?

But I just love the idea of a clean slate. That feeling of being at the very beginning of something and not knowing what’s to come – but being excited anyways.

You know that feeling when you wake up while the sky is still dark and the whole day is in front of you? 😃 It’s like that.

Anyway, I usually draw up a ridiculous list of things I want to change or improve, but this year, I tried to keep it more simple. I’m going to share a few of my own good intentions for 2019, and I hope you’ll leave me a comment with some of yours as well. ❤️

Here’s to reaching our New Year’s goals – and then making more 😉

2019 Goals

  • Read one book EVERY single month. I don’t care if it’s just a fun read or something to challenge and grow me as a person. I just want to read more. If you have any special book recommendations, leave them in the comments for me!
  • Post more consistently on social media and the blog. I took a few steps back from it all for a while because I started to ask myself what the point was. It seemed that I wasn’t enjoying being on my phone all of the time, trying to post content to IG stories/feed, Facebook, the blog, Pinterest etc. I felt like it took me out of the moment from the things I was trying to share about. Coming back into it, I’d like to go about it all a little differently. I want to push myself to be more active with it all and still find a way to enjoy the actual experience because we realized we LOVE having the stories and posts to look back on and reflect over all of our trips.
  • Be more active than not. I feel as if I’ve reached a point where caring about how many calories I eat or burn just doesn’t matter. I just want to feel good in my body, and for me that means staying active and becoming more fit (while still maintaining a healthy diet). Whether it’s going to the gym, working out at home, running around the block or hiking a mountain, I just want to move my body more.
  • Adventure More, Spend Less, Invest the Rest. This is pretty much my motto for 2019, and my final big “Goal”. In the last year and a half, Sean and I have done quite a bit of traveling in our spare time. This year, we want to keep that rhythm going, but explore new places even MORE while managing to spend LESS. What we save, I want to invest and watch our travel fund grow!

Don’t forget to let me know what some of your resolutions/goals/intentions/aspirations are for this New Year. I’m excited to hear them! And thanks for reading!

XOXO,

Jamie

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