。*✧ 2017 Resolutions ✧*。

As much as I wasn't ready for it, 2017 reared it's ugly face. The beginning of a new year puts so much pressure on me. Every

January 1st it's like, "Okay , I HAVE to get my life together now" and then December 31st come around and I'm like, "Well shit." 

Fingers crossed (& hopefully i don't jinx it by saying this cuz mark my words i'll honestly drive my car off a cliff if i do) 2017 will be the year that I

achieve everything I jot down right here right now on this post!

   

⓵ Get In The Best Shape I've Ever Been ♡
I'm pretty sure I've said this every year since like 2012. But I'm horribly out of shape. I can run up a flight of stairs and need a 15 minute break. Like girl! That ain't good!

⓶ Continue My Vegetarian Journey ♡
I haven't mentioned this really anywhere except Twitter but hello, I'm vegetarian now! Wow how fitting since I'm already a stereotypical opinionated, liberal, hipster, millennial amirite! They all go hand-in-hand huh? :-) No but seriously. I talk about how much I love animals and how I think that people shouldn't be allowed to hunt them for sport because it's f*cked up, yada yada yada. But then people would always clock me like, "Girl you eat meat tho." and I was like, "Damn you got me there." So I took a step back, had a moment of self-reflection, and realized, why do I value the life of one animal over another? The lives of all animals are precious. Whether fluffy, cuddly ones you can keep in your home or not. Going on 3 weeks strong, let's continue another 49 more! 

⓷ Reach 10k Subs on My YouTube Channel & Expand My Brand ♡
I think if I can shell out consistent videos, that 10k will be mine by the end of the year. Also, my channel is very reaction heavy so I'd like to get back into my beauty/lifestyle roots! Sprinkled with reactions that is.

⓸ Start a Bullet Journal ♡
If you don't know what a bullet journal is it's basically a customizable organization system. It can be your to-do list, notebook, diary, sketchbook, or a combination of all of the above all wrapped up in a pretty little moleskin journal. The creative possibilities with these things are all your own and they can become little works of art that also keep you on task. 

Some of my favorite bullet journalists:

Instagrams left to right: @studywithinspo | @teaandtwigs | @studyrose

⓹ Better My Korean ♡
I can read it. I can write it. But understanding it is still a complete miss. I can catch some words or phrases, but I still can't sing along to all of my favorite songs. It gets frustrating so I want to tackle the obstacle that is this language barrier!

⓺  Be PUNCTUAL ♡
My #1 top flaw as a human being is that I can never be on time to anything. I literally was 45 minutes late back to work today because I fell asleep on my break. Who does that?! So, this is something that I definitely definitely definitely need to work on.

⓻ Get My Bank Account Back On Fleek ♡
I've always been fairly good at saving money, so my bank account used to look real nice. But about 2 years ago I was in and out of the hospital on top of losing my job. So all of my bills + being jobless for months depleted my bank account. So I wanna kick ass and get my money back up. :-(

⓼ Learn Calligraphy ♡
This kinda goes along with the bullet journal thing. I LOVE writing. Not in the sense of making up stories but the ACT of writing. I have countless notebooks that I'm always jotting down lists and things in. So I'd like to learn calligraphy to make my lists more...appealing to the eye.

Year 2016: A Recap

2016 had many ups and many downs. I felt like I was being constantly shit on by the year twenty-sixteen but looking back on it, I had some amazing experiences. And today I would like to relive them with you. Enjoy. ♡

A Wishlist of Sorts

Every year I'm hit with the same question: "What do you want for Christmas?" As well as the ever common: "I don't know what to buy you!" "You're too hard to buy for!" I'm...literally..not??????

Does anyone listen to the words that come out of my mouth? Lol I talk about the same stuff all the time:

• Kpop
• Makeup
• Clothes&Shoes
• YouTube

I was originally working on a wishlist post of these items for my blog, but with Christmas fast approaching I thought I might as well just turn it into a Christmas list. Now listen carefully: I will love anything you buy me. You can get me nothing on these lists and I'll still love it all the same. These are just things that I've been eyeing to buy for myself. So I thought I would share them for anyone that might be stumped on what to get me this holiday season. ^-^

23 Things I Love About My Best Friend

Happy Birthday | Feliz Cumpleaños | 생일 축하힙니디

If you don't know already, today is my bestest best friend's birthday. Twenty-three. She's old. And today I wanted to do some appreciating. Evelyn, this one's for you.

Art Museums & Chill?

            Here's a life hack for you: if you're on a tight budget while traveling but still want to do something fun, check out art museums. How is art museum hopping budget friendly? Because it's FREE. Yes, you heard me. It doesn't cost you a dime to enjoy beautiful works of art. I stumbled into my first legitimate art museum when I traveled to Cleveland, Ohio last year. The art heaux movement is sweeping its way across the globe and has definitely grabbed my attention. Now, I'm no artist. But I sure as heck can doodle. I so greatly admire anyone with any artistic ability above that of my 5th grade skills. Some might deme art admiring as boring, but I enjoy it a lot and gain so much inspiration from these museums. And the super quiet, intimate atmosphere is something else I appreciate. Check out a couple of the awesome art museums I've been to recently!

Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH) 08.31.15

Dallas Contemporary (Dallas, TX) 07.02.16

。*✧ 2016 Resolutions ✧*。

2015 was arguably the worst year of my life to date, so 2016 owes me. Of course, I don't expect a great year to just be handed over to me without effort. So I've comprised a list of resolutions/things I want to accomplish this year. 

♡ Get In The Best Shape I've Ever Been ♡
I know everyone makes this resolution but goddamnit it's my turn. I want to be fit and lean and healthy and hot and be able to love my body. I'm aiming for a clean diet, minimal cheat meals, and working out 3-5 times a week. One thing I most definitely want to overcome is my addiction to sugar. It's bad y'all. If I wasn't pre-diabetic before the holidays, bih I am now. 

♡ Move Out Of My Parent's House ♡
I love my family. I really do. More than anything in this world. And the thought of leaving them makes my heart hurt. But I've lived in the same town my entire life. I need out and to experience new things. I want to escape this small town life and move to a bigger city. I want to get a cute little apartment and decorate it the way I want and just be more of an adult! Be independent!

♡ Start A YouTube Channel ♡
Ok, I actually already have one. But I want to start uploading regularly on it. I have like one vlog on there and the rest are just a bunch of old home videos. I love YouTube and I'm subscribed to so many creative people that inspire me to create content of my own! I think the direction I wanna go with this channel is along the lines of fashion/beauty/lifestyle. 

♡ Get More Hobbies/Learn New Skills ♡
If you asked me right now what my hobbies are I couldn't tell ya. What a boring life to live? I want to find something I'm passionate about. Something creative that I can channel my time and energy into instead of just wasting my free hours stuck behind a computer refreshing my Tumblr feed until my fingers fall off. One thing I for sure want to get into is dancing. I listen to a lot of kpop as you may know and almost every song for every group has a seriously infectious dance to go with it. I've found a few people on YouTube that teach the choreography to some songs and girl, I get hype! It's so much fun! So I think I wanna find a dance studio to start going to. Alongside dancing I'd like to learn an instrument. I'm thinking either guitar or piano? I'd also like to experiment a little more with my camera, get new lenses and all that. Because I do really like taking pictures. And maybe I can experiment with Photoshop. :)

♡ Learn A New Language ♡
So because of my love for kpop and the language barrier I suffer from, I've taken it upon myself to start learning Korean. I already taught myself how to read and write Hangul, and I know some vocabulary and key phrases, but I would like to see if I can become fluent! I don't know if you've ever tried learning another language but it's actually really interesting! I enjoy coming home and doing my Korean lesson of the day. If I can get Korean down I'd like to learn Spanish next.

All in all this year I just want to be the best me I can be. I want to be a smiling, shining, positive little ray of sunshine that passes around good vibes to everyone! The complete and utter opposite of what I was last year. Gonna do my best to kick the negative thoughts, negative actions, and negative people to the curb. 

Christmas 2k15 Wishlist ♡

I know Christmas is next week but I wanted to share a couple of things I wouldn't mind finding under the tree this year. For all you late shoppers. ^-^

♡ BTS Official Stadium Jumper

♡ EXO Kai Ring 

♡ UNIF Peach iPhone 6S Case 

♡ Tony Moly I'm Real Mask Sheets

♡ Cutout Heart Crop Top 

♡ Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago Vinyl LP

♡ Lush Rosy Cheeks Face Mask

♡ Lush Peeping Santa Bubble Bar

♡ Public Desire Chloe Boot

Country Weekend

09.25.15 - 09.27.15

This past weekend I took a much needed trip to the tiniest little town in Texas to visit my family and also to celebrate my 

grandma's 60th birthday. In a town with a population of a little under 700 people, there isn't much to do for a little old woman. 

So we booked the senior citizen center to throw a surprise party for our Wonder Woman <3 

I didn't get any other pictures of the party which I'm a little upset about, but I was just too busy making sure my grandma had the greatest time. I love that woman to the moon and back again and I hope she felt all the love that day! ♥◡♥

We spent the rest of the weekend at my aunt Jessica and uncle Peter's little country home. They recently moved out into the middle of nowhere and it's honestly so lovely. Anybody who knows me knows that I love the city life, but every once in awhile it's nice to be able to walk out of the house and hear NOTHING. It's so peaceful and it makes me want to spend all of the daylight hours outside.

I don't get to see my grandparents or my aunt&uncle&cousin very often, so when I get the chance I take it. I got to watch my 8 year old cousin Ben play in his first football game, run around the countryside chasing their red-heeler pup Nico, and eat some gooood homemade Mexican food. But I think my favorite part of the whole trip was staying up late in the living room with everyone trying to figure out riddles. It's the little things, honestly.

xoxo, Danielle