I started writing this at the close of January 1st, and obviously am only finishing and posting it now. Which is thankfully not too much later, so it’s still resolution season. The number of times that I wrote, stopped, rewrote, and stopped again and that was all with this post. Haha I struggle with writing new year’s resolution posts, to be perfectly honest, because I never know what to make as my resolutions for the year. But I think I finally settled on what I wanted to do this year (at least as of the beginning of the year, who knows where this year will take me):
Embrace others more
In 2023, I want to be more active and present in the online communities and friend groups that I am grateful to be a part of. While I haven’t been absent, I would like to participate more, where I’m a member in more than just name. I think I’ve spent too much time lately in focusing on myself (and not really in a good way) and not enough time in embracing and being there for others.
Get and stay organized with Notion so that I can enjoy life more
Over a year ago, I wrote about how I was trying out Todoist to become more organized. I think I even said that I would write a blog post talking about my experience after a month. I didn’t write the post, and in fact I don’t use Todoist anymore because it didn’t work for me. After struggling to use it and stay on top of it, I realized that it wasn’t the system that would work best for me. Which is fine, that happens. Sometime after that, I started hearing about Notion. Between seeing gorgeous templates online to hearing online friends talk about how much they loved it and how much it helped, I decided to try it for myself. It’s still a work in progress, but it does give me more of what I need from an organizational system to help me get my life together.
Be more diligent in daily language study
As someone who has been a fan and consumer of Korean media for almost 5 years, I finally started learning the language back in 2020. I did not get far, other than learning the alphabet hahaha. I practiced a little here and there, but there was no actual dedication to learning until the fall of 2021 when I saw one of the Tiktok creators I follow talking about how she found her Korean tutor (on Preply). So I hopped online, read through various tutor profiles, and watched their intro videos before signing up for a trial lesson. That trial lesson wouldn’t be until January of 2022 (so a little under 2 months after I signed up), and I was sold. Having a tutor helped me improve so much faster than if I had kept on alone, but I also got into the habit (which was probably always there) of only really studying the day before or the day of a lesson. I genuinely want to learn and become more fluent, so I need to put in the work. So my action plan is 30 minutes of daily studying so that I can remember what I already learned and also improve myself.
Create and stick to a daily writing practice
I’ve always been in awe of writers who share about how their writing practice has helped them. So in order to do more and write the stories and content that I want to write, I need to be putting in the practice. 2023 is the year where I stop daydreaming about writing, and actually do the thing even and ESPECIALLY when it gets hard. I want, genuinely, genuinely want to build the discipline that is needed to be able to write anywhere at anytime no matter how tired I am or how much I struggle with finding the words.
Build a stronger spiritual foundation through scripture study, prayer, temple visits, and in being active and present in my church meetings
I have been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints my entire life, and while I have been a lifelong member, I have often struggled with having a strong foundation in the gospel. I don’t always read my scriptures or pray, it’s only been in the last 4-5 months that I have made an effort to go to the temple regularly, and I wouldn’t be very social at church or really participate in meetings and activities. In 2023, I would like to develop a stronger testimony and foundation in the gospel, so that I can feel centered no matter what life throws my way.
Start my Youtube channel
I’ve been on Tiktok for almost 2 years now (haha somewhere around that) but have only been a creator on the app for 11 months. February 6th and 7th will be the 1 year anniversaries of my first two videos introducing and starting the DFP as a series on my channel. And I have loved learning and growing on Tiktok, and certainly getting out of my comfort zone and creating videos with me in them (that was definitely a big step for me). But creating and running a channel on Youtube has been a dream of mine since long before creating videos on Tiktok. So in 2023, I want to start making Youtube videos and push myself even more as a content creator.
Strive to be more authentic in my offline and online life
For this last one, it was hard to figure out how to put into action steps how to accomplish this resolution, other than saying, “just do it.” But I did get a lot of practice over the last year through my Tiktok videos. As I made videos, watching them back, trying different things to make the videos better, there was a point where I didn’t like where I was headed. The videos felt stiff, and while they weren’t necessarily boring to make, I didn’t really like the end results. After participating in a group coaching call, I was reminded that I wasn’t really sounding like me in those videos, so I set out to fix that. I’m still learning, and that is something I really want to focus on in 2023. For any content that I make or for how my website looks (as it is going through an obvious design change, haha), I want to feel like me so that when I create, I’m creating from the heart and not from an empty shell.
What resolutions do you want to work on in 2023? Are they new or are they ones from a previous year that you want to improve and accomplish? Share and comment below!
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