Tuesday 30 December 2014

"Rememberloutions" instead of resolutions? hmm.. might give this a try!


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Tired of making New Year’s resolutions you never keep? Do something different this year and make “rememberlutions!”

Tired of making New Year's resolutions you never keep? Do something different this year and make "rememberlutions!"
Lauren Zaser for BuzzFeed
New Year’s resolutions can be energizing and motivating, but they can also lead you to beat yourself up; focusing on the previous year’s failures to figure out where to do better next year is no way to live. And when you don’t keep your resolutions (yet again), you can feel completely defeated.
So instead of focusing on shortcomings, prepare to celebrate each awesome thing that happens next year.

Make a jar now that you can fill with memories and accomplishments over the course of the next 12 months.



You can review and remember when the ball drops at the end of 2015!

In order to make one of your own, all you need is a garden-variety jar…

In order to make one of your own, all you need is a garden-variety jar...
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Any size, any shape. Whether you’d like a lid or not is totally up to you.

And a plethora of craft supplies.

And a plethora of craft supplies.
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We used googly eyes, yarn, stickers, paint pens, and copious amounts of glitter. We found that a glue gun was the best way to make all of the trinkets stick to glass, but glass/metal glue worked as well (it’s about $7 at any craft store).

Then go to town. Several folks chose to festoon their jars with inspirational quotes and reminders.

Then go to town. Several folks chose to festoon their jars with inspirational quotes and reminders.
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When your jar is decorated to your heart’s content, it’s time for the rememberlutions themselves.

When your jar is decorated to your heart's content, it's time for the rememberlutions themselves.
Lauren Zaser for BuzzFeed

Over the course of the year, whenever anything happens that makes you proud, write it down and put it in the jar.

Over the course of the year, whenever anything happens that makes you proud, write it down and put it in the jar.
Lauren Zaser for BuzzFeed

It doesn’t matter how big or small it is.

It doesn't matter how big or small it is.
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Nor how personal.


Lauren Zaser for BuzzFeed

All that matters is it’s yours.

All that matters is it's yours.
Lauren Zaser for BuzzFeed

And when you empty it at the end of 2015, you will remember all the rad things you’ve accomplished.

49 new years resolutions for twentysomethings from Buzzfeed


I plan to modify this for my resolutions- but the whole list is pretty cool. :)

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1. Cut down on drunk texting, or at least try to.
2. And if you do end up drunk messaging an ex, just shrug it off. Don’t spend the entirety of your next day hungover, hating yourself.
3. In fact, learn to shrug things off more often. Let 2015 be the year of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
4. Stop dieting: Just eat more fruit and veg and drink a ton of water.
16. Dive off of the highest diving board at your local pool.
5. Although, it’s probably about time to stop eating all your meals in bed. Greasy pizza stains are a nuisance to get out of sheets.
6. Figure out how to re-create your favourite takeaway food at home.
7. Revisit places from your childhood that were memorable, whether it’s the gym you used to go for tumble tots or the pier where you ate your first ever ice cream.
8. Figure out what makes you tick, what you actually feel passionate about, and delve further into it. Never stop learning.
9. Learn to reshuffle your schedule so you have more time for creative projects, and make sure you finish those projects.
10. Pick a European city to visit this year.
11. Ride the scariest roller coaster you can think of.
12. Stop beating yourself up about missing the gym, instead find a form of exercise you actually enjoy.
13. Dance alone in your room whenever you get the chance.
14. Take a social media break.
15. Delete people who still send you Candy Crush invites.
17. Also, jump into a pool/the sea/a lake fully dressed this year – you’ll feel so badass.
18. Have dessert for breakfast and breakfast food for dinner.
19. Ditch phones when you’re eating with other people.
20. Stop worrying about when to text someone you like. Don’t give into all those silly games this year.
21. Sing out loud whenever you feel like it.
22. Cry unashamedly.
23. Worry less about what people think.
24. Give more compliments.
25. Meet up with old school friends.
26. Clear out all the clutter in your room and clothes you no longer fit into.
27. Write someone a love letter.

28. Try a food you’ve never eaten before. Also, find out how high your spicy food tolerance really is.
29. Let go of the past, scribble all your worries onto a piece of paper, climb to the highest point in your city, and throw all those bits pieces of paper down. TAKE THAT PAST.
30. Frame treasured family photos.
31. Treat your parents to dinner.
32. Meditate, or at least try to.
33. Walk to places: Get off that crammed bus and let your feet do the moving.
34. Don’t spend the ENTIRE weekend on Netflix – maybe limit it to Sundays.
35. Dip your toes in a sea you’ve never been to before.

36. Spend an entire day at the arcade and see if you can actually win something.
37. Ask your grandparents about their childhood.
38. Volunteer in your local soup kitchen.
39. Spend a day playing one of the older versions of The Sims and try not to use a cheat code.
40. Learn to use Excel properly.
41. Order your books and DVDs, alphabetically or any way you like. Make a to-read/watch list to add to the collection.
42. Dedicate a Tumblr to your BFF charting your friendship and send them the link on their birthday.
43. Give blood.
44. Do some crafty DIY hacks around your home to make the place more cosy.
45. Invest in matching underwear.
46. Start a Mexican wave in the queue for a nightclub.
47. When you get a wedding invite, actually make the effort to go. Don’t fret about your plus one; take a friend and be the first to hit the dance floor.
48. Ditch all frenemies; you don’t need any people in your life you secretly can’t stand.
49. Learn to make the first move, be bold, be brave, be the first to dance, grab 2015 by the horns
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