Happy New Year Everyone!
I hope you celebrated with some bubbly!
![Fireworks in Montreal, summer 2012](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8223/8330842978_6be69b3057_z.jpg)
My evening was lovely and I spent it with friends (and bubbly). You can't go wrong with that.
Last year
I made some resolutions for the upcoming year. I didn't make any personal ones, but concentrated more on my business. I made five resolutions and I think it's time to take a look back and, perhaps, make some new ones too!
![Fireworks in Montreal, summer 2012](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8364/8329787265_8bb056aba7_z.jpg)
The first resolution was to revamp the blog. I did that and have been tweaking it a few times since then. I feel like it's reflecting the vision I have much more closely than before, but there are still things to be done. I absolutely did accomplish this, but I feel more needs to be done still. So, I think I need to make a resolution for 2013 to keep working on the look of the blog. I want to streamline the content too. I have some new ideas that I will slowly start introducing in the upcoming year, so stay tuned for that. I love blogging even more than I did this time last year, so I will keep at it. I might have to stop writing every day though as I have some more time consuming ideas, but I think it'll be worth it in the end. All this is to say that the resolution for 2013 is to:
1. Concentrate on all the aspects of the blog, the texts, the look, the photos and make sure they all show more personality.
![Fireworks in Montreal, summer 2012](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8213/8329786703_e0a7bbe511_z.jpg)
The second resolution was to learn how to take better photos. Well, that I can confidently say I've gotten much, much better at. I've taken a few photos this year that even people who very rarely compliment anyone have told me they are good. More importantly, I am happy with those photos. I need to do a lot less editing than before and there are several photos where the only editing I did was cropping. However, there are many things to learn still. I want to get better! To continue from last year, my resolution for 2013 is to:
2. Learn to be more consistent when taking photos and keep continuously improving.
The third resolution was to think less and create more. That was a tough one. I have improved on this aspect a lot! I am proud to say that I tried many things that didn't work and I shrugged them off and went off to make something else. I tried to plan less, but the list-maker in me still takes hold sometimes. However, the improvement from last year is significant. There were things that worked out well without too much planning. All in all, I did get better, but there is much more to do. In the end, I can't change who I am, so the resolution for 2013 is to:
3. Create more.
![Fireworks in Montreal, summer 2012](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8080/8330843646_486e290c0e_z.jpg)
The fourth resolution was to participate in more craft fairs. Which I did. Done and Done! I don't think I need to make this a resolution any longer, this is now an ongoing plan. Keep doing more fairs. Not a resolution, but a part of the business plan.
My fifth and final resolution was to stress less. Yeah... No easy feat that one. I do think I developed leaps and bounds on this one as well. I have been feeling much better in 2012 compared to 2011. However, I am nowhere near where I need to be. One major thing I did realize this year was the cause of most of my stress. So, the resolution for 2013 is to:
4. Concentrate more on me and worry less about others.
![Fireworks in Montreal, summer 2012](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8492/8329786301_a27055291f_z.jpg)
Looking at these resolutions makes me feel pretty good. I can compare these to the ones from last year and I can see how they are becoming more specific. Which really means that I am getting more specific on the things I need to work on. I like the trend, so I am super excited to see what they will be next year.
Like I mentioned before, I do have some cool plans for my blog for this year. I want to make sure that I feel inspired writing and that there is something interesting for all of you to read about.
I've realized that for those of you who know me personally, this blog makes a lot of sense. You know who I am and how everything I write about falls into place with my personality. However, I also realize that all of you who don't know me, and there's quite a few of you, this is a rather superficial peek into who I am. I always enjoy reading blogs where you get more of a feeling who the writer is, so I promise to exercise a little less censorship on my own writing.
Perhaps try to be less wordy...
Have you made any resolutions/decisions for 2013?