Let's have another one of those posts where I rant about what actually matters in my life. I've spent enough time being a kid and not taking anything too seriously, but now that I'm entering my second year of university, am taking this blogging thing seriously and live alone I need to mature ASAP. It's time to, for real, cut people from my life that are being a negative influence. It's time for me to start caring about myself, doing what's right for me and only bringing along the people in my life who actually matter and are making a positive influence on me. It's time to assess what's actually important and cut the crap. I feel like a broken record talking about this because all I've been talking recently on my blog is about cutting the crap out of my life, but I haven't been listening to myself... My friends have given me a timeline of February 29th to have certain aspects (they know what that means...) out of my life; so to coincide with that I've decided that by February 29th I want to have as much of the shit out of my life and to be as put together as I can be... Let's see if I can actually do it. I'm going to start focusing more on me (narcissism alert). I don't mean that in the way of, oh look how good I am, look at me, look at me. But more doing things because I want to do them and not because I feel forced or pressured into doing them. I want to spend more times doing things I love and to feel more positive about things. This year is all about reassessing my life and cutting the shit - have I said that enough times already? I urge anyone and everyone to travel as far away and as much as possible. Work your butt off when you're home and save all that cash, go without the latest gadgets, learn to love cheap food or go without a few luxuries just until you have the money saved and travel. Just do it, you won't regret it. Find out how other people in this big world live and realise that the world is a whole lot bigger than just your town. When you come home, things may still be the same but your mind will have shifted. And trust me, that makes it a better place. And then repeat. Work more. Go without. Travel. Ever wanted to just pack up your life for a bit and move overseas or even to a different state to try that for bit?? Do it!! You're not going to have that ability forever. You can't just, at the drop of a hat, pick up your entire career, husband/wife/partner, kids, house and move... So why not do it while you're young?! Meeting people overseas is one of the greatest experiences along with seeing how others live. I want to spend more time and effort on my blog and making it a more accurate representation of me and less oh look at the shitty shit that's happening in my life right now. I want to focus more on happiness and less on letting people get me down. It's time to be exactly who I want to be and less what others want me to be.

Let's do this!