I Bought My Own Domain!

I've been attempting to write something meaningful, enlightening, and exciting tonight. However, I don't think I can come up with much. But, I do have news! I finally bought into Wordpress' tempting little blurbs on purchasing your domain for just $18/year (it's really around $26, if you add some security measures). I didn't think I should buy my own domain since I don't blog much ... didn't feel like I deserved it. And I also felt like I needed a "cooler" name. It seems like I'm never going to come up with a better name. But, I still did it and YAY! I feel super, duper special. 

One of My Favorite Quotes

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."
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I'm trying out The Daily Post's 365 Days of Writing Prompts for 2014, and although I'm starting 10 days late (as well as using Day 4's prompt for today), I'm still going to try it out. January 4's prompt is called "Quote Me," and asks: Do you have a favorite quote that you return to again and again? What is it, and why does it move you?

Recommended: "13 Things Mentally Strong People Avoid"

Thank you, Forbes.com. Once again, you've delivered a quick, insightful article that has managed to influence my day and my way of thinking. And most importantly, thank you Ms. Cheryl Conner, for compiling a list you found interesting on your own, to be read by the masses.

This is a must-read for the beginning of the new year. It discusses Mentally Strong People: 13 Things They Avoid.

Enjoy,
N

Sweater Weather — The Neighbourhood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA26uXxh5O0

Once again, I have discovered a song a little after the fact. But, it's never too late to discover good music. The song has got some weird, hipster lyrics and a cool vibe to it, but aside from a great beat, I really like how it goes from an upbeat, fast song to ending in a slow, mellow tone. Makes sense with our emotions.

That Cliché Resolutions List

Happy New Year, friends! I've decided that this year, I'm actually going to make a real resolutions list. I've never done one of these legit resolutions before, where I want to actually work on something on myself consistently. From what I can recall, I found resolutions rather silly — I usually just expected things to change, if they were meant to, year by year. Of course, there will always be certain things that you don't have control over in your life, but most things in your life are. We don't realize how much control we have over our lives. Most of us let the people around us control us, let circumstances influence our decisions, our moods, our behaviors.

2013 was one of the most mixed years of my life, for the lack of a better word. It was extremely hard, disappointing, painful, devastating, yet exciting, full of wisdom, love, and happiness. I lost very close people to my heart, friendships and relationships changed drastically, I got my first official job post-college, made new friendships, and got my feet a little wet in the real world. Obviously, there's so much left for me to discover and know, but 2013 was a year that has begun to carve me into the kind of person I'm probably going to be in the next 5 years. The choice is mine, to stay in the dark places I was in last year, or hold on to the light I found. I've realized, I'm going to hold on to the light I found; and those of you who are having troubles (who isn't, really?), there must have been some moments of light in 2013 —the choice to hold on to those moments is yours, no one else's.