decemeber 31st 2018 i wasn’t feeling all that great. i figured i would be ringing in the new year sick. having already planned to hang out with a good friend though i decided i would still celebrate new years eve in hopes i just needed a change of scenery after having spent hours tucked away in my room editing photos. however, upon making it to my friends house that didn’t seem to be the case and despite the multiple times during the night thinking i wouldn’t stay awake to reign in 2019, i somehow managed to push through. that said i paid the price the next day. not only did i end up sleeping until 12 i only made it maybe couple hours before getting back in bed with a rag over my head in hopes to ease the headache that i knew would come from the moment i woke. i felt like i had completely wasted the day and in honestly wanted to cry because what a way to start the year. definitely not how i pictured the beginning of 2019 going. then i remembered that just because it didn’t start great doesn’t mean that it won’t be great and here is why;

- the beginning of the year or month is not going to change things. only you can do that. your attitude and mindset, your dedication and perseverance that is all up to you. you want it to makes changes? you want to start something new? you want it to be the best year yet? do it. there is no better time than the present.

- there are going to be sad days, frustrating days, stressful days; that loves is a given, but there will also be happy days and lots of them. do not let the struggles of today define tomorrow.

- life is up to you. you are the artist to your future. paint the picture you want. your life is in your hands, because even though we can not control everything we do get to choose how we let it affect us. the way we react is our choice.

- life to too beautiful and we are too blessed not to be completely and utterly in love with our stories. sure life isn’t always easy and things do not always go as planned but life is pretty gosh darn amazing when you really stop to look, to think, to notice.

i am telling you; perspective is everything.

let’s make 2019 the next best year because every year should be the best one yet. here’s to making this one even better than the one before. let’s choose happy.