New Year New You, and all that B.S.

It is that time of year again! Writing those 2019 dreams and goals down, because if you write them down you will do it! YEAH RIGHT!!! Disclaimer - the rate of achieving your goals is actually higher when you right them down... so more power to you! Except there is also a real reason why there are so many jokes about gyms being super packed January 1st and then basically becoming ghost towns by January 20th. So, here we go...

I am NOT going to wait until January 1st to start being a better me.

I have never been a fan of people telling me when to do and when to do it (hence the meaning behind the blog name), so I am certainly not going to succumb to words on a calendar telling me what to do and when! I will work on me when I am good and ready. And even then, I will take it day by day and piece by piece.

So, like, when will you even work on yourself Ashley?

I started a couple of months ago by drinking my body weight in ounces of water... that is more water than I would like to consume in a day, which is even more motivation to shed those extra five or ten pounds that I want to lose... because then that is five or ten less ounces of water I have to drink, hallelujah! Next up... I started this blog and my Instagram page... because I was really struggling with finding my own personal passions in my life. My husband and my kids are a given, they are my reason for existing... but I was struggling with the inner me... the part that drinking all that water can't actually help. I felt so wrapped up in the hustle to make 'life' work at home and at work, that I started feeling like I was forgetting who I really was. THAT IS DEEP. But for real though! I needed to do something, anything, to bring myself to life... enter the ASHLEYSHOULD blog and Instagram page!

Why a blog? Because I can type freely about whatever the hell is on my mind, whether people read it or not... but hopefully someone does, and hopefully it helps someone with something along the way. Why Instagram? Because I have always been fascinated with fashion and beauty... I figure that I can post random stuff about myself in normal priced clothes, in a normal environment that another normal person can relate to, and maybe inspire them to try something new. Side note -->I did hair for six years and I loved it, I even miss it from time to time. I don't miss working nights and weekends, but I do miss the passion I had for helping people love themselves just a smidge more... so I kind of get that out of the Instagram posts... inspiring myself while inspiring others... fancy.

I am so excited for this journey, one that I get to have all to myself and navigate all on my own with no one telling me when I should, how I should, where I should, with who I should, how much I should... it is just me, being me all by MEself and I love it! Next, I plan to seriously consider breaking my habit of biting my nails... again.

So, that is how I am working on me... a blog and an Instagram page! I will say, over the last couple of weeks it has been tons of fun and this blog has helped me navigate my feelings in my head and heart because I get to time to think when I write (type, whatever).

So I say EFF OFF JANUARY FIRST! I am already ahead of you, and I am going to come into 2019 with a roundhouse kick to your "telling people when they should start working on themselves" mentality! We will do what we want!

Peace out 2018!