Reflection: 2015 was definitely an interesting year for me. It was definitely not what I imagined it would be. In 2015, I feel like I spent more time trying to make other people happy and seeking the approval of others. I remember thinking that other people's opinions of me meant so much to me. I remember feeling stressed out a lot because I was essentially a "yes woman." I spent a lot of my time down and unhappy with how my life was and things that I couldn't change. I spent part of 2015 running away from God because I couldn't understand what He was doing in my life. I tend to not be the most optimistic person. I call myself being a realist instead. When I originally sat down to write this blog post, I intended to highlight the good times of the year. However I know that when I reflect on this at the end of 2016, I'm going to want to remember it all: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Haha, without further ado, here are some highlights. (P.S. I've now learned from this blog post that I suck at reflections.)

-I finished my sophomore year of college.

I take horrible pictures right?

-I got a new job that I absolutely love. <3

-I met some pretty amazing people.

-I got to meet some players of a professional basketball team.

-I now serve on the board of an organization at my college.

-I got to see Nick Cannon and the Wild 'n Out crew perform live.


-I got to see Ludacris live as well as 2 other performers live.

-I got to explore and see different parts of the town that I go to college in.




I hope you enjoyed this post. I'm not normally the type to do New Year's resolutions but I realized that I wanted to really make a lifestyle change right before 2016 hit and I figured why not do it now. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this post. It literally means so much to me. <3

Hey guys! This is something that I've been meaning to do for a long time and I figured that the start of 2016 would be the perfect time to start this journey again... As much as I hate the idea of new year's resolutions, I decided that I needed to make some this year given recent occurrences in my life. My ultimate goal this year is to focus on my happiness and doing what makes me happy. Honestly, it would make me happy to have my ideal hair length. Right now, my ideal hair length is waist length.
At the beginning of this blog post, you might have noticed that I said it was time to start my hair journey again... Yes, I've been on a hair journey before. Previously, I've taken my hair from about neck length to armpit length. After that, I kinda quit my hair journey because I was happy with that length and how healthy my hair was. Now... not so much. Like I previously said, my ideal length is waist length (which I know will take me forever to get there). Also, my hair actually isn't that healthy either. It's like my hair is cut into a long bob. (The front and sides are long and the back is shorter.) It's ironic because people will compliment me on my hair and I'm thinking if you only knew.

 As you can see, my camera does a great job at making my hair look nice and healthy on camera. Wait, until you see the back though....
Here is the damage... Yeah, I almost didn't post this picture to this blog post. However, I figured if I was going to document this journey, I have to document the good, the bad, and the ugly... Now, unto how I'm going to attempt to fix this problem.

Goals for January:
-Minimize heat styling to at most 1x/week, preferably no heat styling though. (It kills me to say this, especially since I love my new flat iron.)
-Get back to moisturizing and sealing night and day. (This was key to my hair growth in my 1st hair journey.)
-For hair styling, either wrap hair at night or sleep in braids. (To be completely honest, I suck at wrapping my hair so we'll see how that turns out.)

That's all of the goals that I'm going to set right now. I'll update you with pictures and hopefully progress in a month!

If you're doing a healthy hair journey, let me know!