Goodbye 2014, Hello 2015!

Goodbye 2014, you've been a bit of a 'meh' year to be honest. But I'm determined to make 2015 a much, much better year for me. 2015 is the year when I turn the big eighteen, hurrah. It is the year when I hopefully get the grades that I need to go to university and study what I love and then hopefully pursuing a career in a journalistic field. Hopefully. I sat back in 2014, I let everything and everyone fall on top off me and get the better off me, well, not anymore! I want to be something, be somebody in 2015, I want to do more with my life, travel to new places, make new friends, do new things out of my comfort zone - I want to do something. And that is why I did this blog. To write something. To do something. I love to write, so why not write a blog? Why the bloody hell not?

So, a new year and new resolutions. These are my five resolutions that I hope to achieve in 2015 (there's a lot of hope in this post, isn't there?):

1. To read more: I've always been a lover of books, I love to be engrossed by a book, it's characters, it's story; I've always enjoyed that, ever since a young age. Books, books, books. My parents (and the majority of my family) would say: "You've got more books than WHSmiths!" Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever. But lately, I read a book and I don't finish it. I start a new book, don't finish it, and the cycle continues. But not anymore! I want to read a book, finish it, enjoy it and then read another one. Simple. Currently, I'm reading Dermot O'Leary's book, 'The Soundtrack To My Life' and what a bloody good read it is (more on the book in a later date!). So, yeah, I want to get back into the reading habit and to just read more. And more importantly, to enjoy the books that I'm reading.
2. Study more: This is a big year for me in education - it is the last year of college (hurrah!) and then hopefully if I get my grades, I'm off to university (hurrah?). University hasn't been a number one goal in my life. It's just been something there for me, but when I started college, I realised that I should go to university as it could really help with my career ambition - to be a script writer/journalist. So, yeah, I need to focus more on my studies and the grades that I need are a B in English, to pass my Welsh Baccalaureate (those in Wales studying it will know it's a pain in the... well, it's a drag.) Though to be fair, it really is helpful with your grades, especially in my case and I need a C in another subject. So, I hope the history paper is much better than last years! 
3. Do more: Did you laugh at that? "Do more"... I did, anyway. But yeah, do more with my life instead of watching TV programmes (even though there's nothing wrong with that, right?) but I want to do more. I want to go to new places, I want to see more things, see more people, go to more gigs and concerts, I just want to enjoy life and not for it to be a pain in the arse so I won't enjoy it. 
4. Exercise more: Like I've said in an earlier post, I'm not a big fan of exercising. But I really, really, really want that to change. I say it again and again (like most people I imagine): I'll go to the gym! New year, new me! Hurrah! But... yeah, I don't stick to it at all (like most people I imagine). In 2015, I really want to get into the 'fitness' and sporty bug. Why the bloody hell not, eh?
5. Write more: Whether that be by on this blog or just writing in general, I want to do it more. I have a few other bits and bobs that I'm working on and it just gets better and better. I love writing characters. I love giving them a voice, a personality. I love letting my imagination go free and finding these obscure, weird, yet wonderful characters on the way. So, yeah, I hope to continue writing as I love it so much. (Cheese fest, much?).

So, that's my resolutions: hopefully I'll stick to them! I hope you've had a good 2014 and an even better 2015! Tell me in your comments your new year's resolutions!

That's all for now,

Corey.