The Roaring Twenties

Welcome to the roaring twenties – well in 2 days! I always told myself that if I was born in a different decade, the roaring twenties would be it. I have always loved the idea of flappers, and I am a huge Great Gatsby fan (book of course, but who doesn’t love Leo!?). I am so excited that I get to live a twenties decade, even though there will most likely be no speakeasies, or flappers. I am excited to see what this year will bring.

Before I get into 2020, I wanted to quickly recap how 2019 went for me.

I kicked off 2019 in Panama, and that was just the beginning of my travels in 2019. 6 countries, and countless states I had a year of fun travels. From Mitch’s and mine first international trip together to Belize, to a 2 week adventure with my mom and brother in Europe, and a wedding in Mexico, I felt like I was in all corners of the world.

2019 we also moved a lot, but I feel like I will always say that each year. Just the racetrack life I suppose. We moved four different times last year. Between New Orleans, Chicago, Kentucky, and Florida. I have become quite the master packer. Each time we pack our belongings, say our “see you laters” to friends and family it’s hard, but I keep a positive outlook and know we will be back at some point next year!

I can’t talk about my year of 2019 without mentioning Basically B! Basically B was born last year, and took off running ever since. It was a dream of mine to start a blog, and now I have almost been doing it for a year! Yes I have a million things to still learn, but I cannot wait to see where Basically B will go in 2020. The possibilities are endless!

Now onto 2020!

I can hardly contain my excitement because I think 2020 will be my year. I turn 25, I get to marry the love of my life, and already have so many fun things planned – I can’t wait to take y’all along for the ride!

I don’t want to say I have a list of resolutions for 2020, just some things I want to focus on!

Be Present.

This is a huge thing I want to make a priority this year. With a wedding, bachelorette party, showers, vacations, and tons of other things I have quite the busy year ahead of me. All of these things I am SOO excited for, but I know they will be over in a blink. So I want to make sure I am fully present and cherish every moment this year. I will forever look back at this year for so many fun and important events.

This one is kind of two parts because being a blogger, my whole life is practically on social media. I live on my phone and laptop, and while yes it is important for my job, I still want to have a balance. I want to work on unplugging and being more in the moment.

Don’t play the compare game

This one is hard for me, because like I said earlier in an industry where everyone puts their life for everyone else to see, it can get hard to not compare yourself. Especially on social media or with other bloggers. I think social media is a blessing and a curse. I love social media as a creative outlet and a place to look for inspiration.

Especially Instagram. The app keeps you coming back again, again, and again; Let’s check who liked my photo. My best friend DMd me a meme. Who’s viewed and interacted with my story? There are also milestones I am DYING to hit – 10K followers for the Swipe Up feature, for example. But right now, getting to 5K would be a dream! Sometimes it can be hard to see people hit those goals you want to achieve before you. However, I am constantly reminding myself that Instagram shows the highlight reel, and with my hard work I can achieve my goals.

Be kind

I already consider myself a kind person, but I want to find more ways in my life to go out of the way for others. Mitch and I want to volunteer in one way or another once a month together. Whether that be at a soup kitchen, on the backside at the track, donating, whatever it may be it is important to both of us. We have been slacking in the volunteering department of life, and we want to make it a priority this year and get back in the swing of it. I love the feeling you get when you volunteer, and it gives you a bigger purpose in life.

Forget about a “perfect” wedding body

I have read so many articles, blogs, everything that says overly stressing for a perfect wedding body is a waste of time. I know every woman wants to look and feel her best, and I am no exception, but I don’t want it to effect other aspects of my life. The last thing I want to be doing is obsessing over a number on the scale, or taking out the joy of food.

I definitely have goals in mind for getting into “wedding shape”, but I will in no way hold myself to a perfect standard. I will still continue to work out 4-5 times a week, and there are some dietary things I plan on shifting. I just am staying body positive and remember that Mitchell fell in love with me, and won’t love me more if I lose 10 pounds.

Do a personal book club

Reading is something I have always loved ever since I was a little girl. I am finally back in a place where I am reading books for pleasure at a constant pace. I try to read for about 20-30 minutes before bed on most nights. I don’t want to give myself a numerical goal for how many books I want to read in 2020 because the list is very long.

So I want to start a book club with myself and pick a book each month to read – whether I follow along Reese Witherspoon’s book club, or pick a book of my own. I want to hold myself accountable to picking books maybe outside of my comfort zone that spark my imagination or learn something new.

Would anyone be interested in joining my book club possibly?

Stay true to myself

In a world where you are fed so much content all the time, it can be hard to not try to be like everyone else. How many times have you seen a blogger talk about the Barefoot Dreams blanket, or the same pair of shoes? Yeah I am sure they are as amazing as they say. I started Basically B to show my creative side. Yes I am influenced by other influencers at times, but I think I do a good job at staying true to myself. I turn down a decent amount of collaborations because they don’t really fit who I am.

I know y’all follow me because you were friends with me before I started blogging, are related to me, or just found me and like my content. But however, any one of you could hit the unfollow button, but something I am doing is keeping you engaged and coming back for more! Which makes my heart so so happy!

I do want to try to show more “real-gram” and not just the highlight reel because I am so not a perfect human (ask Mitch or my mom) and I think it is important to show that side, even though it can be hard because to the whole world you’re like “hi this is me and my flaws”.

2020 is looking to be like an amazing year. There are so many things to look forward to and I am so excited to see how everything is going to turn out! What are some of your resolutions this new year?

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