Real Life Jersey Girl: Good-bye 2012, Hello 2013

I think it's safe to say I had a hell of a year. Things progressively got better and better for me, even when I didn't see the silver lining. I had a sick summer and met some wonderful people along the way. In the ups and downs, I feel like I'm one step closer to finding where I belong.

2012 started out liberating. I picked myself up and moved forward in my life, even if it wasn't immediate progress, it did happen slowly but surely, and this year proved to me that I am a lot stronger and a lot more deserving of the things I want for myself in my life.

Summer came around, and even though I took three summer classes to lighten my load for Fall, I still had as much fun as possible. I saw Drake with my friend, Sabina, and it was epic. We had an amazing time. Then, I spent most of my summer at the beach house with Nicole, Manny, Danny, Rob, and Emma. A few stragglers came in and out, but it was an amazing summer. Every Saturday I got off of work, I would grab my packed bag and head down the shore to Point Pleasant and stay till Sunday. We always had a great time. Then Fall came, and I got wrapped up in school and work. I had a great birthday, small, but I like being around close friends. Then I met someone, who for a moment in my life did make me very happy. He wound up flaking out, and I wondered for a short time what went wrong, and what could have made things switch. Then I realized, I was myself the whole time, and if he doesn't like who I am, then he doesn't have to. I can't be upset over things not panning out with a person if I was just being myself. Now if I had acted like I was someone I wasn't, then I'd be pissed because they didn't like who I was pretending to be, not who I am. But, like I said, I was 100% myself, and that's the best I can do. Moving right along...

I had a wonderful holiday season. I got myself a pair of Louboutins for graduating. I graduated college. I began working full time, and I got to ring in the New Year with my two favorite creatures ever, my sister and my puppy. There's no one else I'd rather spend my New Year with.

So today being New Years day, I opened a Pinterest account and made a vision board for what I would like to see in my life this year. It goes as follows.

1. Get my body in even better, more kick ass shape, than it already is.
2. Buy myself a Louie Speedy size 40 in monogram.
3. Start my career, somehow find my place in that career, and run with it.
4. Make a shit ton of money.
5. Buy a new car, a C300 Benz seems reasonable to me.
6. Buy a pair of 160mm Black patent Louboutins, even though they're always on back order -_-
7. Go on a gorgeous vacation to somewhere tropical. Ibiza keeps flashing in my mind.
8. Become an even more fabulous version of myself.
9. Write more.
10. Find a man who loves me for me, and who will treat me the way I know I deserve to be treated, and I him.

These goals may seem shallow, and vapid, but I don't really care because these are the things I want to see this year manifest in my life. I want success and happiness. I want some fancy things that I would earn from my success. I want to find someone who really loves me for me, and doesn't come with a shit ton of baggage and treats me like a queen. I know I would do a good job, I just need to find someone who isn't a total jerk off. With that being said, I want to focus majority of my time on bettering myself. Like I said, I want to become a more fabulous version of myself. I'm already pretty awesome, but there's always room for improvement.

2012 HIGHLIGHTS