Change The Record

I would like to start by wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas Eve! I hope this Holiday brings you and yours nothing but joy, fortune, and blissful happiness. In today's post I would like to kind of discuss my goals for the new year. Well...not necessarily my goals but more what I look forward to for this coming year. 2013 has been a very interesting (to say the least) year for me. Although I have no regrets, I certainly can't wait to change the record and play the wonderful soundtrack of my life called 2014!

Like most of us, I am most excited for this coming year because I am ooooo sooo ready for something new. There is nothing more refreshing than the beginning of a BRAND NEW YEAR because well ... it only happens ONCE a year. 

Personally, I like to think of each year in my life as a soundtrack or something like a playlist. Music is very important to me. I love love love music. If you are anything like me, there are certain songs you hear that remind you of certain moments in your life -- both bad and good. So with that in mind, I thought it would be a fun and interesting to make a list of my personal soundtrack for 2013. 

1. We Found Love - Rihanna

2. Rehab - Rihanna

3. Never Would Have Made It - Marvin Sapp

4. Doo Wop - Lauren Hill

5. Stay - Rihanna

6. Get Me Bodied - Beyonce

7. Three Little Birds - Bob Marley

8. Champion - Nicki Minaj feat. Drake, Nas & Young Jeezy

9. Party - Beyonce

10. Listen - Beyonce

11. What Now - Rihanna

12. Leona Lewis - Better In Time

13. Start Of Something New - High School Music

14. Roar - Katy Perry

15. Hero - Mariah Kerry

16. Marilyn Monroe - Nicki Minaj

17. Love Gun - CeeLo

I had a lot of fun sitting here thinking back through my year and assigning songs to certain significant moments. I definitely recommend that you all try this activity out as well. I certainly enjoyed it.

With all that being said, I am so excited to create a brand new soundtrack/playlist for the year of 2014. It is definitely time for me to change the record and start fresh! I have so many awesome things I plan to work on for the new year -- both personally and for the blog. I have no idea what this year has in store for me but I am certainly excited to find out. 

The 2014 Joanna is a happy girl! She knows what she wants and what she doesn't want. She knows herself and loves herself. She has learned to say no when no is necessary because she knows her worth. She will love like she has never been hurt. She will cry when she needs a good cry because she knows that sometimes a good cry is healthy. She will continue to work hard to accomplish all her goals and aspirations. She will do her very best to be an amazing daughter, sister, friend, co-worker, Godmother, aunt, family member etc. And whenever she fails to do so, she will be apologetic and she will try her hardest to fix the problem. She will never see anything as a failure but rather a lesson learned. And finally, she will love love looooooveeee herself! 

This will be the last She's So Me blog post of 2013! I can't wait to share more of me with you all in the year of 2014. Happy New Year in advance to you all. Thank you for reading my blog and I hope to continue spark your interest in the year of 2014.

xoxo JO

All photos by Karen Simmons