It's been a while ! Specifically a year lol. I'm not sure why but I always feel compelled to blog at the end of the year, and whether I actually want to post my thoughts publicly. It's weird because I started blogging via Xanga (I was like, 11?) and in high school I discovered Tumblr, where "kairechu" all started. In my senior year of high school I started a beauty blog via Blogspot, and it was my own little world where I used to post reviews makeup and all things beauty related. I never really cared about what people thought, I just posted online like it was my own little diary. Fast forward 7/8 years, I'm still here but I don't even know where to start. I'm doubtful and feel like i'm not good enough to blog "my lifestyle" because i'm not interesting enough or my blog isn't "aesthetic"quality or whatever. Sometimes I go back to my old posts and read my grammar and i'm like "damn, went to private school for nothing" hahaha. In the end, it is MY blog and I can post whatever I want to! Anyways, the one thing that keeps me coming back is because I do like re-visiting old posts and reading how things were back then, how I felt, what was going on in my life, constant goals i'm trying to reach, how much i've grown up and how I think differently. So yes, I will keep blogging, and hopefully can figure out how to make it look "cooler". I'm not the tech savvy 12 year old girl who used to code/design myspace layouts anymore, but i'll figure it out. OKAY ON TO MY YEAR IN 2017.
2017, I could hands down say this was the best god damn year of my life. Sure there were a few bumps on the road but I expected 2017 to be way worse since my Chinese zodiac said this year would be the worst for me (Yes I believe in things like zodiac, star signs, personality types and sometimes I blame things going wrong because Mercury is in retrograde). There are so many things I would have to be grateful for this year! First and foremost, my friends. One of my resolutions this year was to cut out people who were toxic in my life. I don't feel right posting details online but if you know, you know. Cutting out the toxics let me make room for the right people in my life, to be specific Alexis, Diana, Tina, Diane, Sarah and Grace. These girls literally made my year. Yeahhh, we mostly clubbed altogether, but there were many night to mornings spent together, lots of food, laughter, crying and smiles.
Another awesome part of 2017 was all the traveling I got to do ! I went back home to Hawaii 3 times, Japan, Chicago, Vegas also 3 times lol and a bunch of 2/3-hour-away-drive destinations (Portland, Vancouver, CA, Lake Chelan) ! I hope to travel to more places next year ! Possibly a new destination ? (Thinking Iceland or Thailand), but we'll see !
One more thing to be thankful for this year is my "mutually-exclusive but not boyfriend" boy lol. In fact one of my previous post on this blog was about him. It's been a long time coming with this one, but i'm pretty persistent when it comes to going after someone I really admire. I don't know any other human that can make me so happy like he does, and to be honest he doesn't have to do much, I'm just happy when he's around :3 Looking forward to future plans/travels with this one ~
Dang this is one text heavy post, but it's not complete until I add a list of resolutions to work on in 2018. Since 2017 was full of fun and partying, I want to focus 2018 on myself, my health and my career. I've decided that I want to pursuit my career as an esthetician with my main focus on lash extensions and microblading. Everyone i've talked to about this has told me they can totally see me doing this and I honestly feel like this is the right path for me too, I just need to get on it with obtaining my esthetician license.
R E S O L U T I O N S :
001: Focus on diet and working out: I used to be into fitness and diet but that was when I was in a horrible mindset where I thought if I were skinny, then I would be happy. Funny thing is i'm at the heaviest weight i've ever been but I feel happier than when I was at my lowest. However, I want to feel confident in my own skin so I'm going to try make a serious change. Less drinking, more cooking at home, less carbs, more working out (and practicing intermittent fasting).
002: Stop spending money like its freaking water: I have this tendency to spend money like there's no tomorrow. Whether i'm having a "treat yo self" moment, or I want to take care of my friends and treat them out. So i'll be budgeting more and being a little frugal with my money (sorry friends ! I still love you all hehe)
003: Get better at time management: Don't tell me you don't like to lay in bed going through your IG feed laughing and sending memes for a few hours before you actually get up and do something productive. I'm guilty for that, so I plan to use the Pomodoro technique to get better at time management and productivity. The Pomodoro technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals. For example, you work for 25 minutes, then take a 5 minute break, and then keep on going for another 25 until you hit an hour, then you take a longer break and start all over again.
004: Slow down on the alcoholism: Ever since turning 21, i've been drinking away ~ my poor poor liver. I'm giving it a break now though. In November I practiced sober-november (or as Tina calls it, Sovember) and I allowed myself 3 cheat days (which I ended up using 4 cheat days, but from drinking heavily 3-4 times a week to 4 times in a month is a pretty impressive difference). I'm going to try my very best to practice sobriety a lil more. I honestly love alcohol, but I hate when I don't remember things, or if i do something I regret the next day lol, or waking up to a rolled ankle xD yeah, alcohol- I don't think i'll be hanging with you for a while but i'll miss you~
I think this concludes my post, if you've made it to the end congrats ! sorry it's so lengthy, future posts (if there are any) will include more photos :)
with Love,
Kaire
2017, I could hands down say this was the best god damn year of my life. Sure there were a few bumps on the road but I expected 2017 to be way worse since my Chinese zodiac said this year would be the worst for me (Yes I believe in things like zodiac, star signs, personality types and sometimes I blame things going wrong because Mercury is in retrograde). There are so many things I would have to be grateful for this year! First and foremost, my friends. One of my resolutions this year was to cut out people who were toxic in my life. I don't feel right posting details online but if you know, you know. Cutting out the toxics let me make room for the right people in my life, to be specific Alexis, Diana, Tina, Diane, Sarah and Grace. These girls literally made my year. Yeahhh, we mostly clubbed altogether, but there were many night to mornings spent together, lots of food, laughter, crying and smiles.
Another awesome part of 2017 was all the traveling I got to do ! I went back home to Hawaii 3 times, Japan, Chicago, Vegas also 3 times lol and a bunch of 2/3-hour-away-drive destinations (Portland, Vancouver, CA, Lake Chelan) ! I hope to travel to more places next year ! Possibly a new destination ? (Thinking Iceland or Thailand), but we'll see !
One more thing to be thankful for this year is my "mutually-exclusive but not boyfriend" boy lol. In fact one of my previous post on this blog was about him. It's been a long time coming with this one, but i'm pretty persistent when it comes to going after someone I really admire. I don't know any other human that can make me so happy like he does, and to be honest he doesn't have to do much, I'm just happy when he's around :3 Looking forward to future plans/travels with this one ~
Dang this is one text heavy post, but it's not complete until I add a list of resolutions to work on in 2018. Since 2017 was full of fun and partying, I want to focus 2018 on myself, my health and my career. I've decided that I want to pursuit my career as an esthetician with my main focus on lash extensions and microblading. Everyone i've talked to about this has told me they can totally see me doing this and I honestly feel like this is the right path for me too, I just need to get on it with obtaining my esthetician license.
R E S O L U T I O N S :
001: Focus on diet and working out: I used to be into fitness and diet but that was when I was in a horrible mindset where I thought if I were skinny, then I would be happy. Funny thing is i'm at the heaviest weight i've ever been but I feel happier than when I was at my lowest. However, I want to feel confident in my own skin so I'm going to try make a serious change. Less drinking, more cooking at home, less carbs, more working out (and practicing intermittent fasting).
002: Stop spending money like its freaking water: I have this tendency to spend money like there's no tomorrow. Whether i'm having a "treat yo self" moment, or I want to take care of my friends and treat them out. So i'll be budgeting more and being a little frugal with my money (sorry friends ! I still love you all hehe)
003: Get better at time management: Don't tell me you don't like to lay in bed going through your IG feed laughing and sending memes for a few hours before you actually get up and do something productive. I'm guilty for that, so I plan to use the Pomodoro technique to get better at time management and productivity. The Pomodoro technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals. For example, you work for 25 minutes, then take a 5 minute break, and then keep on going for another 25 until you hit an hour, then you take a longer break and start all over again.
004: Slow down on the alcoholism: Ever since turning 21, i've been drinking away ~ my poor poor liver. I'm giving it a break now though. In November I practiced sober-november (or as Tina calls it, Sovember) and I allowed myself 3 cheat days (which I ended up using 4 cheat days, but from drinking heavily 3-4 times a week to 4 times in a month is a pretty impressive difference). I'm going to try my very best to practice sobriety a lil more. I honestly love alcohol, but I hate when I don't remember things, or if i do something I regret the next day lol, or waking up to a rolled ankle xD yeah, alcohol- I don't think i'll be hanging with you for a while but i'll miss you~
I think this concludes my post, if you've made it to the end congrats ! sorry it's so lengthy, future posts (if there are any) will include more photos :)
with Love,
Kaire
