Sunday, 3 January 2016

How To Have The Best Year Of Your Life

If you read my Happy 2016 post (which you should've because I included my new years resolutions) you would know that I was doing this post! I thought I would do this post because it's a new year and I'm sure a lot of you have failed your resolutions (I can't say; I'm writing this in 2015!) so lets have a fresh start and have the best year of your life! I just want to add if you haven't failed your resolutions I'm very,very proud of you! :) Enough rambling lets get started!


Write down your goals in a noticeable place because you're forced to see it and you're going to be reminded and if you haven't done it you're going to be haunted so actually complete your goals! I put my list above my desk as I will always see it every time I come into my room.

Following on from my last point, actually review your goals regularly. There is no point having goals if you don't review them. I would find it best to review them every couple of weeks or so and then you'll be more motivated to complete your goals. 
I also just want to add that I have no idea what I was watching but I know it's from YouTube as I know I was watching YouTube when taking the pictures for this post.

Drinking water is so important and lots of people forget to drink water and choose fizzy drinks instead. If you are prone to forgetting to drink buy yourself a reusable, travel tumbler cup. Primark do some really cute ones for cheap and there must be one that you would like or if you have a bigger budget Victoria Secret Pink have some really cute ones I've seen.

If you are prone to forgetting things or if using the planner on your phone makes you forget everything get yourself a planner. Everywhere have them in at the moment or if you're lucky you might be able to find one for cheap as it's gone New Years Day. I love Tesco planners because they're cheap, have cute designs and do the job well.

I'm sure a lot of you are students so if you are do your homework the night you get it because otherwise you might forget or something unexpected might pop out and you might not have time. This is something I'm still working on but hopefully soon I'll be amazing at this.

This is a tip not everyone might agree with because a lot of people don't believe in writing down what you eat but for me it works because I don't really want to be writing down bad food so I'm forced to eat healthy so it helps me. I like to write mine down in a notebook but if you are on the go you can use an app; I like to use Fitbit

I'm the worst person in the world when it comes to anything physical but recently I've heard people talking about workouts on YouTube which is great for beginners as they're easy and for people who might not be flexible (like me)

This is something I have been doing for a while now and I would recommend you make your bed every morning even if you don't feel like it as otherwise your whole room is looking messy and it makes me feel a bit more productive (I don't know how that actually works). In case you're wondering my duvet cover is from Amazon.

I organise my school bag every night before bed and check I have everything for the next day and check I've done all of my homework or got my PE kit. This will help you because otherwise you're not going to forget anything and you're not going to get a detention or anything.

To be completely honest with you this is something I need to work on because I always improvise my meals so this year I'm going to plan in advance and get more healthy things in the weekly food shop. I have made a basic meal plan in the picture because I usually have the same things (because of my picky sister)

I really hope you enjoyed this post and hopefully maybe you'll take some of these tips in and you'll have the best year ever! In my bonus post I posted on Friday I included my New Year Resolutions so if you haven't seen that check that out.
Thanks for reading,
Louise
xxx

Friday, 1 January 2016

Happy 2016

So this is just a very quick post to say HAPPY NEW YEAR! I feel like 2015 went by in a flash and I have a feeling that 2016 also will. I hope your year is filled with happiness and joy and you are well and you stay safe (I feel like a teacher at the end of term but I just want you to be the best version of you)! 

On Sunday I have a post being published on How To Have The Best Year Of Your Life so check back at Sunday at 7am if you would love to read that and maybe get some advice. 

I thought I should probably share with you my New Years Resolutions so I've put that below. I probably won't stick to them but in a year I'm going to check back and see if I have.

-Eat a lot more healthier and eat less junk
This past year I have been eating so much junk food and pizza which is really bad so I'm really going to try my hardest to eat healthier. I don't need to drink more water as I drink quite a lot so I'm good on drink, just not the food.

-Write more blog posts and write them in advance
Over the last 2 months or so I have been really slacking on the blogging front because I haven't been motivated but I been working my ass off to try and get some blog posts up because I don't want to miss a Sunday post, In my dreams I would like to have about 5 weeks in advance (I know crazy) just so I feel more positive and less stressed

-Get more creative, especially for my blog
I've never been a creative person but in 2016 I would like to change that because I want to post more creative and original ideas on The Lipstick Insider because it will make me feel more good about myself and it will make me a better blogger!

-Try and get more organised, especially my room
As I'm currently writing this my room is a mess because in complete honesty I can never be bothered. I'm going to devote a date to it soon (I have already written it in my planner) and hopefully I'm going to keep it like that!

-Try and save money and not buy things for the sake of it 
I'm the worst at saving money; if I have money I'm going to want to spend it which is so bad as when I really need to get something, I won't be able to as I wasted my money. I'm going to try and go shopping less so I'm not forced to buy something.

-Be more confident with makeup, especially with lip shades
I love wearing makeup as you guys probably know but the area of beauty I'm least confident is lip shades because I'm scared of messing it up and getting lipstick on my teeth. I had to wear red lipstick for my drama panto I was in and it went wrong the first time but after trial and error it looked so bomb!

-Get more fitter and watch workout videos on YouTube and actually do them
This links in with the eating more healthy point but as well as eating more healthier I'm going to need to workout to get fitter. I'm really bad at anything physical but YouTube has lots of videos for beginners so I'm going to be watching and doing a lot, hopefully.

I really hope you enjoyed this post and I want to wish all of my lovely readers a very happy new year as you guys deserve it! Hopefully everyone here will have a great year and everything goes your way! 
Thanks for reading
Louise
xxx