Things I Loved in February

Blog Posts I Loved:

♥ Minimalist Wardrobe FAQ: Common Pitfalls + How To Get Started from Into Mind
♥ Life lessons: Advice from a thirty-something to a twenty-something from Le Blow
♥ Part 1: Why We Should Want To Buy Less from Wanderdust
♥ Travel Diaries 012: The Fairytale Village of Hallstatt, Austria from Bramble & Thorn
♥ Scrapbook Sunday: Elsie's December Daily from A Beautiful Mess

Music I Loved:

♥ Jealous by Nick Jonas

♥ Last Request by Paulo Nutini

♥ Stolen by Dashboard Confessional

♥ Let It Be Me by Ray LaMontagne

♥ Closer to Love by Mat Kearney

♥ 100 Years by Five for Fighting

♥ The Reason by Hoobastank

♥ Elastic Heart by Sia

♥ Sugar by Maroon 5

♥ In My Life by Jake Shimabukuro
♥ Work Song by Hozier

♥ Open Season by High Highs
♥ Deep Focus playlist on Spotify

Videos I Loved:

♥ Chandelier feat. Maddie Ziegler  by Sia
♥ Elastic Heart feat. Shia LaBeouf & Maddie Ziegler by Sia
♥ Dance Moms: Group Dance: Stomp the Yard (S5, E2) from Dance Moms
♥ 100 Years of Beauty in 1 Minute - Episode 1: USA (Nina) by Cut Video
♥ 100 Years of Beauty - Episode 2: USA (Marshay) by Cut Video
♥ 100 Years of Beauty - Episode 3: Iran (Sabrina) by Cut Video
♥ Historically Accurate Disney Princesses by BuzzFeedVideo
♥ Without Question from The Road to El Dorado
♥ Nick Pitera Sings "Belle" From Beauty and the Beast by Oh My Disney
♥ Thinking Out Loud / I'm Not The Only One MASHUP by Sam Tsui & Casey Breves
♥ 3 Easy & Thoughtful DIY Valentines Day/Anniversary Gifts Ideas by ElaineMokk
♥ How-To Pull Off Short Hair. (or something like that) by Arden Rose
♥ Minimal Makeup Routine by Madelynn De La Rosa

Movies/Shows I Loved:

♥ Once Upon a Time
♥ The Road to El Dorado

♥ Dance Moms clips on Youtube
♥ The Walking Dead
♥ Faking It

Things in Life I Loved:

♥ Dancing to the ChaCha Slide and Cupid's Shuffle with Leslie at the bowling alley
♥ Finding a hotel on a special that's on the beach at South Padre (for Spring Break)
♥ Getting ALL into a duet with Thai every time "I'm Not The Only One" came on the radio
♥ Buying tennis and boxing gear (being more active this year!)

♥ Receiving a Toothless stuffed animal from Thai for Valentine's Day
♥ Making a Baymax themed card for Thai for Valentine's Day
♥ A girl ran up to me just to tell me how cute my outfit and I looked
♥ Finding another hat to wear on bad hair days and looking cute in it
♥ Getting noticed in the math club I'm in even though I'm new
♥ Revlon's Colorburst lip balm stain in Honey 

♥ Singing Jealous by Nick Jonas with Leslie
♥ Beautiful sunrises on the drive to work
♥ Feeling comfortable driving by myself
♥ Getting all A's in all my class's first tests

♥ Going on a tennis double date

♥ Going on a picnic double date

♥ Minimalist style and wardrobes

The second half of this month was not the best for me. I found myself starting to really procrastinate on my school work after the first tests, I didn't stick to my diet so therefore haven't lost any more weight than last month, and the weather has been very rainy and cold lately. I don't know what happened. All my motivation and determination on my resolutions went downhill. However, with my diet I felt like I was really depriving myself of satisfying meals. I'd honestly rather eat more of what I want and work it off through exercise like doing tennis or boxing, but this cold, rainy weather has me curled up in front of my computer instead. I haven't been reading as much as I would like to either. But I won't let this setback be my downfall! I will try to work harder in March. Here's to hoping for sunny days! 

Things I Loved in January

Blog Posts I Loved:

♥ Choose The Person Who Will Follow You Up a Mountain from Wanderdust

♥ Intentional Living // Choosing Your Trajectory from Wanderdust

♥ How to Declutter Your Home for Good from Into Mind

♥ How I'm Embracing a More Minimal Life from Jennypurr

♥ Dream Big, Work Hard, Make it Happen from Jennypurr

♥ An Honest Post on Friendships from From Roses

♥ The Things I Wish I Knew When I Was 18 from From Roses

♥ 6 Things To Do When You’re Seriously Lacking Motivation from Smart Twenties

♥ Surprise 28th from Story of My Life

Music I Loved:

♥ Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars

♥ La La La by Sam Smith

♥ Money On My Mind by Sam Smith

♥ Leave Your Lover by Sam Smith

♥ Chasing the Sun by Hilary Duff

♥ Can I Have This Dance by High School Musical

♥ Five-Hundred Days by AJ Rafael

♥ Something's Gotta Give by All Time Low

♥ Another One Bites the Dust by Queen

♥ Under Pressure by Queen, David Bowie

♥ Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams

♥ Roxanne by The Police

♥ Highway To Hell by AC/DC

Videos I Loved:

♥ Women's Ideal Body Types Throughout History by BuzzFeedVideo

♥ Weird Ways Couples Mess With Each Other by BuzzFeedYellow

♥ Signs You’ve Found Your Sarcastic Soulmate by BuzzFeedViolet

♥ You In The 90s Vs. You Today by BuzzFeedYellow

♥ YOU'RE NOT GAY ENOUGH. by Ashley Mardell

♥ Living in the Moment by Ashley Mardell

♥ "Dear Girlfriend, Will You..." by Ashley Mardell

♥ Yoo Jae Ha - The Covered Up Road (Cover) by Shayne Orok

Movies/Shows I Loved:

♥ Big Hero 6 

♥ How to Train Your Dragon 2

♥ High School Musical Series

♥ Hercules

♥ FRIENDS

Things in Life I Loved:

♥ Going rock climbing for the first time

♥ Deciding to grow my hair out

♥ Learning how to parallel park and driving on the freeway

♥ The perfect, warm weather with beautiful, blue skies lately

♥ Driving with the car windows down on those beautiful days

♥ Revamping my blog template all on my own and feeling so proud of it

♥ Getting through a milestone with Thai that made our relationship stronger

♥ Reaching 10 pounds less than my original weight (although it fluctuates)

♥ Planning to go to South Padre Island with friends for Spring Break

♥ Doing the Baymax fist bump from Big Hero 6 with Thai

♥ Dancing my heart out without caring if I look crazy

♥ Playing tennis with one of my close friends, Leslie

I thought I would give this kind of post a try on here. I was inspired by Amy from catscraftsncritters to start blogging about things that I love or make me happy throughout the month. Every time I read her Weekly Overviews in which she lists the things that she loves during the week, I always feel so happy and inspired by her ability to appreciate the littlest things that she experienced. I want to see myself be more appreciative like that. Before I started typing this post, I honestly did not expect the list to be this long! It actually makes me feel quite wonderful to see just how many things made me happy, intrigued, or inspired throughout the month. I guess sometimes we tend to forget about a lot of the little things. That's why I think that starting something like this is a good idea! Not only can it help you realize all the wonderful little things that happened to you lately, but it can also allow you to look back on those things in the future.

What things did you love in January?