Don't get me wrong, 2018 was a fabulous year with so much that happened but this year will be even better if it's up to me. Last year involved a lot of changes and growing and along with that was a few growing pains.

This year I plan to eliminate some of these growing pains that I've experienced. And while some will naturally cease, some others need to be ended.

I have often struggled with my body image and my ideas on what I can achieve. Last year as I began my first year of college, I proved to myself that there's no room for doubt when I was able to get the GPA that I achieved. I have very low expectations of myself for the first year and surpassed them.

To get into the master's program I intend to complete, a competitive GPA. This is a must so this mindset of being able to achieve above and beyond needs to be my mindset to keep powering through my classes.

My struggles with my body image are nothing new to me. Since my freshman year in high school, I have never thought my body was good enough. I played a lot of mental games with myself which led me down some dark paths but eventually I made it out, for the most part.

This year I want to be able to exercise and not obsess about the calories I'm burning but the muscle I'm gaining. I want to strengthen my mind and my body and these goals can not be achieved with the mindset of “I'm not good enough"

I plan to make all these changes and not just for a month or even a year but for a lifetime. This will be my marathon to a healthier mind, body, and soul.