New Year, New Planner

I don't know about you guys but I love planners!! I love trying new systems and buying new brands. Now that the year is almost over, I have been looking into a new planner. This past year, I used a Moleskin Weekly Notebook (which I loved), but I want to try something new.

I began my search and found an entire planner community. There are girls who make amazing planner Youtube videos and it just inspired me to make something more of my planner! Most people in this planner community use filofaxes. I love the idea because you can truly make the planner yours and add sections for whatever you need. I have ordered mine (I went with the Kate Spade!) and thought I would share some of the planners I was looking into. 

I have already begun buying loads of planner supplies (which I will make a post on soon, along with a YT video). 

Let me know below if you are also a #planneraddict! 

Be Stubborn

I saw this quote and thought it perfectly sums up my life. 

As I've gotten older, the one thing I've realized is that things never go as planned, but things always turn out ok. I thought that I would attend my dream college, I would have a perfect GPA, and be on a straight path to medical school. I really thought I was going to be with my first boyfriend for the rest of my life, that I would be living in New York and everything would be just exactly how I wanted. 

Ha! Boy, did things change. Looking back however, not going to my dream school saved me tons of money. I am now attending an amazing graduate school that will get me into a great medical school. I am dating someone else who is even better the first! (Isn't it funny how we always think our first love will be our only love?) 

The one thing that didn't change were my goals. My goal of becoming a doctor and being happy. I think this quote is exactly right. You have to be flexible about your methods. You have to be willing to change because life likes to throw you off course. 

Never, ever change want you want in life, just be ready to change how you get there. 

If we were having coffee...

I've seen this post going around the blogoshpere and I think the idea is so cool! It's really simple, I basically just tell you some of things I would tell a friend over coffee! So grab your cup of joe and let's chat! 

If we were having coffee....I would tell you that I am going to graduate school!! I will be studying medical physiology and after (hopefully!) moving on to medical school! 

If we were having coffee....I would tell you that I am so stressed trying to figure everything out! I have to find an apartment, a new car. I'm moving far away from home, away from friends and family. On top of all that, I have to find a way to pay for everything! I would also tell you that I am more excited than stressed though. :)

If we were having coffee....I would tell you that I need to go shopping! It is definitely time to update my wardrobe. Expect a blog post on this soon! There so many good sales online right now and who doesn't love back to school shopping??

If we were having coffee....I would tell you that I recently took a tour of the White House! It was amazing. I saw the oval office and the press room among others! If I was into politics, that would definitely be the place to work. 

If we were having coffee....I would tell you that I have been a lazy bum this summer. My reading has been slacking. I just sit at home on my computer or just sit at my boyfriend's and watch movies and honestly I am loving it! I want to enjoy this summer of nothing before I start school because once I do, there will be NO time for breaks. 

What would you tell me if we were having coffee?

Lessons learned in 2013

This past year was filled with many lessons. 

At the beginning of the year I ended a relationship. Though it was hard it was necessary; long distance relationships are incredibly difficult. It was however, one of the best relationships I've ever had because it showed me what it is like to be in a healthy and happy relationship. 

Coming back from studying at Oxford University this summer, I learned many things about myself. I learned that I am meant to focus on global health, that I want work abroad, and that doing things just for me is the best way to be happy. 

I learned some other things along the way and thought I would share them with you.