January 2015

Looking back on this month , I can honestly say that it was successful. This month was a crazy win. Not only did I have a great news years and new years eve but I started a new job. Sure i'm super busy, but you get out of life what you put into it. There are so many people that have told me that I need to live more and go out and have fun because you're only 22 once. But honestly.. why wait? Why wait until you're 25 or 26 to start working towards your dreams. Start now. Start today.. start young and get ahead of the game. This year I told myself that 2015 would be all about the grind. I've worked my ass off for the past couple of years gaining back weight and getting to know myself. Understanding what I want out of life and who I want to be... now it's time to make it happen.
Yes there have been days that i've been so tired i'm not sure how i'm going it through the end of the day, and there are days that i get home and pass out from pure exhaustion. It's those days that I sit back and wonder if i can actually do it. It's those days that I really need to sit down and think about what I want to do in life and how bad i want to make it. In the end the fact that I want to succeed always out weighs the cons of the amount of work that needs to be put in.
It's only the end of January and I can already see so many possibilities and opportunities coming my way for this year. I made so many goals the start of December, and this is only the beginning of achieving those goals. I don't care how many people think i'm insane for working 3 jobs, or crazy for spending all of my free time working towards the bigger picture. It doesn't matter how many times I get told to live a little ... that i'm only young once;; Because if you don't do the work when you're young, you'll end up in your thirties and not know where to go. You'll be the one that's 29 or 32 that's still thinking about where you could be. The people that are successful are the ones that start young. That know what they want in life and go for it.

2014

2014 is slowly coming to an end, and it still feels like it should be march or april still. It's hard to believe that another twelve months has already passed. It feels like I haven't accomplished anything that would put my closer to my future goals.. So i had to really sit down and think about the things I did over the past 12 months.. and the things I plan to do through out 2015.

I started off the year working with a Lacrosse company and writing for a Hockey blog and ended the year back home in Windsor working a couple of different jobs and financially still in the same situation. Which is why it doesn't feel like i've moved overly much in the forward direction rather than just a side step. But when I really think about it... What i was doing at the start of year may have been within the media field but wasn't going to get me on the track to where I want to be. By moving back to Windsor and working with Windsor-Essex TV i'm getting the on air experience that I need in order to work towards my future goals. It's an accomplishment alone to have these opportunities here; even though there is still so far for me to go.

If you would have told me 12 months ago that I would be moving back to Windsor and doing what I am, I wouldn't have believed you. If you would have told me that even six months ago I probably would have laughed at you. A lot can happen in 12 months, it's a long time.. and it's because of that, that we don't realize the small accomplishments that we make. We don't piece together all of the little things that add up, so we feel like we've done nothing.

Heading into 2015, there are so many things that I have planned and so many things that I want to accomplish that it's going to be a busy year. Hopefully they can start to come together at the start of the year so that I won't be in the same place financially and i'll be able to be comfortable and not stressing out about how much I'm making all the time. Hopefully I won't have to work three jobs, and i'll be able to take some time off for myself.

There's so many people that think it's easy to just get a job out of college or university and work and be able to move out and live on your own. Meanwhile we get out of school with this huge debt, and barely any opportunities available unless you're willing to work for free. Finding my first paying broadcasting job was hard enough. Sure it's casual and i have to have other things on the side... but it's working my way there and getting to the point where it will be full time.

2015 Is going to be my year. It's going to be the year that things start to fall more into place. I can feel it and I can see it happening. Not just because I have the hope that it will, but because it's No Days Off. I'm working on it now.. before it's hear and getting ahead of the game. There's no sense in waiting for a new year when you already know what you want. If you haven't accomplished your goal yet, than there is still work that needs to be done.

2014 is already over in my mind .. it's 2015 and it's time to put in the work.