We decided to make a road trip to Cairngorm, which was about a 4 hour drive there and 3 hours back, due to the snowfall over the previous night. We left Dundee at 6am, stopped at Tesco Riverside to get gas and check the tires, and started the journey.

Icy Hauklampi

Now umm... Let's not talk about 2016.

The image is not exactly New Year related in any way except for the fact that I took it on the 31st of Dec. I decided I wanted to have a quiet NYE this year; spend the day with my family, watching movies and eating chips (or crisps), like I used to do when I was 13. Boring? Perhaps. Maybe next year I will do something a bit more interesting. Or not, it's not really that big of a deal.

I used to think fireworks worked like shooting stars, granting wishes every New Year's Eve. But fireworks do not work like that. Now (that I'm not 13 and stupid) I know that New Year's resolutions won't come true unless you act upon them.

In 2017 I have decided not to focus on too many things at once. I want to focus on a few smaller things I hope to improve over time. More specifically – two. I already promised one of my house-mates that I will try to be more optimistic and nicer towards others this year with him. So that's one. The second thing I want to do is be more organised. Because when you're organised, you'll  also have more time to be productive (and more time to procrastinate but let's ignore that). I'm starting that resolution by picking up a bullet journal (of which I might do another post once I actually receive it and start drawing down months and other pages).

In 2017 I also want to rely more on instinct. This is not so much a resolution for the new year as it is for the rest of my life. If something doesn't feel a hundred percent right, I won't go for it, or I will let it go. This way I will save time from myself and others. I genuinely have no idea what 2017 will bring us, but I'm hoping it will be solutions to the problems/mess 2016 left behind. While the year will mark the start of Trumps presidency, hopefully everything won't follow this lead set by 2016.

This was a relatively short post I've been working on since last year (ha ha very funny). Ah well. Overall I have never done as much self-reflection as I did in the course of what was the year of 2016. I have a feeling this year will be good.