It’s my birthday on the 28th July.  I’ll be 24!

When I was in high school 24 seemed so old.
Career, savings, partner, education, travel, self confidence/self knowing.
I was walking passed some school kids the other day when one shouted out “Hey Mrs”, “Hey Mrs” I turned around and he asked me for a $1.  I wasn’t shocked some kid was trying to bum money I was shocked he assumed I was a MRS I’m a MISS.  Did he assume I was married because of how old I look? What?

I’m no longer asked for I.D.  I am still young though of course, this isn’t a quarter life crisis.  I’m still enjoying getting older, and wiser…

What do I want to accomplish aged 24?!

I start a new job on 8th August and it’s a job I really really wanted.  I want to do really well in this job.  I’ve fallen into this industry but it has a lot of opportunities for me.  It’s more then a job really it is a career.  I want to learn my new role and work hard.  Not just for pay reviews in one  years time but thinking in a few years time.  I feel very grown up to have my career path set out

I’d like to lose some weight I have gained.  I’m getting used to my vegan diet now and figuring out what works for my body diet/exercise wise.  I have 10-15kgs to lose.  A lot of people assume because I’m vegan I must be skinny.  No matter what you eat vegan or otherwise if you are eating more calories then you are burning, you will put on weight.  There are a lot of vegan foods that are high in fat.  My favourite is tofu and peanut butter cake.  Mmm.  Special occasions only haha

I’m moving into a small one bedroom flat next Saturday, just my boyfriend and I.  I want to learn to cook, decorate our flat and just stop traveling light.  I want to spend some money to set myself up somewhere I want to spend time, not just somewhere to sleep.  A home.  I love Wellington this is the city now I just need the house.

Keep things passionate with my boyfriend.  He is without a doubt my greatest achievement aged 23 

I want to pay off my debt and start saving.  Having been without work for the last month I now owe a lot of people a lot of money.  I don’t want to be in this situation again.  I shouldn’t have to ask others to bail me out.  I know it’s OK to ask for help sometimes but this shouldn’t have been one of those times.  I’ve learnt to live off less since I’ve been unemployed and once my cash flow starts up again from the above mentioned new job, savings should fall in to place.

These are the small goals I’ve set myself.

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