My New Year Theme

I haven't realize that I've been having a "year theme" since 2015. I found out about this "term" from this super cool youtube channel, Lavendaire (I just started watching her since last week and she's now my favourite youtuber. Check her out to know why.) Basically, a theme for your year is just a word, or a few words, to guide you along with your year. So what I usually do is I will think of the big picture, what I want to achieve or my goal or what I think I need for that year, something that I want to add more of in my life, and what feelings do I want to have for the rest of the year. Hopefully you'll get the idea what year theme is.

2015 - HAPPINESS (+ADVENTURE)

It all started in December 2014, where I was at the bottom of my life I would say, I was having the worst year of my life, I was having a really painful heartbreaks, and I believe that I was in a state of depression. After living in a pessimist life for about 2 years, I've decided to be my old self again. The optimistic me. The bubbly-fun-friendly-YOLO self. And all I can think of that moment is, I want to be happy again. So I told myself, I want to be happy, I want to be happy, I am happy! I told myself over and over again. I want to have some adventure in my life. I started to say YES to every single opportunity. I started to list out my bucketlist and crossing each, one by one. I really enjoyed my LLB life (which is rare because most of my friends did not enjoy it.)

I remembered that I started out the year really big, with super long roti tisu and super long orange juice. Like, this is it. THE YEAR for me. I'll go big for the starter. (Drama much)

Some of the highlights in 2015 :

• I did my lasic! A 180 degree change in life! Haha
• I started to find back people who appreciate me and I started to show my appreciation in my instagram, with birthday post. I started to celebrate birthday more, celebrate people, making surprises to others, making others happy, spending more qualities time with people who matter, having an open house and invited my closest friends. 
• Awin, Azra and I started our yearly meet up and celebration, playing break the code for the first time together (I've been dreaming to play it since forever). 
• Started hiking, which is a very big deal for me cause I'm so lembik (weak) haha Started #wanderlustweekendwarriors and having the best adventure of my life with a group of positive people. 
• Went to theathre for a few times at Istana Budaya. 
• Started to join running events. 
• Started foodhunting.  
• Started to shoot and edit videos, which is how I found out what my passion is.
• Graduating and having my first job as a chambering student. 
• One of the main highlight is having my first ever adventure (escapade!) with my girl friends! #indochinaescapade is one of the adventure of a lifetime. 
• And having a perfect ending to my year by performing Umrah for the first time. 

I started to have fun again. I started to be thankful to Allah. I started to find Him again and depends on Him instead of human beings. I started to live, not just merely surviving. And that's the best feelings ever. Recovering from heartbreaks. Living my dream life. There's so much I want to say about this particular year but I'll save them for my later post, insyaAllah.

GO FOR WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY and EAT MORE, TRAVEL OFTEN becomes my life quotes since then.

2016 - LUCKY (+BALANCE)

The year where I got so lucky! Continue to say YES to everything, crossing more from my bucketlist, do everything I want, appreciates family and friends more. Entered a lot of contest and won so many!

This is what I wrote on 24th December 2016 but never post it before.

Honestly, 2016 has been such a wonderful, blissful and lucky year for me.
1. Fully recovered from heartbroken, sadness and totally move on.
2. I did all sort of things that I dare to myself, crossing bucketlist one by one.
3. More hiking, more marathon.
4. Enjoying chambering life, finished it with no regrets!
5. Being called to the bar!
6. Went to Singapore and Perth.
7. Won so many contest including holiday.
8. Read many books.
9. Go to the gym.
10. Finish Diploma Syariah.
11. Graduating again.
12. Living with my parents again, and our relationships getting better. 

WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER was my quotes in 2016.

2017 - LOVE (+FAIRYTALES)

Everything about 2017 is so dreamy. Probably the best year of my life, alhamdulillah. Like I can't even imagine myself, getting married and falling in love for real. Everything that I had pray for slowly became true one by one. Well, most of my 2017 was centered around this one guy, which is now my husband. Eeeppp! Also, the year where I travel the most, so far. More of this year in my next week post which is 2017 RECAP AND REFLECTIONS, insyaAllah.

Engaged. Married. 

Syariah Convo. Certified Lawyer.  

Family. Bestfriend. Love.

Travel. Foodhunt.

Running. Hiking.

Skytrek. District 21. Canopy Walk.

Bali, Indonesia.

Pattaya, Thailand.

Perth, Australia.

Iran #persiaescapade

 I feel like DREAMS DO COME TRUE.

2018 - KNOWLEDGE (+SHARING)

So for this year, my theme would be, KNOWLEDGE and SHARING. At first I want it to be only knowledge, but what's the point of having knowledge if we did not practice, share and pass it to others. So insyaAllah for this year, I want to gain these knowledge and hopefully being able to make use of them and (not shy to) pass them around:

1. Syariah Law, as a chambering student. 
2. Adobe Premier Pro.
3. Photoshop/VSCO/Light Room.
4. Seerah (my fav subject in Sekolah Agama).
5. Al-Quran, tajweed and tafseer.
6. Doas and prayers.
7. Cooking and baking.
8. Self-care and self-love.
9. English and Korean language.
10. How to write travel articles.
11. How to control my finance.
12. How to have a healthy lifestyle.
13. Learn to be a good wife, daughter, sisters, aunt, mom, friend and human being.

Pray for me that I will be able to gain these knowledge and make use of the knowledge that I've learnt. Hopefully 2018 will be awesome, I'll be more focus with this year in 2018 AIMS AND RESOLUTIONS post.

Having a year theme has made me more focus in my life, with my aims and goals. There's always a reason to live, to look forward each day. What's your theme for 2018? Start digging if you haven't find one. It could be anything. It could be any word. Just you, and your goals. Ask your heart, insyaAllah you will find one.

That's all from me. I hope I can be consistent this time. New blog post every week! Pray hard. Yosh!

Love and Prayers

AS