Here's to the Future.

 So I know I am a bit late on this but I wanted to make a list of the New years resolutions that I think I would benefit from the most. Some are normal and some are something that I want to be better at. Maybe some can inspire you as well.
My New Years resolutions:

                                Be more understanding

I want to be more understanding of  people and their circumstances. I want to be able to look at them how my Heavenly Father would look at them I want to see someone that I dont even know and feel a love for them as a fellow human being.
                                                     

                                     Be more positive 

I am not very good at this. I tend to see that ominous glass half empty. So somehow I am going to see the best in the people who are around me and the situations I get myself into.

                                         Be healthier 

Who doesn't have this goal. I think what is different is that instead of my goal to be to lose weight, I want to be healthy and be happy with whatever size that would be. 

                                      Say I love you more

I want to say the words "I love you" more than just as a habit over phone calls. I want to tell the people I love to know that I am thinking about them.

                 Go on an adventure with someone whom I love 

I am a home body. I am content with being at home and just hanging out. I want to get out of that. I want to take an adventure whether its in my home town or across the country. I want to share that with someone I love.

                                        Serve more people 

I love service. I love giving to people but sometimes it is hard when you get busy with school and work and the millions of other things you have to do. This year I want to set aside more time to serve my loved ones and just the people around me. 
                                       
                                         Stick to a budget 
Raise your hand if you cant keep a budget for your life. (I'm raising my hand right now.) This year will be different. Less impulse buying and more saving. 

                             Spend more time with my family 
My family is the single most important thing to me. I will spend more time in their presence. I will put away the electronics and I will be present in the moment. 

                                       Organize my life
I need this in my life. I am the most unorganized person ever... like ever. Its sad. So this year I will organize my possessions and the people I surround myself with. Getting rid of people who dont support me and love me, who are there to tear me down.

                            Document my life more creatively
I want to give myself a more creative outlet. I want to document The Kelsey Barrett Show.

So, I think I can do this. What do you think?
Here's to hopping. Cheers guys.
Until Next Time...

All you need to do is ask.

Sometime I get lost in my own mind. I get lost in the what ifs. What if I dye my hair purple? What if I grow old with 45 cats? 
I was thinking tonight about where I want my life to go. I want to make a difference. I want to change lives. I want to make people look at the world around them in a whole new way.
How am I possibly going to do that? Nine out of ten times I doubt myself.
Since my last post I have been trying to take my own advice and trust. Trust myself and my Heavenly Father. For about an hour I just sat and thought "how the heck am I going to change lives?"
So I think I have an answer. Get up, go outside, DO IT. Even if that means asking for help sometimes.
I have to take my own advice once again and stop blaming my circumstances. Stop blaming money or lack thereof. Stop blaming the people around me that are doing "better" than I am. So even though I have about 50 cents in my bank account and a car that barely moves, I will get up tomorrow and do it. Whatever that entails.
Wish me luck.
Well Until Next time...

Trust me...

When I was about fourteen years old my mom came to me and told me that she had been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. She told me that we had a hard road in front of us. She told me that things would change. Man, was that an understatement. From then on the roles in the Barrett household were switched.
People dont really think of Bipolar disorder and think of a debilitating disease that is not curable or that it isn't really a huge deal. If that is what you thought, you would be severely mistaken. Bipolar messes with the chemicals inside of your body. Simply it can bring you from very high to very low in a matter of seconds. It can make you do and say things that you would never do if the disease wasnt controlling your body and mind.
My mom struggled for two years dealing with this. We went weeks without having her in the house because she would be in mental institutions.
So many things could of torn my family apart. There were so many times when my family could of fallen apart. But, we didn't.
We had our family, our church, and our Heavenly Father. We had someone to hold us together when we couldn't do it ourselves.
So my thought for today is simply trust. Trust in your own ability to stay strong in tough situations. Trust your Heavenly Father when he tells you that it will be okay.
"Keep trying, Keep believing, Be happy, dont get discouraged, things WILL work out." -Gordon B. Hinckley

Well until next time...

Nice to see you again...

 Oh... Hi... so Its been how long since I have written something on my blog? Too long.
Anyway...
It is now January 1, 2015 and I thought to myself why not challenge myself to do something important. I tried to think of something that I would want to do and that would help me feel more fulfilled in my life.
Share my life. My thoughts. My experiences. Everything that goes on through this crazy head of mine. Why not share that with the world.
So starting today I am going to share at least one thought that I had. Whether its sad or happy or crazy. I want to get my voice into this crazy world. I want to make sure that I am heard. So that in the future I can look back and be happy with what I contributed to the world.
So today I want to tell all of you,  stop caring what people say. Just because you are going a different direction than what is the "norm," do what makes you happy. Do something worth while. Do something that makes a difference. You do you!
Until next time, Kelsey Barrett