Life update – I’m now a University of Virginia alumna! I have such a mix of emotions from excitement to sadness and relief about reaching the end of my college career. I probably won’t ever be in formal education again (*fingers crossed*)! Even though I’m not pursuing academia or a career related much at all to what I studied, I don’t regret finishing my college education. Reflecting on my time at UVA, I am thankful to be able to choose what’s next.

If you haven’t had a chance to sit down and set some yearly goals, it’s definitely not too late to do so – we’re only a month in 2018! That being said, because I’m not good at following my own advice sometimes, I have not yet broken down my yearly goals. So here are 7 big tasks and goals I’ve set so far for 2018: