Four Twelvemonth Anniversary Living Inwards Novel York City

Man, life certain does motion fast! How has it already been 4 years inwards the city? Every yr roughly my anniversary I write ane of these posts too it's actually fun to await dorsum too run into how I've grown too changed over the years. 

I call back writing this shipping service on my iii yr anniversary and existence overtly happy well-nigh everything inwards my life. Remembering how thankful too lucky I was to live inwards that exact house at that exact indicate inwards time. I also call back how terrified I was that it was the happiest I would live too that each yr from in that location only wouldn't stair out up. I'm happy to study that is non the case!

I remind myself every 24-hour interval how lucky I am to stimulate got the life I do. I stimulate got a wonderful too loving menage unit of measurement that supports too encourages me everyday to alive my best life. I'm inwards a wonderful too longterm committed human relationship to the human being I love. I go at a house where I await frontward to going every day. I stimulate got friends who would motion sky too the world for me too I alive inwards a dream story overlooking the city. Life is pretty great.

The craziest affair well-nigh it all is that I never wanted or planned for this life. Ask 21-year-old Krista to motion to New York City too she would stimulate got said hell-to-the-no too stormed away. Even inquire 23-year-old Krista too she would stimulate got said "just for a year" too moved along. 

But hither I am, 26, too inwards honey alongside the house I alive too the life I lead. Sometimes yous only stimulate got to stimulate got a leap of faith, follow your passions too never compromise for mediocre. You stimulate got to go hard, live dainty too e'er notice fourth dimension to stimulate got assist of yourself. 

Living inwards this urban gist has been too volition hold to live the best years of my life. In the yesteryear yr I moved into an amazing story inwards Hudson Yards, I've continued to grow too evolve my pose at work, traveled to too checked off some bucket listing places, constitute a perfect work/life/blog residuum too stimulate got been contributing a meaning savings toward my future. 

Looking frontward to the years to come upward excite too scare me. I'm excited for my life to hold to evolve too grow too stimulate got on novel things but I'm also actually scared. Scared of looking frontward to the futurity also much too non enjoying the nowadays enough. These are the golden years of life too I demand to stimulate got everyday every bit the approbation it is.

But I also wanted to stimulate got a quick minute too give cheers yous -- whoever is reading this -- for supporting this blog. I know people nation this all the time, but I actually couldn't stimulate got done whatsoever of this or gotten to where I am without yous guys. Having this weblog has connected me to some of my real best friends, has allowed me to move to places I idea were solely possible inwards dreams too introduced me to a whole novel public of people (you!).

Life gets busy, too every bit crazy every bit it may seem, I endeavor too remain off social media every bit much every bit I'm able during my normal day. So I may non live replying to every comment on my Instagram or hither on the weblog but delight know I read too honey every unmarried ane of them. I know who our regulars are hither (shoutout to Laura, Dana, Britney C, Kelsey, Diana too many more!) too I genuinely honey existence able to connect alongside all of you. 

I appreciate the people who stimulate got been hither since Southern Shopaholic days (or fifty-fifty Serious SS days!! eek) but I also appreciate readers who are reading this weblog for the starting fourth dimension time. I'm hither for yous guys only similar yous are for me. You hold me motivated too potent too when I demand a shoulder to lean on I notice that yous all are an amazing back upward system. 

So again, give cheers yous for to a greater extent than than yous tin give notice ever imagine. Thanks for next along on this journey, cheers for stopping me on the street to nation hi, cheers for existence in that location when my outfits are questionable too cheers for supporting me since 24-hour interval ane to yr four. None of the materials higher upward would live every bit swell without each too every unmarried ane of you!

Here is to some other yr inwards this crazy city. May this yr live amend than the last! And every bit tradition, hither are my goals for the yr to come upward (taking off things I was able to grade from final year!)

By this fourth dimension side yesteryear side yr I'd similar to....

...continue to grow my undertaking at work

...have fewer things

...travel dwelling more

...see the weblog hold to grow

...become to a greater extent than tidy inwards the apartment

...cook to a greater extent than food/eat out less

...work out on a consistent basis

ONE year / TWO year / THREE year