January is the Monday of months. It's cold and dark. There aren't many movies out that aren't scraping the bottom of the barrel of ideas. Good new music is hard to come by. I don't feel like doing anything except hibernating in my bed. The gym is way too full (but will begin to taper out in the next couple weeks). But yet, the illusion is everything will be a fresh new start. A time to hit the reset button and start over.

There's two times I get incredibly bored with myself: the beginning of the year and when something happens that makes me feel like I just need a change. It's the beginning of the new year so naturally I'm bored with my hair. I think it's too long and too dull (despite the pretty highlights near the bottom), so I've been browsing for ways to change up my hair.

My goal over the past couple years has been to get out and explore the city I live in. Seems like a pretty simple task, but it wasn't at first. Thankfully, I have two super great friends that frequently like to try out new places and things so they are never short on ideas. I realize there are actually a lot of really cool places especially in the Downtown area which is changing its reputation. It's becoming a really awesome hub for cool places to go and things to see

"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle." - Abraham Lincoln Okay maybe Abraham Lincoln didn't say that, but he was a cool guy right? He probably would have said it. In reality, that's a quote from Sophia Amoruso's best-selling book, #GIRLBOSS. I don't think calling yourself or anyone else a girlboss is offensive. There's been plenty of debate about it all over the internet. I don't see being goal driven, determined, and hardworking to be a bad thing no matter what term one uses to describe it.

Just like with most things in life there are trends and food is another one of those things. I hadn't even considered it before until there were thousands of avocado toast Instagrams and fancy mixology cocktail bars began appearing. There are plenty of things that will rise in popularity of the course of this year and many things that should disappear this year too. Don't believe me? Just ask Bon Appetit the omnipotent source for all things food.