Ringing in the New Year

The roommates and I turned our house into a speakeasy to ring in 2017 with style, class, and bathtub gin punch (note: no gin was actually made in our bathtub. We don't want to cause accidental blindness). The dress was swanky, the cocktails hand crafted, and the friends fantastic.

I've made it a point to host NYE whenever possible. I love the hope for the future and the drive that a new year brings in people. There is always so much new resolve and a sense that "I can and will be a better version of me this year."

I also have made respect for people who make bold year-long resolutions and keep them. That said, I've never been one to personally make the "This year I work out every day," or "This year I prep all my meal ahead and cut out on the junk food entirely" resolutions. They're great for people who work that way, but variety is the spice of my life. I've spent too long making impulsive decisions (Today I hike a mountain! Tomorrow I dive the seas! Or there was that time I moved to Australia...) to not get disheartened with an
every-single-day style goal. Instead, I leave mine open to inspiration! They're still work and they're still year long, but they encourage me to be open to opportunity.

In the past I've resolved to make more mistakes (which turned into some amazing friendships and adventures all across Australia!), and try more things (wherein I fell in love with circus work, especially aerial silks and trapeze). 

(Photobooth with one of the classiest editor/directors I know)

For those who do make massive jump-start resolutions though, I just did an 11 day course with Bonnie Gillespie that she offers for free at the end of every year. I think this is the third year she's run it, but I didn't find an official first year date. Regardless, it was downright inspiring to see so many people working to re-vamp their materials and working together to make this the Hollywood we want to be part of. I've already got two new photo shoots lined up and have a new friend writing a scene for us to shoot together. For any of you SMFA ninjas stopping over here, a hug and a hello!

Rgardless, I'm off to work on this year's resloution. Let me know what yours are! For 2017, I've decided on two.

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