The Michigan weather may have been deceiving this month, but we actually are only two months into the year and still in the midst of the frosty embrace of winter. So, with February coming to an end, it\u2019s time to check back in with my New Year\u2019s resolutions. I realize I didn\u2019t share what they were in the beginning of the year, so you\u2019ll just have to trust me.<\/p>\n
This resolution was a long shot for me, but I\u2019m trying my best to fulfill it. Through Challenge Detroit, we have so many opportunities to meet new people, network and attend events for free that would otherwise have a ticket cost. As a new young professional who just graduated from university last May, I felt pressure to build a network and never say \u201cno\u201d to new opportunities\u2014well that wasn\u2019t quite working out for me. I found that I was exhausted all the time and not able to put 100% of myself into each new opportunity and event. Over the past two months, I have tried to limit myself to two events a week, not counting my regular volunteering at the Michigan Humane Society <\/a>(#adoptdontshop) and my weekly Bachelor viewing hang (#nojudgementzone). Sometimes I go to more, sometimes I go to less, but at least I\u2019m conscious of the downfalls associated with overextending myself.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know if it was my New Year\u2019s resolution or a craving for Mexican food that has lasted two months, but I\u2019ve started to explore Southwest\u00a0restaurants more over the past few weeks. I\u2019ve gone to Lupita\u2019s (twice), Me Pueblo<\/a> and El Rancho. I also have started to spend more time in Corktown, going to Gold Cash Gold<\/a>, Bobcat Bonnies<\/a> and Sugarhouse<\/a>. I think the best part of exploring these new places is that each time I have gone with different people\u2014some new friends and some old. Exploring new places with new people seems like a pretty great start to my year.<\/p>\n While at Michigan State University I studied Arts & Humanities and Professional Writing. Each of my majors either had required creative projects, or allowed the option to express your project in a creative way if your professor approved it. I miss having the chance to be hands-on and create things off of the computer. I haven\u2019t quite found a new creative outlet yet, but I did crack open my sketchbook for the first time in a while this month. Basically, baby steps.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n New Year\u2019s resolutions always seemed a bit clich\u00e9 to me, especially because most people I know, myself included, don\u2019t usually follow through with them. Well, if January and February are any indication of the rest of my year to come, maybe I\u2019ll become a believer in far flung aspirations after all. And if not, I can always make that my resolution for next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Michigan weather may have been deceiving this month, but we actually are only two months into the year and still in the midst of the frosty embrace of winter. So, with February coming to an end, it\u2019s time to check back in with my New Year\u2019s resolutions. I realize I didn\u2019t share what they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":19432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,370,26,152,408,155,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playdetroit","category-be-better","category-community","category-detroit-food","category-dine-detroit","category-live-detroit","category-play-detroit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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