2018 in Review - Café Con Monica

I’ve had years where doing a review is a hard painful process and leaving it behind is something I can’t wait to do. I’ve had years where I don’t want the year to end. 2018 was a good year for me. Not amazing, not bad but a good year.

I traveled….I started the year in Orlando, visited Austin for the first time in April, went on a Cruise in June (Honduras, Belize, & Mexico), went to San Antonio & Dallas since moving
Quit the job I had been at for 5 years in July
Moved to Austin in August and started a new job 3 days later
Hosted my first Meetup in Austin in September!
Flew back to Chicago for a Wedding in October & K visited me!
Flew back to Chicago for Thanksgiving in November
Had my first Austin Christmas with AJS this month & flew home again
Started the Girly Book Club chapter in Austin this month

My goal for the past 4 years has been to do what makes me happy and I feel like I have done that so it was a successful year in my book.

It is easy to highlight the great right? No one has a perfect year, I had struggles with medical issues that plagued me for half the year culminating in a surgery in July that I did not properly allow myself to recover from because I had family visiting and needed to fly to Austin for a job interview. Or how hard it is to get settled into a new place and move in with a boyfriend you haven’t lived with yet at the same time. Or how much I miss my family.

I don’t like the word “Resolution” for some reason when I use it I fail hard and I feel crap about it. So I have a goal and I make smaller more attainable goals throughout the year and this helps me to feel accomplished by the end of the year. I plan to post more about my goals over the next couple days too!

All that being said I looked back at some photos from the year because I take A TON of photos and I wanted to share a few of my favorites!