Four Barrel Resolution

A New Year's Resolution....

I wonder how people can stick to their resolutions without breaking them at some point within weeks? I always said, "No resolutions...I just can't do it." 

My family sets them with much enthusiasm and each year I hear the same thing over and over again....

            1. Lose Weight

            2. Save Money 

            3. Something.....Something....Something

But does it really matter what resolution you set? Does it have to happen during a day of the year, like Valentines when you show how much you love someone?

              ....................I believe a "resolution" should just be any day of the year and anytime the person desires. Not just the Bandwagon of a New Years Eve principle.

I write this to say that I am someone that would like to set personal goals so that I may improve aspects of my self-being, health and overall happiness.

Yes I practically am writing a New Years Resolution when I just typed that I don't follow them.

But I write it with a personal goal that is both long-term and short-term because it is the becoming of me as a whole person and my well-being in life. 

I am 22 years old, Bachelors Degree in Psychology and Social Work, living with my loved ones (hubby and puppy), living in the most expensive county in California (Bay Area), and trying to make a dollars day working with 2 jobs. 

I started this blog about a year ago when my hubby and I explored Europe, I took numerous photos and realized that I need to keep them somewhere other than Instagram or Facebook. Thanks to Google+ here I am, uploaded the photos from Europe plus other cafes I've gotten to explore locally. 

I wrote small descriptions of random things to practically fill up the blog, but little by little I got more intrigued with this little blog I started to develop. Then came articles from Psychology sites I visited, then Buzzfeed, then Huffington Posts, etc.

So now my blog was beginning to be a hobby, a time consuming activity when I wanted to procrastinate from Senior Year of college. 

I graduated college and I continued to use this blog and was getting more into it like editing the page and trying to add Ads (not a success...so far). 

But here I am, 22, with 2 jobs and a blog that I try to keep up day by day.

So my New Years Resolution, or rather Personal Goals for 2015 are as such.

1. Be happy. 

I struggled with changes and let-downs, disappointments and fears. This year I want to smile more

and laugh at anything because Laughing is one of the best medicines out there. 

2. Be Motivated.

With the changes came a lot of struggles and challenges, I want to be motivated and fearless of

handling 2 jobs and still edging for that last cent in rent. Or be motivated to be healthy physically and mentally, with no let-downs of my negative mind set, but to be positive and strive. 

3. Love Others.  

Most important right. I feel guilty at times for not returning emails or phone calls to those that ask for

my well-being. I have a difficult time keeping up with those who care about me in ways I can never repay them for. Family and Friends supporting me on my journeys of which I should return that love and adoration. I want to show my love and care for those much more than I have this past year and continue to show my appreciation to my loved ones. 

              

 Today, hubby and I went on a little date to the city (San Francisco) and stopped at the nationwide famous cafe, Four Barrel Cafe. Ordered a Cappuccino and Macchiato, we took the time to talk about our personal goals and aspirations for the year. Hence the reason for this post.

We spoke about some upcoming changes that may be for the best of us and some changes we should both take.

So yes we did ourselves a New Years Resolution, but as a team we should hit it hard. 

So Enjoy....

 Sip....

 And Smile....

FourBarrel Cafe

Oh San Francisco, my love, my admiration, my hear and soul, you embrace and welcome me into your arms and give me peace. You provide luxury and endless adventures that I am willing to jump to, I visit you as much as I can and every moment I spend with you I imprint in my brain. Needless to say you hold one of the top cafes in the nation, FourBarrel Cafe, a list was released some years ago by the New York Times and this cafe could not be missed.  After getting lost on the way and making turn after turn looking for parking space, I finally made it. When I walked in, I felt I entered a warehouse; the building smelled of freshly grounded coffee beans and there were a lot of people in line waiting for their orders and I said, "Yup, definitely not a Starbucks.." And that was the beauty of it, this coffee shop held coffee from all over the world; Africa, Middle East, Colombia, Mexico, and Guatemala.I was in the middle of the globe smelling the beans from different places, it was extraordinary. First of all, I have never gone on a mission to hunt down a coffee shop I read on Yahoo news by the NYT's. Second, I became obsessed with the search to taste anything from this shop and document this all. As I was waiting for a Cappuccino to be made, I observed the methods in which the workers were preparing everything. Old machines, factory like setting and fast pacing movements, a Willy Wonka Chocolate factory for coffee as it seems and I was impressed by how busy the shop was. The intriguing thing about this shop was that there were no outlets, nothing to plug in your laptop or anything, the tables and chairs were all wooden carved and there were dim lights. That was the beauty of, it wasn't a busy shop to go online or charge anything, it was a shop to relax, converse with friends or loved ones and simply forget a busy schedule and actually speak to someone face to face and be assertive. I saw people laughing and conversing, eaves dropping I heard a couple discuss their honeymoon and how they want to repeat it. And then it struck me, people today are loosing that communication skills and are more concerned with their updates online. I look to my right and I see the Pour-over method, which is the freshest way, provided on the side of the store and there was a long line for that. Pour-over is when the filter of the beans is placed over the cup and hot water is slowly poured, letting the grinds soak in and drop the liquid into the cup. It is the freshest way in my opinion to enjoy. Fairly reasonable price too, I paid a dollar less than in I would in Starbucks and the size was relatively the same. So here was my momentum of traveling to my homeland and know that I have rewards waiting for me to sit on the table, forget my laptop, and enjoy a pour-over. :)