Another News Years Eve, Ramble

So it's that time again. It is December 31st and I am sitting at home doing nothing. Sounds boring? sure, but is it? not really. I am dead broke and just want this weekend to be over so I can get paid on friday, pay my bills and go shopping haha. To most 22 year olds sitting at home on a New Years Eve sounds lame, but I'm not most 22 year olds. I honestly don't care for New Years. To me it's just another day. The only difference is I have to get used to writing 2012 down instead of 11. Another year older. A full year of life, that is 70% of the time ...Sucky lol.

So as I did last year, I want to make some goals.

1. Be more patient. Especially when detangling my hair. 

2. Master a Twist out and when my hair stops growing like it's on crack, master a Braid out.

3. Attempt a Bantu Knot out.

4. Keep up with my ends, buy new shears to Trim them.

5.Be Patient lol can't say it enough.

Body Wise

6.Eat more healthy, I've done so well with that this year so I hope to keep it up.

7. Cardio and Strength Training. Yep.

So those are my goals. Sure I have plenty more but that would be ten pages long. So I guess I'm off now, to watch reruns of Boadwalk Empire and Full house. What a night this shall be.

To Jump on the bandwagon or not to jump...that is the question.

So I sit here, waiting for my Oyin products, which are in my apartments office. Smart cookies stuck my package notice underneath my door after 6pm when the office closes, so now I must wait until tomorrow to get it!. It's been about two weeks the longest I've had to wait so far for Oyin since the overload of Black Friday. So it got me thinking. As a natural I spend a lot of time online looking at different blogs and sites that are all about the Natural hair movement. From sites like Curlynikki, to Curltalk to blogs of by my favorite natural hair youtube gurus, everyone has their own regimens and list of products they believe work.

When I was transitioning I spent hours online looking at reviews of products, now don't get me wrong I still look at reviews now but at that time it was more about, "Hey this worked for them, it should work for me?" and having that mindset didn't always work out for me. Sometimes we can get so caught up in what works for everyone else and we can lead ourselves to believe that if it works for them it can work just as well for us. From buying every product they use or recommend to copying the exact same styling routine.

So to bandwagon or not?, I say not. I will always look at reviews on products but at the end of the day it's best to decide for yourself if a product is worth buying. You honestly have to find what works best for you. Some naturals have regimens that a professional organizer with OCD couldn't touch. I'm not that kind of person and have accepted that I never will be. My hair works best when I keep it moisturized and simple, and when I don't have thirty different products in it.