Jewelry Resolutions for 2019

Yes, yes — it is that time of year! Clean slate, fresh start, new year/new you, and this year especially, at least for me, I’m ready to recharge and reenergize. Let’s start with some New Year’s resolution that involve jewelry! I feel like I’ve been hibernating and in a computer-like “sleep mode” these past few months, since being pregnant and not having much motivation. I guess that is normal when you’re creating a human being, but for me I just felt plain lazy. It is such a lifestyle change to go from being a workaholic to sleep monster, but my passion for jewelry helped me through even my laziest days. Now that I’m in my 2nd trimester I feel almost back to my old self, just with a Santa Claus bowl full of jelly as a stomach now. Kinda into it.

I wanted to start out the new year with a blog feature that will act as a springboard for others who love jewelry as well. Maybe this year you’d like to incorporate jewelry into at least one of your New Year’s Resolutions?! I know it is always a part of mine, whether it is a big goal or not. So here’s some ideas for you (the first five are actually my goals/resolutions, which you can borrow if you’d like):

1. Sell an old piece of jewelry that you don’t wear anymore before you buy a new one.
2. Buy one new jewelry book each month and share it with my readers.
3. Continue my gem and jewelry education by attending at least one seminar or conference.
4. Read this book I bought from JTV over the summer about agates and learn more about the different types of agates.
5. Buy that dream piece of jewelry you’ve always been wanting before baby arrives (because you will never buy yourself anything ever again lol)
6. Begin your jewelry career by taking classes at GIA — or continue your learning with the next class! Keep going!
7. Buy an ultrasonic cleaner and learn how to clean your own jewelry.
8. Post more consistently on Instagram and start a new friendship with someone whose jewelry style you admire.
9. Buy a piece of jewelry that features a gemstone you’ve never owned before.
10. Get that piercing you’ve been wanting to do and buy a pretty stud for it.
11. Finally get new watch batteries for those watches you never wear because the battery died in them.
12. Visit a jewelry store and size all ten of your fingers and write down the sizes so you know your size!
13. Attend a crystal reading or start to carry around a tumbled stone in your pocket (see how this affects you).
14. Make an “ultimate wish list” by printing out all your dream jewels and cutting them out/pasting them onto a larger board.
15. Are you a stud girl or statement earring type? Whichever one, try the opposite and see how that feels!

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