Hey there lovely fateuser.com readers! How’ve you been? I have been quite off from the media world for a while now. But I’m really excited to get back and have much energy and stories to tell.

Before the 2014 year finished, I wrote a post about all the things that I wanted to achieve and what I really did.

2014 was a quite exciting year for me. I did so many things. In fact, it probably was the best year of my life so far. It wasn’t just luck. I worked hard and put some (quite a lot) effort in it to make a super-wonderful-fantastic year.

Nevertheless, when I was coming back to Lithuania on the 3rd of January, I couldn’t help but think about all the things that 2015 will bring and all the plans I want to do.

So ladies and gents, getting to the point, here are All the things I want to achieve in 2015.

1. Tavel as much as I can.

For 2014 I wanted to visit 5 new countries. And it didn’t happen. For this year, I’m not planning to visit X number of countries, I just want to visit as many new places as my time & money allow me to.

2. Eat healthier.

I am not a junk food addict. My favorite drink is water. I do eat veggies. The only thing I don’t eat is fried eggs. I don’t really know why, it’s just that I don’t like them. So dude, you already eat healthy, don’t you? I could say yes. But I’m going to go for a no. Sometimes, what I used to do is open my fridge and eat as much food as I find (e.g. sausages, cheese, tomatoes, chocolate) until I was totally full. And that was my lunch. Also, I’m a restaurant lover. But I totally can’t afford going to restaurants every day. Not even three times per week. Oh, and let’s don’t forget the munchies. Snacks. Sweets. That’s why, this year I want to cook for myself more often, try to reduce to 0 my intake of snacks and eat a proper and balanced diet. Yes mum, this time I’m going to try really hard.

3. Run a marathon.

If you’ve been following my blog for a while now, you probably know that I love running. Even though right now I’m not running at all (call me weirdo but running with icy streets where you can die it’s not really my thing) I do enjoy the feeling of my heartbeat speeding up and sweating a t-shirt. Last year, my friend and I became half marathon finishers. It was one of the best experiences of 2014. This year I want to step up the game and go for the full marathon. Do you think I’ll be able to finish it? Make your bets!

4. Read more.

I do read a lot of articles on the internet. And also I do read a lot of uni papers and medical books. That’s not the type of reading that I mean. I have approximately 8 books at my place (here in Kaunas) that I haven’t read because I didn’t find the time to attack them. This year, I’m going to organize my free time better and I’m going to read at least one book per month. And to prove it, month after month, I’ll make a short review of it on my blog. Yeah, exactly the same kind of homework that I was doing for high school. It seems that some stuff never changes.

5. Step outside my comfort zone more often.

Bungee jumping. Solo backpacking. Talking in public. Heights. Aerostatic  All these four things have one common factor, they terrify me (in a different magnitude of course). But yet, they are things that I want to do. I have been to high places before and so I have spoken to many people too. I just want to fight those fears and overcome them. It never gets easier, you just get better.

6. Re-learn a not-that-new language.

As a child, I was always talking to my parents and family in Catalan and Spanish. So I grew up being a bilingual person. Later on, in elementary school I started learning english. It was only in secondary school when I started learning my fourth language, French. I studied French grammar, vocabulary, phonetics and all the rest of the things that you study when you learn a language for 6 years. Right now my Lithuanian is way better than my French. And that’s sad. Not because I don’t like Lithuanian (in fact I sort of have a crush for this old-and-mystic-baltic language) it’s because I almost completely lost one language. When I first came to Lithuania in 2010 my English and French languages were quite similar (i.e. I sucked a lot in both). But still I was able to hold a conversation. Now not anymore. And it upsets me quite a lot. That’s why, this 2015 I’ll look for a way to practice my french (if there’s any french speaker reading this, please contact me, I can provide you love in exchange). In fact, at the end of this 2015 I want to be able to make a video for my YouTube channel in which I will tell in French all the things that I would have done this year. It will have English subtitles too. Wish me luck!

7. Work on my punctuality.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m Spanish and my mediterranean-latino soul doesn’t let me, but I’m late sometimes. Not that often as it used to be but still. And I don’t like that. I will try to not be late (if there’s not a major cause that impedes me) never again from now on. As once a good friend of mine told me «Punctuality is the politeness of Kings».  It is time to behave as a King then.

8. Publish twice a week exclusive content for you.

You, the people that follow what I do are my ultimate motivators to keep me doing this. I do love when I get a new comment (I don’t like them very much when they come from haters) and I can see that what I do, write, film, photograph reaches someone. That’s why, for this 2015, I’m planing to publish two posts (with informative stuff, not just random bullsh*t) a week. They will be published on Mondays and Fridays, usually in the morning. Hell yeah.

9. Go for a solo travel.

This has to do with the number 5. It is one thing that I always wanted to do but it sort of terrifies me. It’s a mixture of feelings: fear and excitement. I have many friends that have backpacked solo (i.e. totally alone, with no friends, even thought they made friends on the way) and they said that it has been one of the best experiences ever. So, this year, even if it’s for 5 days, I’d like to give it a try and see what happens.

10. Do something productive every day.

Don’t you sometimes have the feeling when you spend the whole day in bed or watching TV that it was a sort-of-lost day? Well I do. I don’t like when days go by and I don’t live them as I should have. That’s why, for this year I’d like to do something productive every day: study, write here, write somewhere else, read book, read magazine, photograph… You know what I mean. Stay cool. Stay productive.

And these are all the things that I want to achieve this year. Of course, in case you haven’t done that yet, I have a bucket list that you should definitely check. And hey, if you have good ideas to add to my bucket list, please write it down in the comment section.

I believe that luck comes if you work on it. Work hard, be constant and don’t loose hope.

On the 1st of January 2014 I published a post on my blog (written in Spanish) about the 10 things that I wanted to achieve in 2014. As the end of 2014 is getting closer, I decided to go back to this post and see if all my New Year’s Resolutions for 2014 had been conquered or not.

I’ll go one by one and see what happened:

1. Scrub in a surgery: Yey! One thing that I can cross out! I did assist in one surgery, it was a thyroidectomy (removal of the thyroid gland). It was such an experience. Even though I couldn’t stay there until the end because I almost fainted  (too many emotions and feelings all at once) but it was a remarkable day. I really can’t wait to get into my surgery scrubs again and jump (or better, enter walking calmly) into the operation room.

2. Get my driving license: Nope. Didn’t happen. Yet. Again. I’m 23 years old and I can’t drive a car. But the thing is that I never felt the need to drive one. Whenever I’m back home in Spain I go everywhere by bike or public transport (the same I do when I’m in Lithuania). Anyways, I’ll try to sort it out this upcoming 2015. Do you think it will happen? Make your bets!

3. Visit 5 new countries: This one didn’t happen either. But well, this January 2014 I was visiting for the first time Rīga (Latvia). I had been in Latvia before, but really, Daugavpils (the city I first stepped in in Latvia) was one of the most non-latvian cities I’ve seen. Almost no one spoke Latvian there. I liked the capital that much that I got back with my friends in November 2014.

Also, this summer I did my first intercontinental trip alone. I went all the way to South Korea to visit my friend and we traveled around the country. Such an amazing and memorable experience. I will definitely go back there.

So even though I didn’t visit 5 new countries (technically I only visited one new) I can’t complain at all about my trips this year. And wait for 2015, because it will be full of adventures as well!

4. Instagram more: Well, this one I totally managed to do it well. My followers number has increased, but what’s more important, we are a community there. We interact, I tell you about my trips, my day-a-day and you tell me about yours too. It is by far the social network that I love the most. If you don’t follow me on Instagram, be sure to check @fateuser and do follow me. Please. It’s for free. And I will love you forever.

5. Give a better structure to my blog: I am a very organized and perfectionist person. That’s why always if I find a better way to structure my blog I do it. Even though it takes 12 hours. I will do it anyways. If you find something confusing or it’s not clear where to find the contents in my blog, please don’t hesitate to tell me. I like everything to be «perfecto»!

6. Write more: Since I’m in the clinical years (currently I’m on my 5th year of studies – 1.5 more to go!) I don’t have all the free time that I wish for. But still I try to get some time to share things with you guys, with the «family» that fateuser.com (and all surrounding social networks) has become. I’m glad I started this and glad I’m still writing here. I think this year I wrote more often. Will try to write «more oftener» this 2015. Boy scout word!

7. Create more: Here I was making reference to the video and pictures creation. Oh boy. I think it’s the resolution that worked out the best way! I created a new youtube channel (it’s all in english folks!) and created a new flickr account (it’s all in «pictures» folks!). Be sure to check them out and tell me what you think!

8. Better my grades average: Also worked. I’m more persistent in university and also I enjoy studying more. And if you like (or love) what you do, it’s always easier to put more effort. (Self highs-five)

9. Be more constant: Tried to fight my laziness moments. Won almost all the battles. Happy about the result. End of communication.

10. Finish the biggest project I have rolling on: I did advance a bit on this. Still not going to share anything. I want it to be a surprise for y’all. But it’s going. Slowly but going.

Overall I achieved 7/10 things that I planned to do during this whole year. I’m quite glad about the result. I think that life is about this. Making goals and achieving them. I once read a sentence WITHOUT A GOAL YOU CAN’T SCORE. So ladies and gentleman, you have few days before the new chapter of our lives begins. 2015 is almost there. Are you ready to put your battle gear and fight for your dreams?

Keeping an order (or trying to be organized) with the posts and videos it’s been such a challenge for me. Since the beginning of this year I was posting one weekly video on youtube.com/fateuser. At the beginning it was super fun. Later on, as happened with my 365 Days project I sort of lost the motivation and it was too demanding for me (need to have in mind that I’m studying medicine, which takes 80% of my free time. The other 20% I use it for sleeping). 

After that, I also opened a «secondary» YouTube channel. I am using the » » because from now on that will be my main channel.

And I will tell you why.

Lots of my followers a.k.a. the lovely people that check what I do can’t speak spanish. And having a YouTube channel where I would only put spanish speaking videos wouldn’t make so much sense, because almost all of you wouldn’t understand that. That’s why I decided to open the English Channel and since more and more people are subscribing to it, I’m going to keep it as the main channel. On the other one… well, we will see if I post anything or not!

Getting back to the topic, from now on, I’ll be posting on my blog one post weekly. On Mondays. Don’t know exact time yet. So remember that even though sometimes (or always) Mondays suck, you’ll be having new stuff on my blog. ISN’T THAT WONDERFULLLY AMAZING? Videos I’ll keep posting them on Thursdays  but that’s where the new thing comes. I won’t be posting a video on a weekly basis. That’s because I’d like to post videos when I have cool stuff to show and when I think that they are interesting/entertaining enough for you. I don’t want to feel the pressure to post shitty videos to fulfill the «self-imposed-programme».

And last but not least, you will be having almost every single day, if not more than once per day new pictures and anecdotes on Instagram. So if you don’t follow me yet, be sure to check my profile out!

Peace peeps!

I’ve been wondering how do you guys enjoy my blog. What you like, or what you dislike. And it’s now when you can tell me all that stuff. I would really appreciate if you would answer this. It is completely anonymous and it will help me a lot!

Thanks!!

Ya está. Ya sabes que es el momento en el que tienes que empezar a buscarte la vida fuera de tu país. Fuera de España. El país que te ha visto nacer y crecer y en el que has vivido mil y una historias increíbles. Y que ahora mismo te da la espalda. Y piensas -¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?- Vivir en la época equivocada.

Tú, joven y preparado, con ganas de trabajar, de aprender, de mejorar, de ver mundo, de caerte y de volver a levantar. Tú, que estás tan loco como para pensar que puedes cambiar las cosas, que crees que la unión hace la fuerza, que crees que saliendo a la calle, protestando, luchando por lo que crees (y es) que es justo harás de éste un país mejor.

Es hora de que salgas. Aventúrate. Pelea. Descubre. Piérdete y encuéntrate. No te quedes cual margarita a final de otoño marchitándote en un país en el que no te dejan florecer. Donde no te dan la oportunidad de revelar lo que realmente puedes llegar a brillar. Donde no te valoran lo suficiente. Donde gana más el premio nacional de tauromaquia que el europeo de física. Donde hay gente que puede publicar más libros de los que ha leído en su vida. Donde se penaliza más a la madre que utiliza dinero que no es suyo para sobrevivir que a quien roba millones que le sobran por doquier.

Rebélate. Rompe con lo establecido. Pon en duda todo lo que conoces. No dejes que nadie te pisotee, porque tú, joven y preparado, vales mucho más de lo que te han dicho.

Sí. Posiblemente al principio te asuste la idea de salir de casa. De sumergirte en una nueva cultura, de aprender un nuevo idioma, de sacarte tú las castañas del fuego. Pero, ¿no has oído nunca eso de que quien no arriesga no gana? Atrévete. Siempre tienes la posibilidad de volver. Salta al vacío. Conquístate. Encuentra lo mejor de tí y enséñalo al mundo.

Muéstranoslo a todos.

Es la primera vez que hago una cosa de éstas. No soy de los que creen en las listas de propósitos (bueno, mi lista de cosas que hacer #AntesdeMorir es una excepción) pero este año quiero probar a ver si realmente sirve de algo. Me gustaría llegar al final del 2014  y ver que he cumplido todo o prácticamente todo lo que me he propuesto. Así es como funciono yo. Metas. Pequeños logros (y otros más grandes) que ir cumpliendo y que me van llenando como persona.

Así que aquí está mi lista de propósitos para el año 2014:

1. Participar en una cirugía: tengo unas ganas increíbles desde que estoy entrando en quirófano a ver operaciones. Me gustaría poder «lavarme» y poder «meter mano» en el asunto. Además también es una de las cosas de mi «bucket list«.
2. Sacarme el carnet de conducir: me parece ya una especie de delito el hecho de tener veintitantos y aún no poder conducir. Espero solucionarlo y pronto.
3. Visitar 5 nuevos países: si sueles leer mi blog (y si no ahora mismo te lo cuento) sabrás que me encanta viajar. Y me parece un buen propósito viajar a 5 sitios en los que nunca haya estado.
4. Instagramear más: quiero intentar compartir por lo menos una vez al día una foto en mi cuenta de instagram. Me gusta mucho la interacción en esa red social y el hecho de que cada vez somos más y más me anima a seguir compartiendo.
5. Estructurar mejor mi blog: con esto me refiero a fijar fechas de subida de diferentes tipos de entradas y que de esta manera sepas que cosas puedes encontrar y cuándo, así sólo tendrás que visitar mi blog cuando te parezca interesante (o si es todos los días mucho mejor!!)
6. Escribir más: tiene mucha relación con el punto 5. Contar más. Redactar más. Explicar más. Empecé este blog por compartir mi experiencia en Lituania y hace mucho tiempo que no cuento cómo me va por allá. Ésta es una de los tipos de entradas que quiero escribir más a menudo.
7. Crear más: ésta yo creo que va a ser una de las más difíciles de seguir. Quiero intentar compartir un vídeo semanal en mi canal de youtube. Estoy empezando a cogerle el «gustillo» a esto de hablarle a una cámara.
8. Mejorar mi media académica: este curso académico (actualmente curso 4º de Medicina) estoy mucho más interesado por la carrera y disfruto mucho más yendo a clase y aprendiendo. Quiero, aprovechando este estímulo, mejorar mis notas con respecto a los años anteriores.
9. Ser más constante: ya sea en la universidad, gimnasio o proyectos relacionados con el blog. La constancia es una asignatura que me quedó para Septiembre pero que ahora estoy estudiando mucho para poder sacar buena nota en la recuperación.
10. Terminar el proyecto más grande que tengo entre manos: aún no puedo decirte demasiado sobre qué va el proyecto ya que quiero mantenerlo en secreto hasta que esté más evolucionado, pero es algo en lo que llevo trabajando un tiempo y de lo que espero poder desvelar algunas pistas pronto.

Y hasta aquí la lista de las 10 cosas que quiero conseguir en 2014. Intentaré (evidentemente) seguirla y ver si realmente funciona esto de plantearse unas metas.

¿Sueles plantearte propósitos al empezar el año? ¿Qué propósitos te has planteado este año? ¡¡Déjamelo en los comentarios!!