With Christmas and New Year fast approaching, newly-married Amy Duggar King is reflecting on all the lessons she's learned this year, and what she will be doing with her newfound knowledge moving forward.

Amy writes on her blog that she has learned how to weed out negative people in her life, as difficult as it might be to do so. "Just because you love someone doesn't mean they are good for you," she says. "I am the type of person where I see the good in every person. Thinking that way can get you in a lot of trouble, and it welcomes unnecessary drama. I don't know about you but I'd rather watch drama on TV (lately I've been binging on 'Gossip Girl') than have it in my own life!"

She has learned this year that not everybody she meets has good intentions. More often than not, Amy realised that people are too selfish to even consider that they are already hurting other people.

"Your reputation is important, but you can't help what people are going to say about you. Your character, on the other hand, means so much more! I mean that is actually who you are as a person," she says.

Amy then encouraged her readers to reflect on themselves and determine what kind of person they truly are. "What do you do when no one is around? How do you talk to people? Who influences you? If you socialise with people who bring you down, or make you feel less than them then stop being friends with them!!!! If your so-called 'friend' puts you in a vulnerable state then what kind of friend is that after all?!" she adds.

The new Mrs. Dillon King said she has been busy "cleaning house" on who she wants to be associated with, and she is urging others to follow suit in order to be happier.