Well… it’s 2014! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas & New Years Eve with your loved ones.
This is my usual past year round up post with a few of my New Years Resolutions attached. You can read last year’s round up post here – I think I actually succeeded in most of last year’s resolutions so here’s to hoping that this year is the same.
The last photographs of me in 2013.
Resolutions
1) Less ‘What ifs, more what’s happening now’.
I have mentioned before about how much of a worrier I am and can often lay awake at night thinking about all the what if’s that could happen in the future. I’m sad to admit that they have often stopped me enjoying what is actually happening there and then… for example if someone incredible came into my life, I’d spend more time worrying about ‘what if I loose them’ rather than enjoying and making the most of having them in my life. I really want to appreciate and seize every moment and so I must stop worrying and what if-ing!
2) Don’t expect too much
This is quite a deep one, but I’m hoping it will make my life a lot more positive. I am terrible at getting my hopes up and expecting the best of people, which has meant that in the past I have often been let down (this really mostly relates to 2012). I’ve come to realize that people do forget promises & let you down, but if you don’t expect anything in the first place, you’re much less likely to get hurt. Plus, when something incredible does happen, it will feel even more special and you’ll be much more grateful that it does… if that makes sense?
3) Record everything!
Again, a resolution I make every year but break but this year I MUST make more notes and write down more memories in 2014. I’m going to try and stick to the idea of: writing down good memories on a little piece of paper and putting them in a jar. At the end of the year I’ll get them out and read them to remember all the great things that happened!
Again, a resolution I make every year but break but this year I MUST make more notes and write down more memories in 2014. I’m going to try and stick to the idea of: writing down good memories on a little piece of paper and putting them in a jar. At the end of the year I’ll get them out and read them to remember all the great things that happened!
4) Move out.
It’s time for me to move back out of home (after living with my parents ever since I left university two years ago). I am really lucky to have the most incredible family ever, we are very close and I’ll miss them terribly but I’m sure they’re getting fed up with my mess, my washing & feeding me now so I want to pack my bags and move back to Central!
Highlights
2013 in a nutshell was possibly my favourite year yet and mainly because of one person who came into my life when I was least expecting it. This is perhaps going to be the cheesiest thing ever written on my blog; but I have never felt love like this until 2013. I am with someone who makes me feel like the most special person on the planet. He makes me feel beautiful, smart and kind and I have laughed more in the past 7 months than I had in the whole of 2012. Thank you Andrew for making me, me again.
Last year was also the year of career for me. I was offered a permanent job in January after interning for a company I adored and being a part of Gleam has been one of my biggest achievements to date. I can’t put in to words how lucky I am to have a job that I love and enjoy; there has never been a day where I’ve dreaded going into the office and the opportunities it has given me has been unreal.
- Going to countless film premiers, screenings and parties
- Helping Tanya with her makeup range (#TanyasLips&Nails) which launches January 30th
- Having the most magical Christmas party at Hogwarts
- Working with a great team of people whose company I cherish
Music has been really important to me throughout 2013 and I have discovered some mind-blowing tunes which mean the world to me now (it’s so hard to resist the temptation to get lyrics tattooed all over me). Musical highlights of the year have to be Josef Salvat (This Life makes me cry tears and his charisma live makes me swoon), Little Comets & Aluna George (the soundtracks to my summer), Alt-J and Half Moon Run whose songs make me so calm and content.
I gave Andrew (who is also a DJ) a list of my favourite songs released in 2013 and he created a ‘mini-mix’ of them together for my blog (I did tell you he was a babe!!) so you can listen to my favourite songs of the past year here! Let me know if you enjoy it. (There are also 1000 free downloads available if you want to keep it!)
Finally, my final achievement of 2013 was my YouTube channel. I started uploading regularly in May last year and since then I have gained 20,000 subscribers which blows my mind! Filming and creating videos has become a real passion of mine and it feels unbelievable to have that work pay off in the form of views, and so thank you if you have subscribed!
So there we have it. Sorry for the lengthy post; if you have made it this far then I adore you and it means the world to me. Like I said last year, this blog has been the most consistent thing over the past four years and I couldn’t imagine it not being a part of my life. Working full time, starting making regular YouTube content and falling in love definitely meant that my blog took a bit of a backseat and I’m so sorry for that (I do feel incredibly guilty about it) and I’m eager to make it up this year with lots of new posts and content, which I really hope you stick around for. Your support means the world to me. Thank you!
What are your New Year’s Resolutions? What were your highlights of 2013?
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