HAPPY NEW YEAR !!
First of all, allow me to begin by wishing all of you a very Happy New Year, may 2015 be the year of good luck, good love and good living. I hope you are all well and I hope 2015 has been good to you so far. I actually cannot believe that we are in the year 2015, it feels a little surreal how time flies. For me to say 2014 has been the "best year ever" would be a complete lie as it has been more than challenging if I may say so myself. However with challenges comes the lessons and the learning, knowledge alongside experiences. I am truly blessed and thankful for all the good and bad in 2014 and if anything, it has made me question my current position in general.
One of the highlights of 2014 would definitely be London Fashion Week, Paris Fashion Week and Milan Fashion Week. The opportunity I will title Once in A Lifetime. On the more personal aspect of life would be being able to travel to a few different countries as well as parts of the UK with family, friends and my boyfriend. 2014 was definitely one of my more active years in the blogging world which makes me really proud and happy as it was one of my resolutions in 2014. I started doing Product Of The Month blog posts every month and successfully done 12 POTM blog posts in 2014 which is quite an achievement that I stuck to it and hopefully will continue to stick to it. On the other hand, the Song Of The Week blog posts are a little behind on the updates but I will stick to that to my best. I have started doing more recipe style blog posts which fulfils the lifestyle aspect of my blog which also makes me very happy. In the summer, I continued with a Summer Simplicity blog series weekly which lasted for a good while. Lastly, the Holiday Collection blog posts for the holiday season. I have reached 500 followers on Instagram and I currently have 337 posts xx jess
My aspirations for 2015 as far as the blog is concerned is definitely to switch it up slightly and maybe change a few bits here and there. The main focus point for 2015 should be product reviews. I will try my absolute best to keep product reviews on the front this year as I think in 2014, I took product reviews very lightly and didn't do them as much. However, as first and foremost, a beauty blogger, I think product reviews should be updated more frequently which is why that is at the top of the list for me. I will also try and have a fixed update day which at the moment SHOULD be mostly Thursdays and Mondays if I have more content. I have been meaning to have a proper scheduled update day for awhile now but with work being so busy, I just have not been able to find to right time. At my work, we have our busier seasons which will mainly be in the spring/summer and during Fashion Month seasons which can get a little crazy and super super busy so I don't want to promise anything but again, I will try my absolute best to update the blog weekly, on Thursdays. I will continue with the Product Of The Month blog posts at the beginning of every month and hopefully will be able to do another 12 this year.
My other 2015 resolutions will include having more "me time" whether it means spending another 15 minutes in the bath or going to bed and extra hour early to have a lay down or taking a weekend break. Continuing nicely from that, I would like to make more of an effort to visit family back home. I have been rubbish at going home in 2014 as I only did so a total of 2 times... which is way too little and I think my least one yet in 4 years since I moved away. I rediscovered the importance of family support when I went back for Father's Day and since then I have not had the time to go back (as usual) but I did do so during the holidays which was so rewarding. I also plan to do a lot more travelling this year, hopefully more personal fun trips rather than work-meeting trips. Very boringly. I also need, emphasising NEED to start working on more homemade food and doing a lot more cooking as I have a take away way too often and I have plans to move into a bigger house with my boyfriend hopefully after the summer which means I need to start working on my inner household goddess, again emphasising on the NEED and it all has to start in the kitchen. I am not going to lie, I make quite a rubbish cook but I will definitely make more of an effort. I also plan to get fitter, healthier and hopefully at the end of the year, feel like a stronger gal. Drinking plenty of fluids will be at the top of my concerns this year as I absolutely have to take drinking water much more seriously and keep a good amount of fluid in my system.
We have come to the end now and I would love to know what your 2015 resolutions are so do leave them in the comments as well. Check out all my other social media sites that I will leave below. I love you guys and I thank you all for your continuous love and support throughout 2014 and just know that all of this as much as it is so rewarding for me, is for you guys. I would like to wish you a blessed and wonderful new year. Big love xx
May your days be as glittery as diamonds, may your friends be as good as gold, may your heart stay as green as emerald and may your soul remain as pure as pearl.
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