HAPPY NEW YEAR CHERUBS!

2023 was ‘The Year of Enjoyment’ and I can say that I very much enjoyed! Whilst there weren’t any huge highs, there weren’t any gutter level lows either, (unlike 2022), which I’m very grateful for. All in all, I had a good time.

I went on 7 trips in 2023, 3 of which were new places so I’m currently on 20/30 countries. I got the opportunity to travel with my Mum, I had one of my most favourite girls trips of all time and I did some city breaks which are new for me. I explored, I rested and I partied… I holidayed! I’m looking forward to doing more travelling, (there is a marked difference), which leads me to my 2024 goals.

For me, 2024 is the precursor to 2025. Next year is the year I go travelling, (I will be going to Carnaval in Rio in February 2025), the year I start dating again and potentially the year I move abroad too. In order to achieve all this though, I need to hit my 2024 goals, so here we go:

1. Save money – I know I have this goal every year but I feel like this year I actually have the motivation because I have straight up decided that 2025 is the year I am travelling. It’s not an ‘I hope to travel in 2025’, it’s an ‘I will be travelling in 2025′. In order to reach my goal I am actually going to create a budget, and stick to it, each month. I will also be limiting my holidays this year, (I know I said the same thing in 2023 but this time I’m serious… so no one invite me on holiday plz because you all know I can’t say no!).
2. Glow-Up – I don’t mean this in just the physical sense, but more holistically. It’s about habit building really. I want saying daily affirmations, practicing gratitude, working out, reading, limiting screen time, putting effort into DDB socials, etc. to become something I don’t even need to think about, like doing my skincare. I think that creating a habit for these positive things will ultimately improve my life all round.
3. Change the narrative – I saw a quote that said ‘our thoughts are the source of our reality’ and my thoughts are just really fucking mean. This is low key linked to the above but I’m going to try and make my internal monologue kinder. I haven’t come up with a way to do this just yet, but this will definitely be the hardest of all 3 of my goals, so a continuous work in progress.

I have such a good feeling about 2024: I just know it’s going to be a good one!