Happy New Year! I hope your festive period was special, however you spent it. In all honesty I found the Christmas break really tough. On the first day of my holiday I fell ill for another time in 2024 and didn’t really recover until it was time to get back to work. I spent the majority of my time in buckets of sweat, face palming the sofa, wondering when life might feel a bit better. I was pining over all of the lost Christmas cheer and worked myself up into a bit of a frenzy. There were moments of ugly crying, dosing myself up on paracetamols and some real horse coughing. New Years eve then knocked me for six with a horrible headache, and so I ended the year at 11pm dosed up on yet more paracetamol, with my poor husband Raj watching the fireworks on his own with a glass of bubbles. He has a not so lovely photo of me half attempting to smile! But guys, I made it out of the other side! I made it into 2025!
But instead of depressing you all anymore, trust be I’m a lot more cheery now seeing as it is birthday month, I wanted to share some of my 2024 musings. I tried so had over the break to be reflective but it was just too hard. It’s like everything in the universe was telling me not to think back! But I finally now feel ready to share some of my reflections from 2024 and what I will be reaching for in 2025.
2024 Reflections
1. London Fashion Week
I attended my first ever London Fashion Week. When I got the email to say I had been invited I was in shock. Little old me at London Fashion Week. No freaking way! But I have to admit that in all honesty I actually left feeling a little underwhelmed. The experience with a fellow style sister overall was great. We talked about our outfits, took plenty of pictures and videos on the day and watched the flawless show. But all of those feelings from being a young 18 year old wanting to go into fashion came flooding back. This major imposter syndrome telling me I didn’t belong. The space felt overwhelming and intimidating and all of those questions as to whether I should be in a space like this came screaming back. I was on a high after it but on reflection I don’t think I would actually put myself in that situation again.
2. My Spring/Summer Wardrobe
I fell in love with my spring and summer wardrobe this year. It is definitely my favourite time of the year to get dressed. I love experimenting with new colours, shapes and silhouettes. II love being able to have bare arms and legs and not worry about the cold and rain. I really loved getting dressed during the warmer months and I’m so excited to grow on my wardrobe in 2025 with new textures, patterns and prints.
3. Co-Created Community
At the beginning of 2024 I really felt like I was missing a sense of belonging. I struggled to find a space where I really fit in, where I could be my true and authentic self and one of the words on my 2024 vision board was ‘community’. And together with my dear friend we co created the community we had both always dreamed off. Adorned Narratives was a really special moment of 2024 where a dream became a reality. The people we bought together and the magic we created is something I’m so excited to expand on in to the new year. Community and feeling a sense of belonging is truly priceless.
4. A Year To Play
Play was my word of the year for 2024 and boy did I make sure I had fun. I lived life, I laughed, I travelled, I experienced new things. I said yes to more. I enjoyed my days working on building NPS, and I bought more fun and play into the mundane. I built new relationships and nurtured those that bring me that warm and fuzzy feeling. I wore more pink, which bought true joy and a playfulness to my wardrobe and my spirit. That word stuck closely with me and if you are feeling ready to make a commitment to the year, I would highly recommend choosing a word to be your north star.
5. Saying NO!
No was one of my biggest lessons of 2024. There were certain people and spaces that just didn’t feel right in my gut. And so I listened to this feeling and said no to things that I would have otherwise said yes to in an attempt to people please. No allowed bigger and better opportunities into my life, no allowed me to be in the right spaces and ensure my energy levels were conserved, no sparked conversations with other people on the same journey as me. Saying no is one of the most powerful things I have learnt to do.
2025 Commitments
I don’t really believe in making new years resolutions. I find them pressurised, hard to maintain and forced. But what I do like to do is think of my priorities and commitments for the year ahead and what will be driving me forward.
1. Creative Consultancy
I’m really excited to share that I am broadening the services that I offer. I have years of experience in a number of interesting fields behind me and I finally feel like I am ready to use that experience with purpose. I also love to work with new and exciting brands on cool projects and so this year one of my key priorities will be developing my own Creative Consultancy. So if you or anyone you might know needs support in their creative marketing campaigns in 2025, please feel free to pass on my details.
2. Greater Purpose
This one is a little bit more of a secret but I’m working on something really special this year that is going to transform how I share my message. It’s exciting but also a little scary but watch this space as I share more through the year. It’s taking a big commitment of time and money but I think it will be totally worth it!
3. Belief
My word of the year for 2025. It just came to me because I think I needed deeper belief in myself, my work ay dreams. I have aligned with so much purpose and intention in the way I work and so having more belief that things are all unfolding as they are meant to is a huge thing for 2025 for me. Belief that the right clients will find their way to me, belief in the slower moments and moments for pause and reflection, belief that I can and will achieve my personal goals this year.
In my personal time I spend a lot of it understanding and forming a connection to the universe and higher being. Kirsty Gallagher runs a weekly Cosmic Weather Report which helps me understand a lot of what happens in a week. I learn a lot about astrology and our beautiful moon cycles and a lot of this has guided me in my journey over the last four years. And so with the coming of 2025 I can feel something really huge bubbling. I can’t tell you what it is or what it will look like but I’m so excited and ready for this year of transformation. Because in 12 months I think things will look and feel a lot different!.
Thank you so much for reading along. This little corner of the internet has become my favourite place. I love the connections I have built with you all and the support you continue to show me whether that is working with me, joining one of my free masterclasses, reading these blogs or liking my social content. I couldn’t do any of this without that support so thank you for sticking with me. I’m wishing you a beautifully abundant year ahead!
For those looking to think about their style for 2025, my next Free Style Masterclass will be all about creating a Style Vision Board for the new year. Join the group here.
