My 2024 roundup

Oh my; what a year 2024 has been. On a personal level, it has undoubtedly been a difficult year but at the same time, it was such a necessary year for me. I have had a lot of life lessons packed into twelve months. I have been humbled, I have learnt more about myself and I have understood what is important to me in life.

Highlights of the year would include going on two holidays, achieving my goal of reading over 50 books and saying hello to my newest family member, my little nephew.

I have also taken the decision to just come off of social media; it was something I once enjoyed and still do. But removing my videos on YouTube and changing privacy settings all round felt somewhat liberating. I was drawing a clear and definitive line in the sand that I will just enjoy my life for myself without thinking of every life aspect as 'oh, this would make for a good video idea!' Besides, if I am brutally honest, my content was never popular anyway and I would hardly be missed.

I have focused more on developing better female friendship. It was been great for me but there have also been times, when I have decided that I no longer want to welcome certain people into my life. I have had some difficult conversations where I have had to assert myself and boundaries and though they have been hard to have and sometimes could be described as painful, I am also proud of myself for realising that I deserve love and respect from all my relationships as much as the next person. And I am worth getting that.

Lowest point of the year was when I was pickpocketed somewhere near Kings Cross station. I have never felt more vulnerable as I did then. I had to make numerous calls to get all my cards back. I had people call me up 'just to get updates'. And while I recognised that they were not intending to cause harm, it had the opposite effect. I kept having to go over what happened, where did I go, who did I speak with, etc.. and it was making me more and more anxious. Safe to say I have learnt a lot from that one incident.

And here we come to 2025....So much I would still live to achieve and work towards. So while things may not seem to go in my favour, I can pride myself knowing that I will continue to keep moving forward.

Now, let's raise a glass to 2025!