Anyway, I hope you love this month's moodboard! February is always one of my favorites because of all of the pink. Please tag me on Instagram if you download this month's moodboard -- I absolutely love to see it on your screens! The moodboard love really does make this so much more fun!
Valentine's Day Gift Guide
1/28/25I've always loved Valentine's Day; pink things, fresh flowers, it's all very up my alley. I love putting together a cute gift guide for this time of year because there's always something to celebrate, whether you're celebrating Valentine's Day in a relationship or with your girlfriends, or you just want to treat yourself!
When I shared a question box on my Instagram a couple of weeks ago asking what you'd like to see from me this year, so many of you asked for more day in thee life content, and more blog posts! It made me so happy to see that many of you mentioned loving my old blog posts; if you're new, I started this blog in 2012 and it's truly been such a fun experience to grow up capturing so many moments, big and small, throughout my life here. I'd love to bring back blog posts going forward; I know I share the mood boards on here every month and gift guides throughout the year, but I'm going to make it a goal to share at least one blog post a month in addition to the moodboard, whether it be a travel recap, roundup of what I'm currently loving, or a general life update. I hope you find this fun, entertaining, inspiring, or interesting in any way. If anything, it will definitely be a nice way for me to start capturing my life the way I once loved so much, for me.
As I write this, I'm cozy in bed with this salt & stone candle lit, and this 432 Hz Frequency playlist going, so I thought we'd kick things off with just a big update on everything I'm currently loving for nighttime!
2024 was a good, not great, year of reading for me! I had been on a big reading kick for a few years prior, but in 2024 I just got sucked into some books I wasn't loving, and it really slowed down my reading. I'm trying to get better about stopping books that I'm not enjoying, but why is it SO hard?!
I ultimately read 24 books (ish)... let's do a recap! I've done this same post for the past few years, check them out here:
2024 Recap & Highlights
1/7/25Every year, I recap my year in a blog post here. It's one of my favorite ways to reflect on my life annually and acknowledge how fortunate I am to have so much fun, health, love, and happiness in my life. Especially as I've (sadly) been writing fewer and fewer actual blog posts in recent years, it's nice to really sit down and think for a bit and write out a proper recap of my year.
2024 was a great year; the crux definitely being moving in with Joe after 3 years of long distance, and moving out of my first apartment in NYC (which one was the bigger deal?! lol ;). I traveled a bit less than I did in 2023, but still had my fair share of trips with friends, fun in the city, and lots of lake weekends this summer which was SO fun! I also feel like 2024 was a great year of strength for me in a physical sense; I got back into running, and started going to Solidcore regularly. From a work perspective, I was challenged this year on three different client projects, which was an interesting and exciting shift from previous years at work where I was primarily on long-term projects. I work in consulting, so getting to experience a few different clients, challenges, and ways of working this year was a great learning experience and growth opportunity for me. I am so proud to share that I was promoted again at work and I am loving my job more than ever! I am incredibly grateful for my job and I continue to feel so lucky regarding my work situation.
With those major themes covered, let's dive into the highlights of my year!