Hello 2021!

Hello, my lovelies! 

Happy New Year and Happy 2021! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year, especially in these difficult times. 

I thought I would also use this post to share with you my goals/resolutions for this year and a little life update...

I had a lovely, very chilled out Christmas and New Year with my Mum. We played multiple rounds of trivial pursuit (I've discovered I'm the worst at the normal version but epic at the Harry Potter version) and we both cooked an amazing Christmas Dinner. I made my legendary mashed potato (legendary because the consistency changes every time I make it😂🤣). 

New year was extremely chilled out in the way that I went to bed early, due to being super tired, plus with the announcement of Cheshire going into Tier 4 after spending less than a week in Tier 3, we weren't in the mood to celebrate. I am currently furloughed from work, due to the fact that people cannot currently sit in restaurants and I work on the dining area of one of my local fast food restaurants. I'm going to be using my time off productively by doing the annual de-cluttering of my flat, getting qualified as an Independent Travel Agent, and upping the ante with all my social media. 

Here are my Goals for 2021: 

1) BE MORE ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA - This is the one  goal I'm determined to stick with. I really want to be more active on my social media - especially Instagram. Now that I have three IG accounts I want to be more active on all of them. (If you want to follow me on IG my accounts are: @katielauren__xo @phoenixtravelco and @lunanovaapparel ) I'll try and post more on my stories, maybe even go live sometimes. I also want to be more active on Twitter (@lovekatielauren) My Blog ,and also become more confident with TikTok (@Katie.lauren1995) 

2. BE MORE DISCIPLINED WHEN IT COMES TO POSTING ON MY BLOG - This is another goal I'm determined to stick with. As you all know, I am awful when it comes to posting on my blog. That is going to change. I'm aiming to post at least once a week on the blog, if not twice a week. I am working on putting a blog schedule together that I can stick with - timings and posting may change once I'm back at work but I will sort it. 

3. IMPROVE MY PHOTOGRAPHY AND EDITING SKILLS - This is something I've been working on since last year, I'm still trying to find an editing style that i like, and I'm still working on my photography skills and I can't wait to work on them more this year. 

4. DRINK MORE WATER /BE HEALTHIER - This is something I've started doing already, and I'm actually really enjoying it. 

5. BE MORE PRODUCTIVE - As most if not all of you know, I am the absolute worst procrastinate, however I am becoming more productive, and utilising my time off to help reach my goals 

6. WRITE A BOOK - This is something I'm already working on and can confirm there will be a book or two on Amazon (in ebook and possibly paperback) form later this year. I cannot wait for you to read them. Once they're ready to be launched, I will have a blog post up with all the details, the covers etc. 

That's it for this blog post. I'd love to hear what your goals are for this year, let me know in the comments below or on twitter or instagram. 

Also if any of you are struggling in these difficult times, my DMs are always open if any of you need to talk. 

Signing off for now, 

Love,

Katie Lauren xo