WOW! What a year 2016 has been for little old me. If you had told me at the beginning of the year all of the things that I would be achieving, I would have never have believed you. Even now I find it surreal! I can’t quite process 2016. You know, good things don’t ever seem to happen to me; my boyfriend and I joke a lot about how unlucky I am. But this year everything changed.
Ever since my Dad passed away, I’ve always felt guilty for feeling content. I’ve put a lot of pressure on myself to do well and achieve great things and when they didn’t happen I’d feel so low. And I bet most of you know it’s hard to pick yourself up and carry on once you’ve felt disheartened. This seemed to continuously happen for me over the years. I had a lot of ups and downs and when I was up it was always followed by something negative. However, after all of that I still had drive and determination to change everything. I hated feeling so down all the time. I hated crying. I worked really hard at my blog once I moved in with my boyfriend 2 and 1/2 years ago and I never looked back. 2016 was when my hard work started to pay off.
I was at 45K on Instagram back in January 2016 and I’m ending on 239K! I can’t even process how many people that is! It’s mad that, that amount of people want to follow me! Me! This growth on Instagram has helped me so much this year. It enabled me to quit my job as more and more brands started to notice me. It gave me lots of amazing opportunities and I couldn’t be more grateful to all of you for it. You’re the ones that have made this happen for me. So THANK YOU!
Looking back at what I’ve achieved this year is mad! I’ve got a L’oreal hair dye box with my face on it launching in the new year, I’ve travelled a lot, I attended numerous festivals, I’ve made some amazing friends through blogging and so much more! I feel so lucky that I’ve been given all of these amazing opportunities and experiences. Hard work really does pay off, when I look back at 2016.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had a few ups and downs. But this year something changed in me. I stopped caring as much, I tried not to get so uptight if things went wrong. Things go wrong and it’s ok! I feel like I’ve finally got somewhere in my life, to a good place, and for once I don’t feel guilty. My Dad would want me to be happy, and I shouldn’t feel bad about it just because he’s not here. Oh my god, I’d give anything and everything to have him back in my life. But I’ve learnt to accept that it’s not going to happen. There’s no point in getting myself upset because in 20 years time, I’ll look back and think, what did I achieve? Oh nothing because I was so down and upset the whole time. That’s not life. We only get one life and it’s what we make it. I feel so proud of myself for how far I’ve come since my Dad’s death and I will always remember 2016 as the turning point for me.
If you want to hear more about my 2016 experience then check out my YouTube video here where I go into more detail.
Happy new year to you all and I wish you every success in 2017!
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