Glow Up Tips For U, Girl🪷💋

Glow-up tips that actually work from your favourite beauty girly (me)

Hot girls don't gatekeep, so here are some of my favourite glow-up tips that actually work. <3

Skin

Find a skincare routine that works for you!! It took me years to find mine, but now my skin is literally perfect. <3 (let me know if you guys want a detailed skincare routine!!)

Don't pick your skin, the less you touch your face, the better.

I believe ice rollers are bs…

If you struggle with dark circles, don't try fixing them through skincare. Most likely, the problem comes from your diet or stress.

Dry brushing is a game-changer!!

Use lotion after every shower and apply a body spray before the lotion is fully absorbed into your skin. You'll smell amazing for DAYS.

Don't try homemade skincare if you already struggle with your skin. I learned it the hard way, lol…

WASH YOUR MAKEUP BRUSHES

Hair

The more heat you use, the more damage you'll have.

SILK PILLOWCASES

Never sleep with wet or damp hair.

Stop buying cheap shampoo and conditioner, also make sure to check the ingredients!!

Some ingredients to avoid: Sulfates, Parabens, Polyethene Glycols, Triclosan, Formaldehyde, Synthetic Fragrances and Colors, Dimethicone, Retinyl Palmitate.

I trim my hair every 3 months.

If you have damaged hair, invest in some Olaplex!! my favourites are N4c, N6 and N7. <3

Diet

green juice actually makes you feel better. I make mine at home and LOVE it :)

Balance is key!! I swear by the 80/20 rule.

Drink more water, even if you think you're drinking enough. DRINK MORE

Keto is BS <3

Focus on eating more protein. Usually, low-fat products have more protein, so I just try to buy those, lol.

I eat gluten-free, not by choice… But it did clear my acne, so…

Take supplements, get a blood test done, discuss it with a doctor and start taking whatever they recommend. GAME CHANGER.

EAT MORE VEGETABLES and fruits.

Lifestyle

Focus on being more active, walk more, workout, join a club or sport, dance, whatever works for you!!

I aim for 10K steps, I live in a big city, so I usually walk more than that but still.

Hobbies that don't include screen time. Trust me.

Find your personal style and ALWAYS dress up. <3

TREAT YOURSELF. Buy yourself flowers, and presents, go to your favourite restaurants, vacations!!

Read more. As a classics lover, I can't imagine a life without literature, but even if you don't like classics, any book is better than no book!!

Take more pictures. I've noticed that I have become a lot more present since I've started taking more pictures!! highly recommend :)

I hate to say this, but getting up earlier is lowkey kinda great... been doing it for a few weeks, and unfortunately, I do feel better... they were right...

Get a cat. :)

Mindset

Stop assuming that everyone hates you, they don't, trust me.

Journaling, manifesting, law of attraction, affirmations.

one of my favourite affirmations: "if I weren't capable, the opportunity wouldn't have come my way; I belong here." <3

Stop hanging out with people who drain your energy

stop consuming media that makes you feel bad.

What would the highest version of yourself do?

If you change your mindset, you will change your life.

Romanticise every aspect of your life. <3

As always, please feel free to share your own suggestions and glow-up tips in the comments! <3

✩‧₊*:・love ya ･:*₊‧✩

Something I struggle with is actually starting my journey. I have so many areas that I want to upgrade in and I'm starting to feel overwhelmed. Do you have any advice on that? Thank you!

how to organize your level up journey 🤍

1. take out a piece of paper (or type but it’s better to write things down on paper), and write down each life area (or the ones that you want to change). these include (but not limited to): and make sure you leave a lot of room under each one, probably taking one piece of paper for every life area instead of just using one sheet of paper.

school

work/career

finances

romantic relationships

family

friendships

religion/spirituality

health/fitness

physical appearance

recreational/bucket list

lifestyle

2. leave space under whichever “life areas” you want to level up in and then write your goals. i suggest 1-3 goals under each, but no more than 5. you don’t want to overwhelm yourself even more. an example of this could look like:

1. physical appearance

- i want to grow longer hair

- i want to clear my skin

- i want to master the perfect makeup look

3. under each one of your goals, write 1-2 habits you could do everyday to work on that goal. you can write more habits if you want to, but again, the goal is to not overwhelm you anymore than you already feel. an example of this could look like:

1. physical appearance

- i want to grow longer hair

• sleep on satin pillow case

• heatless hairstyles daily

4. then start working on those habits, slowly adding a few more into your routine whenever you feel comfortable. don’t get discouraged if you slip a lot during the beginning; that’s completely normal. just keep working on being consistent and it’ll eventually become second nature. then you add more habits and eventually, habits turn into successes.

try my method and see if this works for you. 🫶🏼 get my ebook here

Selfcare Sunday Ideas

Slow Morning

Wake up before 8 am.

Do some Yoga.

Meditate.

Make your fav breakfast.

Plan

Plan your schedule for the week.

Set intentions for the week.

Check in on your goals.

Upate your calendar for the week.

Plan meals, grocery shop, meal prep.

Chores

Make your beed,

Change bedding.

Empty dishwasher.

Clean bathroom.

Clear/wipe surfaces.

Sweep/mop floors.

Take trash out.

Do your laundry.

Clean out your purse or backpack.

Wash makeup brushes.

Organize closet.

Relax

Listen to a podcast.

Spend the day without social media.

Call a loved one.

Bake something.

Go for a walk.

Selfcare

Do your skincare routine.

Bubble bath.

Wash and condition hair.

Use a hair mask.

Wash and moisturise face.

Use a face mask.

Apply body lotion.

File and paint nails.

Exfoliate your skin.

Shave.

Wind Down

Have a light dinner.

Drink a cup of tea.

Light a candle.

Read a book or watch a movie.

Journaling.

Go to sleep early.

THE SELF IMPROVEMENT MASTERPOST.

[CONSTANTLY BEING UPDATED]

GIVE YOURSELF SOME LOVE THIS NEW YEAR.

WHAT DO YOU WANT IN LIFE?

PLANNING: STEPS TO REACH YOUR DREAMS

FINALLY CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR HIGHEST SELF IN 2024

MAKING REALISTIC NEW YEARS GOALS

MIRROR WORK + AFFIRMATIONS

MAKING 2024 A PROGRESSIVE YEAR

LIVE YOUR LIFE SO THAT OLD YOU CAN BE PROUD

LEARN TO DREAM LIKE A KID AGAIN

HOW TO LIVE BY MARSLOWS HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

PEOPLE DON'T WANT YOU TO SUCCEED

STOP THINKING ABOUT WHAT OTHERS MIGHT BE THINKING

CREATING CELEBRITY ENERGY AND STAR QUALITY

JEALOUSY AND ENVY ARE JOY KILLERS

DON'T BE THE LOSER, BE THE WINNER

LIFE DOESN'T CREATE ITSELF

BEATING TEMPTATIONS AND PROCRASTINATION

I LEARNT TO SHUT MY MOUTH AND YOU SHOULD TO

DON'T LET THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR SUCCESS

𝐻𝑂𝑊 𝑇𝑂 𝐺𝐿𝑂𝑊 𝑈𝑃- 1𝑆𝑇 𝑄𝑈𝐴𝑅𝑇𝐸𝑅

𝐹𝑂𝑅 𝐴 𝑆𝑈𝐶𝐶𝐸𝑆𝑆𝐹𝑈𝐿 𝐺𝐿𝑂𝑊 𝑈𝑃 𝐼𝑁 2025

𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 2025 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑘𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 : 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒, 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ, 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑟, 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠, 𝐸𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 4 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑢𝑝. 𝐹𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑛 2 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘.

𝑇𝐼𝑃: 21 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡. 90 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒.

𝐽𝐴𝑁-𝐹𝐸𝐵-𝑀𝐴𝑅

𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐹𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠 : 𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠 :

✰ 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 (𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠, 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑).

✰ 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ (𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑒, 𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟).

𝑆𝑒𝑡 3 𝐶𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝐺𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐸𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎:

𝑒.𝑔. 𝐻𝐸𝐴𝐿𝑇𝐻 :

✰ 𝐷𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘 2𝐿 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦.

✰ 𝑇𝑟𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑔𝑎 𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘.

✰ 𝐵𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒

𝐾𝑁𝑂𝑊𝐿𝐸𝐷𝐺𝐸 𝐼𝐷𝐸𝐴𝑆

✰ 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑 1 𝑜𝑟 2 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ.

✰ 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔.

✰ 𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑇𝐸𝐷 𝑇𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑠.

✰ 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 3 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

✰ 𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 (𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑎, 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠).

✰ 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑢𝑝𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠.

𝐻𝐸𝐴𝐿𝑇𝐻 𝐼𝐷𝐸𝐴𝑆

✰ 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑒 3-4 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘 (𝑦𝑜𝑔𝑎, 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐻𝐼𝐼𝑇).

✰ 𝐸𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑠- 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑠.

✰ 𝐻𝑦𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 : 𝑎𝑖𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 8 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦.

✰ 𝐺𝑒𝑡 7-8 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝.

✰ 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠.

✰ 𝑇𝑟𝑦 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑜𝑥 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘.

𝐻𝑂𝑊 𝑇𝑂 𝐵𝑈𝐼𝐿𝐷 𝑌𝑂𝑈𝑅 𝐺𝐿𝑂𝑊-𝑈𝑃 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝑁

1. 𝑈𝑆𝐸 𝑇𝐻𝐸 21/90 𝑅𝑈𝐿𝐸 :

𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 21 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠.

𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 90 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒.

2. 𝑇𝑅𝐴𝐶𝐾 𝑌𝑂𝑈𝑅 𝑃𝑅𝑂𝐺𝑅𝐸𝑆𝑆 :

𝑈𝑠𝑒 𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒.

3. 𝑅𝐸𝑊𝐴𝑅𝐷 𝑌𝑂𝑈𝑅𝑆𝐸𝐿𝐹 :

𝑆𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 21 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 :

𝐵𝑢𝑦 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑.

𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡.

𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦.

𝑆𝑇𝑈𝐷𝑌 𝑇𝐼𝑃𝑆 𝐹𝑂𝑅 𝑇𝐻𝐼𝑆 𝑄𝑈𝐴𝑅𝑇𝐸𝑅

1. 𝑆𝑇𝐴𝑌 𝑂𝑅𝐺𝐴𝑁𝐼𝑍𝐸𝐷 :

𝑈𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑘𝑠.

2. 𝑀𝐴𝑋𝐼𝑀𝐼𝑍𝐸 𝐹𝑂𝐶𝑈𝑆 :

𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑖𝑛 25- 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 5-𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑠 (𝑃𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑜 𝑇𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒).

𝐸𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠: 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑘.

3. 𝑈𝑆𝐸 𝐴𝐶𝑇𝐼𝑉𝐸 𝑅𝐸𝐶𝐴𝐿𝐿 :

𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑧 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠.

𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠.

4. 𝐶𝑅𝐸𝐴𝑇𝐸 𝐴 𝑆𝑇𝑈𝐷𝑌 𝑅𝑂𝑈𝑇𝐼𝑁𝐸 :

𝑃𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑦 (𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡).

𝐾𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡.

5. 𝑀𝐴𝐾𝐸 𝐼𝑇 𝐹𝑈𝑁 :

𝑈𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠.

𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑓𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑.

NEW YEAR, NEW ME

( A collab with thee lovely lele @bloombabydoll )

If you want to reinvent and rebrand yourself, or just continue to make positive improvements in 2024, the first thing is to evaluate your current year. 

EVALUATION

Reflect on how things went for you. Was there continuous growth? Were there many difficult times? Did you discover anything major about yourself and so on. Try to summarise your year in (a) paragraph(s) at least. 

Oversee your goals. Which ones you didn’t, did achieve, difficult ones, easy ones and the impacts it had on your life. 

Compare your dream girl then and now. Is your visualisation of your life currently different to the one you have now and why? 

List any major losses or successes you’ve had in your life, and how they have helped you or why it matters to you. 

This evaluation can be as detailed or simple as you like, but as long as you have a decent outline of your year. 

PREPARING & PLANNING

To prepare for 2024, you want to know what you want life to be like in 2024. Something realistic to a point, but still is a growth journey. 

Think of something that you can associate with 2024. This can be a word, a symbol, art, a song, a book, a movie, a place, or even just all of these things. When you think about your goals and your journey, this is your theme. This is something that should relate to your goals or your dream girl somehow. 

For me, I chose a word and a song. My word is growth because, for me, 2023 was a year for just being able to shed my old self which I did achieve however I just felt there wasn’t much growth as an actual person and not just in my environment. 

For my song, it is Mayflowers by Proleters and Taskrok. This song is the epitome of what I would imagine, is the most polished mindset. I would say perfect, but having a perfect mindset is near impossible. I want to have a mindset glow up because I’ve just been hard on myself lately which has caused my confidence to plummet. 

Before we get into the fun part of the preparation stage, we have to do some organisation in our life. I want you to take a look at your daily lifestyle and your habits, and be completely unashamed about this. 

Then categorise these habits into two sections; Leave and Leap. Leave habits are habits that you are leaving behind in 2023, leap habits are habits that are leaping into 2024 with you. 

Any habits that are self-destructive, addictive or generally harmful are leave habits. Beneficial habits and self-building are leaping with you into the new year.

I want you to do the same for people in your life, all environments (school, work, online etc) and anything else you believe needs to be sorted out. 

This works better if you can reason with yourself why it is a leaping or leaving habit, but don’t try to convince yourself a bad habit is good or vice versa. 

Now, I want you to document an honest paragraph about who you are right now. List your bad and good habits, your strengths and weaknesses and your behaviours. This one requires a bit more detail. 

Then, write a paragraph about who you will be in 2024, your dream girl. List her habits, lifestyle, behaviours, mindset, strengths and anything else extra. I’ll explain later but do not include materialistic desires in this your dream girl. Once again, this one also requires details. 

Stemming from those paragraphs, I want you to create specific and achievable goals. SMART goals are best, but I want to introduce you to how I set goals. 

I divide my year into quarters. For each 3 months, I have 3-5 goals for those months. Usually, it’s one from each area of my life. Then, I break down these goals. 

Questions and How They Help 

Why do I want to do this goal - For motivation and commitment. 

How it’ll benefit me - For the sake of improvement. 

How can I involve myself in this goal - To achieve your goal.  

I prefer this method because it is a lot simpler for me, as I am just a young girl and my bigger goals are more in the future in which I’ll utilise SMART goals. 

To create good goals; Make sure they align with your current values and life principles first. Try to avoid creating goals that you have just taken from the internet. Those goals just aren’t it and you most likely won’t follow through with it. 

Be specific. Don’t say you want to eat more healthily, instead say you want to include (a certain group of veggies/fruits) in your diet and reduce the intake of ( food/drink). 

E.g using eating healthy example

I want to eat healthy -> I want to start including foods that boost my immunity system and support my skin while reducing those that have the opposite effect. 

Then break down those quarterly goals into monthly, weekly and daily goals. Make these habits that you can establish in your lifestyle and have a way in which you can refer back to your progress. 

EXAMPLE GOAL BREAKDOWN

Quarterly Goal - Read 6 books.  

Monthly Goal - Finish 2 books.

Weekly Goal - Be or near half way of one book.

Daily Goal - 20 minutes of reading per day. 

AREAS TO SET GOALS IN YOUR LIFE

Academics

Spiritual

Fitness/sport

Health and wellbeing

Mental health

Personal life

Relationships

Hobbies and recreation

Now for the best part- vision boards! Collect all of your favourite images that embody your quarters or the whole year, then put them in one place where you can see them regularly!

Some ideas are a scrapbook, Pinterest boards, mood boards, playlists etc. 

Choose your theme; It can be your healthy girl era, your academic come back or whatever you want. You can have more than two btw.

Use quotes! Then actually say them in your daily life as a way to shift your mindset to reflect said quote.

Include inspirational people. It doesn't even have to be a millionaire or a very well established person, it could be your friends or someone on the internet.

Be imaginative. Your vision board doesn't have to realistic in my opinion, as the whole point of it to me is that viewing it daily and considering it to be part of your life one day allows for you to open up to those opportunities.

Materialistic Wants

I feel obligated to make this a separate section. This section is practically tangible objects that you want.

However, when choosing this said object that you want, mindfully think about why you want that thing specifically.

It doesn’t have to be meaningful, but as long as each thing on that list has got a purpose to you, and will serve you, I think it’s all good!

Conclusion

If you want, you can definitely start implementing habits before January. However, I believe that as long as you go into 2024 at least knowing who you want to be and shedding away any limiting beliefs, you’ll be fine.

Make sure to incorporate some self care rituals into your daily life as well✨

To end this, I hope everyone has a very merry Christmas! And that 2024 they will achieve to close that gap with their current selves and their dream girl selves! 💖🙏

Summer girly

Glow-up tips 🌸☀️

Things I’m trying to do everyday to become THAT girl for/in summer

Wake up at 7am everyday ☀️

Brush hair/practice cute and different hairstyles!

Drink Water/Green tea. Cut out juices/sugary drinks etc

Basic hygiene routine. Shower, brush teeth, wash hands, sanitise etc

Eat lots of fruits and veggies 🥗

Go for a 30min-1hr walk around my town everyday

Try and get in 10,000 steps daily 👣

Journal everyday. (Write in diary, to-do lists, and write out daily/weekly goals)

Limit screen time 🚫

Pick outfits out the night before so I have more time in the morning!

Practice Yoga/Pilates in the morning or before bed

Read 30 pages of a book everyday 📖

Shower routine. (Scrub, shower gel, moisturise, shave etc)

Skincare routine every morning/night 💦

Watch one new ep of a show I’ve been meaning to watch

Listen to music that makes me feel good!

Get 8-10 hours of sleep every night 😴

Not eating anything after 9pm/before bed time

Take time to go on Pinterest 💕 It inspires!

Talk to family/friends everyday!

Do something you enjoy 💗

Trying to do these things everyday may seem tough in the beginning, but practice and repetition is key. Once you start doing these everyday you will see MASSIVE differences!!

Take baby steps and be yourself/focus on yourself

☀️🥗🌸

Happy summer darls! <3

How to get your life together : a guide

1) Make a list of goals you want to achieve, if you don’t you’re going to forget about them. It could be yearly goals, it could be monthly goals or both (even better). Just write them down and put them somewhere you can see them every day. Also don’t forget about the smart rule :

Specific (simple, sensible, significant).

Measurable (meaningful, motivating).

Achievable (agreed, attainable).

Relevant (reasonable, realistic and resourced, results-based).

Time bound (time-based, time limited, time/cost limited, timely, time-sensitive).

2) Choose habits which will lead your towards your goals. You want to be a the top of your class ? Start by actually completing your homework, assignments and by paying attention in class. You want strong and healthy hair ? Stop using heat every day and start a hair care routine. Yes, it is that simple trust me.

3) Starts adding those habits to your daily life and be realistic. For exemple, if you want to achieve your dream body start exercising and eating healthy. You want to keep those achievable and enjoyable : if you used to never step away from your couch for too long, you are not going to exercise 5 times a week right away. Start small, start with maybe twice a week and then add more when you feel ready.

4) Stop making excuses. You cannot reach your goals if you find excuses to stay home and do nothing such as « I will start on Monday » or « I am a bit tired today so I’ll just rest ». Don’t, if you really are motivated you will start right now and won’t skip your workout. The less you do, the less you wanna do.

5) Remind yourself why you wanna reach those goals and motivate yourself. You cannot solely rely on motivation, you have to create it yourself. Make vision boards of you dream life and ask yourself why you want to get out of your actual situation. If you already feel miserable and lazy in your every day life it won’t hurt to at least try, right ?

6) Enjoy the steps. That one is the most important. If you feel like completing a workout is torture, you will last a week or two tops. If doing your skin care or a daily walk feels boring, you will stop doing it. Try making those interesting by watching a movie or listening a podcast at the same time, find a workout you’re actually able to enjoy.

7) Finally : enjoy your results. If you’ve kept up the work for months, even weeks you will see them. People will start praising you about your hair, your skin… You will be able to see those changes yourself when you look at your body or at your grades. You will also be more confident because when you decide to put in the work and get results, you will be so proud of yourself I can assure you that.

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