A Quiet Year — Sneakers and Handbags

What can I say about 2025? It was a pretty good year. I achieved some of my goals, I got out of the house, and I survived a tornado. Yes, this past year has been somewhat eventful, but it has been mostly cool. My word of the year was Happy. I wanted to be happy with everything, from health, work, and my personal life. I kind of think I achieved it.

January: A Slow Start.

I never had seasonal depression, and I think this year was the first time. The weather kept me in the house, and I didn’t feel like myself. Work was pretty busy, and I wanted to keep up with everything, but I was not able to take care of myself the way I was when it was warmer. Writing down things to keep me motivated is something I started doing to help me get through the day.

Some days I had to write down something to keep me motivated.

February: Am I a Designer?

It was an uneventful month, but I was able to achieve a work goal that I had on my list for a while: drawing and uploading a floor plan in Revit. I know that was something I wanted to do for a while, and to be able to achieve this now is so rewarding. Now the new goal is to improve my speed in converting drawings

March: Tying a Necktie

Not much happened in March, but back in the office more and getting back into my fitness and trying my hand at taking more pictures of my outfits, but not posting them to social media for some reason. Maybe I’ll post them soon, but I don’t know

April: Quiet Time

I started Jazz Sundays. No television, just playing all the jazz music albums that I grew up listening to from my parents. I actually like those days. The peace that gives me time to think and just shut down is something I realized that I need more of

May: The Moment It All Changed.

May 16th, a tornado ripped through parts of St Louis city and county, and I was caught in it. I was headed home from running errands, then found myself stuck under an overpass, praying I could get home safe. I still have moments when I think about that day and the devastation that I saw that day, and losing for hours.

June: Getting out of the House

This was the start of seeing more movies that I can remember. Getting the opportunity to get out and have fun is something I didn’t know was going to happen, but I will say it was something. I needed to do

The obligatory elevator picture before going out

July: The Start Over

So someone hacked my TikTok. I had a moment I almost didn’t start a new page, but I decided against it, and started a new page 2 days later with the same name. I pretty much gain a majority of the people that. I was following the new page, but I think I like this page better. I also joined a podcast, and that was pretty fun to do, talking about current events and pop culture.

August: Shattard Backboards

I filmed and uploaded my first sneaker unboxing in 2 years. That was the messiest video I ever made, and I had so much fun making it. Editing it was even funnier for me cause I am so rusty at all of it. I started thinking about whether I would come back to the long-form video format, but I do not know if I have anything to talk about for 12 minutes.

September: Social Media Stream

The month was pretty calm. Cranking out Get Ready with Me videos and Outfit of the Day videos, and trying to stay consistent with content. Gaining a new following across the platforms kept me pretty busy, along with getting out more.

Had to take some pictures before going to brunch.

October: New Opportunities

I received an email asking me to join LTK (Like To Know It). I was and still am in shock that they reached out to me, and that gives me another reason to post more

November: New Decade, New Things?

I cannot believe that I can say I’m 50 years old. Do I feel like I….NO! Do I look like it….NO! My actual birthday was not the day I would have dreamed of, but I can say I feel great to make it to another year and another decade.

December: Winding Down

As the year came to a close, nothing stood out this month. I had to figure out what I wanted the next year to look like, set goals, and plan what I wanted to do for the next 365.

My one night a month for a drink and a 2 step

This year was not super eventfull but I am not upset by it. As I get older, I have started to realize that I am content with being quiet and living quietly, but no telling what the new year will bring, but I will accept what the new year will bring