2017 in 17
This was the year I...
- Took my first (two) flying lesson(s)
- Started writing for Healthy magazine
- Attempted a HIIT workout on a floating board
- Did my first real handstand...
- And drop back from standing
- Finally got my front splits
- Did my first aerial shoulder stand...
- And 'egg roll'
- Got my first pair of demi-pointe ballet shoes
- Managed a four-revolution spin on the ice
- Had a totally tropical Hawaiian Christmas
- Meditated 252 times
- Did 173 yoga sessions
- Started a Harvard Computer Science course...
- And a 6-week pole dancing course
- Ate 3,019 portions of fruit and veg...
- And drank 1,132 cups of tea and coffee
When I wasn't flying high or spinning around, I was mostly...
- Making cocktails out of cold tea...
- Muffins out of bananas, seed butters and courgettes (look mum, no flour!)...
- Noodles out of carrots...
- Or chocolate mousse from avocados.
- Listening to Take That's new Wonderland album.
- Flipping out over Prison Break coming back...
- And the fact that you can now get matcha lattes in Primark
- Watching back-to-back episodes of vintage Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
- Swanning around in a
dressing gownkimono - Contemplating the big questions... like, could Nakd's new Lemon Drizzle bar ACTUALLY be better than cake? (yes)
- Do lemony mince pies really deserve to be a thing? (no question)
- Does cranberry sauce work in a cheese toastie? (yip)
- And how about roast potatoes on a pizza? (oh, yes)
- Mainlining seasonal coffee shop treats like they were going out of, well, season (so many flavoured syrups, so little time)
- Being teased, tonged and tinted for Schwarzkopf's BlondMe shows
- Bullet journalling
- Thanking the God of all things good for putting Bailey's iced coffee in. a. can.
18 resolutions for 2018...
- Publish work in at least one new publication
- Send at least four pitch ideas a month to commissioning editors
Start work on an editing project- Publish at least one post a week on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (and one a month on LinkedIn)
- Get my side splits
- Master my kickover
- Go to gymnastics every week
- Practise on at least 4 days out of 7
- Pass level 6 and 7 ice skating
- Get on pointe
- Get my wings in tap
Get my 'needle' in aerial yoga- Try a new tap class
- Perform in a stage show or act in a short film
- Complete Harvard's CS50 Introduction to Computer Science course
- Increase the average number of days I meditate from 5 to 6 a week
- Go organic for Lent
- Try a parkour/free running class
