happy sunday and happy new year! i hope january is off to a smooth start for each of you. while i typically view my birthday as the start of my own personal new year, january has felt more significant in the last few years. in fact, today marks five years since i started this blog. we’ve covered everything from travel to grief to favorite recipes to fashion to my journey with covid and everything in between.

a few things that stand out for me as a blogger are:

1. eternal gratitude for the community i have been able to find online

2. an incredibly healthy creative outlet

3. the ability to see all that i’ve conquered in the last five years

in reading through some posts from the last few years, it feels incredibly important to give myself credit for making it to the other side, especially as an even better version of myself. i saw this quote some months back and had it in my favorites folder. i couldn’t think of a better way to kick off the new year than with this attitude:

how are you showing yourself gratitude and appreciation? you deserve both.

xoxo,

k. tap