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:
“today i will show myself gratitude and appreciation for surviving the days that didn’t think i’d make it through.” #fleurdelisspeaks
how are you showing yourself gratitude and appreciation? you deserve both.
admittedly, i have been off the map post christmas. normally, i would apologize. 30 year old me will not. i took some much needed time away from my macbook since i had a couple of weeks off from work which meant being able to avoid the double digit number of google meets/zooms and prolonged blue light exposure that typically fill my weeks. at the beginning of this week, i made a list of topics i wanted to cover within the next two weeks. then it occurred to me that something special was happening on the 7th…
it seems like just yesterday that i sent out a group text to my girls about voting on names for this blog. keep up with k. tap had a nice to ring to it (and coincidentally received the most votes).
like many people, i thought 2020 would pan out differently than it did. i kicked off the year with some amazing moments, including turning 30 and having the most epic birthday celebration in vegas. exactly one month later, the world as we once knew it shut down. being the planner i am, i mapped out all of the topics i wanted to post about month by month. little did i know that i would end up being so burned out on all things screen oriented. even still, there were definitely some memorable posts this year. i took what many of you said into consideration and showed my face more on the blog. those were some of the top posts for 2020.
there was some variety in what spoke to you all but the top three were ones i loved as well. the most liked (and commented on) post was about normalizing apologizing to children. while there were some photos from vegas that i adored that made the top nine, the most liked photo of me was one that was completely carefree from some much needed time away in indio this summer. plus, who doesn’t love a yellow bikini? and the final of the three might be my favorite quote from the last year. it is simple yet significant – choose people that choose you.
more than anything, i appreciated having my blog in 2020 as a way to connect with people i know and love plus people i have had the pleasure of meeting online. this was a year where it was important to know that even if we were physically alone, there are still people here for you. many of my posts felt incredibly raw and vulnerable. some stirred up controversy. i got wild direct messages and even lost followers but i wouldn’t change a thing. i can see my growth and that makes me so excited for 2021.
what would you like to see more of on keep up with k.tap this year?
thank you so much for your continued support. it means the world to me. two down, forever to go.
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