The Sunday Scoop - December 22, 2024

Out of office, reflections and hopes for the new year!

I’m officially OUT OF OFFICE.

3 days until Christmas and I’m leaning in! I always put up my “out of office” for a couple weeks between now and after the new year. Delete the apps, put down my phone, capture moments in my memory instead of a screen. It is the least I can do for my kids and for myself. This time between where everything pauses and I have exhausted all feelings of “keeping up” is when I discover the most about myself. What do I want in the year ahead? What did I learn from the past 365 days?

2024 felt sort of ordinary. Nothing super special, nothing life changing. Change came in ways that I maybe didn’t expect but excite me for what’s ahead. We didn’t make a ton of plans and instead settled deeper into everything we already have. An ordinary but beautiful year. I’ll take ordinary any day. I leaned into saying yes less and no more. I felt like I knew more in my gut, trusted my intuition. I accepted changes in life and friendships where in the past I fought them for fear of the other side. And you know what, everything feels more balanced than it ever has before.

For 2025, I hope to give myself a little more of a break. I put a lot of pressure on myself. I really want to lean in to what feels authentic and true to my own personal joy. I am a people pleaser which makes it easy to neglect your own feelings for someone else’s. Let me tell you, working in social media and having a community of individuals (who I may not know but feel like I know!!) does not serve a people pleaser well. Because if I’ve learned anything over the past 14 years in this space, you can’t please everyone. The older I get the clearer it becomes just how important it is to lean into yourself. It doesn’t serve anyone if we don’t show up as we are.

It’s funny, the moments I took what I felt were risks this year (sharing something more personal or crude or random) is when I saw what my audience really “needs.” More authentic and real, a space to show up without judgement, for a laugh, for a dose of reality, for a friend. It’s clear year after year (especially in the social space) just how important community is. I hope 2025 really opens our arms up wider, welcomes more of you to share your stories and more strength to share mine, too.

I’m sending you all the biggest holiday hug, cheers and blessings for the year ahead. Thank you for being here and supporting me! I pinch myself every day that I get to share my life with you.

xoxo

Liz