The new year always brings self reflection. Lately I keep thinking about how much my life has changed since this time last year. I started my skincare instagram late summer 2018 and spent most of the following Fall and Winter developing and growing it. By early 2019 I had gained 5000 followers in 6 month! I loved being a part of this niche community testing new products, working with brands, and meeting like minded people. It was a passion project that allowed me to be creative and have fun in my free time.

Then everything changed when I unexpectedly had to move back in with my father after a breakup. Admittedly I had been unhappy for awhile and wanted to make a change with what I was doing with my life, and for better or worse, moving into my father’s basement was just the push I needed to really examine what I wanted to do next. So I spent much of 2019 just trying to figure myself out. And honestly as crazy and emotional as it all was 2019 was probably one of the best years of my life.

I won’t go into details here(if you care to know message me) but there we so many great things to happen to me this year. Including:

• Quit my job and became a full time grad student
• Moving out of my father’s basement into my own apartment
• Reconnected and continued to grow closer to people important to me
• Met someone special
• Traveled a lot. Including ending the year in Barcelona.
• Read and watched some quality content

Overall, 2019 was an eventful year. And unfortunately my skincare blogging took a backseat. I’d come back for brief periods but life made it hard to be fully engaged. But now that things are more stable(kinda) I want to start blogging again! So here is my first attempt at it.

My goals for it are modest. I’d like to start posting again regularly with the intention to post a couple times a week. I may take breaks depending on school, but 2 posts a week seems doable. I want to expand on how I do my content/what I cover. I will stick to skincare and beauty on instagram but may diversify here on the blog. I also want to bring Atwillblog to other platforms(this is still a work in progress.)

As an introduction back into the world of skinsta I had an idea. Over the next few weeks my content will focus on my current favorite products broken down into categories. I did a similar series when I first started my page and it be fun to do an updated version! Especially considering it has been ages since I last shared any routines or favorites. I will have a quick breakdown on instagram accompanied by a blog post explaining what I love about each product.

So keep a look out for that! I am excited to actually begin working on this again and I hope you enjoy what comes of it!

Hope everyone had a great new year, thank you for being here and supporting my content.