Not the post I planned

I was going to write a blog about exercise and how that helps me feel better about myself and have some lovely outfit ideas/pics etc etc, but that’s not where I’m at or what I’ve been doing this week and I wanted this blog to be about my journey to becoming/being a personal stylist.

To be honest I’ve found this week pretty difficult, I’ve had a lot of self-doubt about myself and my abilities as a stylist. That coupled with the most awful cold I’ve had in ages means I’ve done very little, hence why this blog is a day late.

It’s difficult when you start doubting yourself, you wonder if you’ve made the right choice, if maybe you should back out of your decision as that’s the easy thing to do. I feel confident in my style and what I like, but will I be able to help other people do the same? I’ve never really done any of this, so it’s all very new and a little scary! When that seed of doubt is in there, I personally become less productive and procrastinate a hell of a lot (I do that a lot normally, but even more so at the minute!). I also find myself wasting time looking at Facebook and Instagram, I’m sure we’ve all been there.

So instead of beating myself up about what I haven’t done for the blog this week, I’m going to just put this out there. I plan on listening to some helpful meditations and inspirational master classes on the Calm app and read some useful books to get my mojo back.

Anyway, have a lovely week! Kat x

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