Q1 is the It Girl of the Calendar Year
like skinny jeans, boat shoes, and colored aviators, we are so back
Hello! 🌟 This is the beginning of the rest of your life
This year feels different, doesn't it? That's because it is. God is a restorer, that's just who He is, but the way He's going to restore every area of your life this year is going to shock you. Mostly because you won't realize your life was in deficit in certain areas.
Q1 has always felt like the It Girl of the calendar year, not because she's mysterious and lovely and all of those wonderful things (which she definitely is), but because she sets the tone.
How she goes dictates how Q2 goes... and then you creep into the second half of the year however you cross into it. But these first 3 months? This first half? This is your time. This is your chance, this is your momentum station, this is where you pick up so much speed, you'll run with it and only put the baton down once you're well and truly exhausted and need a break. An energizing break. A fun break.
ICYMI: Everything that happened in January 2025
2025 New Orleans truck attack
Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Tesla Cybertruck explosion
Los Angeles wildfires break out
Eleven people injured during Queens nightclub shooting
TikTok went dark for two seconds in the United States
Inauguration Day
Most of the country was an ice box (no Omarion)
A bunch of executive orders
American Airlines passenger plane collision
The days are increasingly evil, but for us in Christ, the path is shining brighter and brighter. Here's what we're praying about as a group chat, a girl gang, responsible daughters of a King:
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It's 2am and I'm staring at my ceiling, replaying that awkward thing I said at coffee with friends last week. My mind is jumping between analyzing why he didn't text back, wondering if I chose the wrong major, and spiraling about that one Instagram post that only got 23 likes. And somehow I'm also planning out five different responses to the "wyd" text …
What I’ve Been INTO honey
I won't say much about Birthday Cake Drizzilicious but... God Bless America ig 😩😩😩
I wear all fragrance in an ironic way (for a season and then never again) because every time I reach for that fragrance, I'll remember the season I was in and what was happening in my life. My picks for the start of the year are:
La Tulipe: Really nice, a very realistic floral (stem and all)
Deep Temptation: Has the same DNA as Zara's Red Temptation (a dupe for Maison Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540). Though I always have and always will prefer Zara's version, Deep Temptation opens so interestingly, almost mineral-like, and settles into the scent I love
Creed: To men what I would assume La Vie Est Belle is to women - basic and done out but I love it. I don't spray much but it's so comforting, forest-y, and an ever-present reminder that no one's son is stressing me out lmao
The book of Jeremiah is my current Bible read, and I JUST finished the Everflame series by Penn Cole and 😭 I 😭 want 😭 to 😭 go 😭 backkkkkk. Oh my Jesus. She did a phenomenal job. Way better than ACOTAR in my opinion.
On a serious note…
I'd describe this year prophetically as the best of times and worst of times. You need the Holy Spirit. You need His discernment in all things. Don't trust yourself over His guidance. Don't let yourself be led by emotions and "I had a feeling." This year is going to set you up in the best possible way for the next five years, proceed accordingly.
Here are 3 things to prayerfully consider this week:
Where does God want me to be financially in the next 2-3 years and why?
Where does God want me to be relationship-wise in the next 2-3 years?
Have I turned away from sin to the best of my ability in every area of my life? Where am I struggling?
If I continue going the way I'm going, am I going to be happy with my life in a year? Two?
Answer those truthfully and you'll probably breathe a sigh of relief or start making a game plan to breathe said sigh of relief. I am ever proud of who you're becoming.
Love you to LIFEEEEE,
Editor in Chief (13 year old me is geeKING) of this wonderful thing <3