The start of 2012 was a tough one for me.
I was coming to the end of a very unhappy, unhealthy relationship, I wasn't sure where my career was going, or who I really was.
I'd become quiet, withdrawn & I remember my mum sitting me down & saying "You've lost your muchness, Rose".
At the end of February I finally left my ex, moved out of our house and went home.
I was alone, scared & totally lost. I was worried I'd thrown everything away and maybe I was better off being unhappy but loved than being alone.
Having hit rock bottom I decided that I was going to become a "yes woman", whatever opportunity came my way I was going to grab with both hands. It was time to jump into life feet first. I had nothing to lose, so I was just going to go for it.
My life changed almost over night.
I traveled the world, met some incredible people and spent the year grinning from ear to ear.
Of course there have been a few wobbles along the way, self doubt, fear, but I can safely say that I don't even recognise the girl I was last winter.
I'm starting my 2012 flashback from Spring, rather than January 1st... because Spring is when my life really started back up again.
I've loved sharing life with you, whenever I've doubted myself you've been here to spur me on and cheer me up.
My new years resolution is to have "a year of firsts". I have to do something I've never done at least once a week. I'm going to keep the "yes woman" thing going, but I think this should make things more interesting.
If for any reason you don't like where you life is at the moment, change it, I promise it's you with the power. Make your own fate.
Remember I'm always here if you need a friend to talk to.
Happy New Year!
Good for you for seizing life by the horns and owning it! I'm so glad you're back in a happy place. Thanks for sharing your life with us Rose. You are truly an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous year you've had! The whole 'yes woman' idea is great. I adopted this out look in the last few months and it's amazing how much better I feel all ready! To a wonderful 2013!
ReplyDeleteReally lovely post! Well done you! x
ReplyDeleteInspirational :) I hope this year brings you everything you deserve
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This cheered my groggy first day back right up!
ReplyDeleteHappy new years lovely!
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Ah Rose. You never fail to brighten my day. (Which is rubbish. I even blogged about it!) http://thoroughlyenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/new-year-blues.html
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I wish you a great new start of the YEAR!!! xx
ReplyDeleteIt might be because I'm still very much weak and hungover from New Year's Eve, but this brought a tear to my ear- the beginning of this post was like reading my own thoughts, I too had a horrible start to my year and it wasn't until my Mum sat me down and said 'I want my Charlie back' that I dragged myself to the doctors and started up my life again...
ReplyDeleteI'm always inspired by your blog and I can't wait continue reading in 2013! I hope this year is amazing for you :)
Fantastic...Really great to see somebody enjoying life and just getting on with it.
ReplyDeleteI had tears rolling down my face reading this.
ReplyDeleteI've been feeling the same as you did, thankyou for showing me it's not the end. I love your blog xxxx
Ahhh this is such a lovely jubbly post!! So positive!!!! Loved sharing your year with you :) Heres to a fabulous 2013!! x
ReplyDeleteLooks like a pretty cool year to me!! Good reminder to actually live :)
ReplyDeleteThis year for me has started much like yours started last year...I will be drawing a lot of inspiration from you and this post because 2012 ended up being an incredible year for you so I hope I can make 2013 the same (cheese).
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing, never tire of your posts (especially the ones involving burgers...YUM)
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you come across as such a happy and fortunate person, thank you for letting me know that sometimes things get us all down and im not on my own and things ARE going to get better and im going to make them :-) i'll never know you in real life but thank you so much Rose for giving me some hope at the start of my new year, you wont know how much of a difference these words and photos have made to me and im sure a lot of other people xx
ReplyDeleteAmen sister! 2013 is going to be a great year I can feel it me waters. Taking a leaf out of your book and going to make this the year that I make great things happen for MYSELF...no one puts Bertie in the corner :)
ReplyDeleteYour blog reminds me that life is there to be lived to the fullest whilst surrounding yourself with great friends and family...it also reminds me that I need to blog more!
Well done! This post is wonderful. I've recently came out of a hard stressful relationship, and is finding it difficult, so I've started a blog to keep mw going and show my interests. I've only just figured out who I am, and so 2013 should be better :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant, Real and inspiring start to the year ... LET'S GO!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you Rose. I've loved watching your life over the past 12 months and loved seeing how you've grown and changed. I hope 2013 brings you as much (or even more) joy and pleasure as 2012 did.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me travel the world vicariously through you x
Happy New Year to you Rose. I've loved watching your life over the past 12 months and loved seeing how you've grown and changed. I hope 2013 brings you as much (or even more) joy and pleasure as 2012 did.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me travel the world vicariously through you x
what an inspiring blog post! As I sit here with my final year law notes in front of me, struggling for motivation and worried about what I'm going to do when I've finished my degree, its nice to know that I'm not the only one who feels a bit lost sometimes! Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteThis IS a lovely post, I am trying to find out what I am doing too and so afraid of making the wrong choices. I love someone who's left me and he took all my 'muchness' with him. You've been a great inspiration this year.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this brilliant post - it's going to spur me on no end! I have been reading your blog for a few months now and it's absolutely fabulous. Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteFirst off WOW! Such great photos and what a great 2012 you had! I think I may become more of a yes woman because I feel like my natural reaction is to say no and pull away. That's not cool especially when my friends are involved and I'm missing opportunities!
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You are lovely! Thanks for sharing your days with us, Rose. Much love from Toronto.
ReplyDeleteAh a bad relationship really can take over your whole being! Been there. The longer you are with the person, the harder it is to break away. Glad you sorted everything. Happy New Year! x
ReplyDeleteThis is such a lovely post - it is great to hear that you came through those tough times, picked yourself up, and found the determination to make things better. Well done lovely! Lou x
ReplyDeletei hope your ex reads your blog, and realises he messed up, BIG TIME!
ReplyDeleteRose, I have been reading your blog for a long time now and I would never have known you felt the way you did at the start of 2012, I suppose that is down to your writing, but congratulations on being so much happier now. If you could just sneak in a few more posts written by Monsieur Custard in 2013 I would love it even more! Thanks for sharing and have a (belated) happy new year.
ReplyDeleteYou are are undoubtedly my favourite blogger Rose, and this post has cheered me right out of the horrible new years blues.
ReplyDeleteI've had a rough few years, struggling with university (sounds silly, but it's much tougher than people think and it hasn't been the best time of my life) and figuring out what I really want to do career-wise/how to get there/who I want to be etc.
After reading this, I'm determined to make this year better and do what I really want to do, instead of what others expect me to do! And let go of anything and anyone who brings negativity into my life!
Thanks a lot, and keep up this amazing blog!
I hope you have another wonderful year xx
I feel exactly the same way LC. Love you Rose, and I'm glad you're happier! I'm determined to get to where I want to be.
DeleteWonderful post Rose, you are my favourite blogger by far for your honesty, beauty and all round lovely-ness! Particularly like the "I love Mum" family photo :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, please can you marry one of the baking brothers?! Particularly the one on the left in the photo, i forget his name, i think you two would make a fabulous pair ;)
Best wishes for 2013!x
Haven't commented in a while but glad you had an amazing 2012! Mine started well and continued to go amazingly, with my girlfriend. In November, I found out she was seeing a guy behind my back. I decided to break it off, moved out but I'm still deeply in love with her. Sounds familiar to what you went through so I'm hoping my 2013 can be as awesome as your 2012. :)
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Rose. You are amazing!
ReplyDeleteI just have to write, because I can relate so much. I think I'm exactly where you were a year ago. I had my biggest meltdown 2 days ago, on the New Year's Eve. It happened in the afternoon when I had a chat with my mom and boyfriend, because I was so worried that I will never find a job that I would love. I simply refuse to work just to earn money, I need to do something that I'm passionate about. I'm supposed to finish my Master studies in law this spring, but I can never see my self working as a serious boring lawyer. I have wasted 5 years of my life to study something I've gradually began to hate and 2 days ago suddenly all my fears and worries piled together and I collapsed. I cried the whole day, alone, locked in my room and I refused to go out to party with my friends. When the midnight arrived, I was watching a TV show on my laptop, earplugs on so I couldn't hear the fireworks. Very childish, I know, but when something like that happens to you, you just don't care. So here I am, still worried and scared, but I made a resolution to start doing anything in my power to find my life goal and find out who I am. And your post just made me feel that I'm not the only one who has felt that way and you gave me so much hope. And I'm going to be a 'yes woman' too! Greetings from Estonia :)
This is really inspiring Rose. You have such a fabulous life! It's great how you changed your life around and made 2012 a great year for you, it was probably my worst year yet though. I finished my degree and spent the summer doubting myself and where I was going in life. I started a masters I definitely wasn't ready for or particularly want to do, I'd developed bad anxiety, low self-esteem and was having a lot of health issues and foolishly broke up with my boyfriend of 3 years. He's done with me now because I was so difficult to deal with because of my anxiety and I regret all the awful mistakes I made last year, I hope 2013 is better and I get my muchness back!
ReplyDeleteI love reading your blog Rose and I really look up to you and everything you've accomplished. Here's to a hopefully great year! x
oh what a lovely post.
ReplyDeleteI can't remember when exactly I found your blog, or how I found it, but I am SO glad that I did.
Your blog is a real tonic, a breath of fresh air and something that always makes me smile. Your zest of life and love of food is inspiring!
I'm sorry that last year started off so crappily, but by jingo it ended well didn't it?! I cannot imagine you sans 'muchness', very pleased that it is back in bucketloads!
I love your blog,and I love how you share your life with us. I'm perfectly happy being "just" (<- other people's description, not mine) a wife and mum, but on days when my little girl has driven me insane, and I've done nothing but cook and clean and pick up after everyone, I love that I can visit you and feel as if I've been part of your latest adventure.
So thank you. And may 2013 bring you lots of happiness and good times. And may you continue to blog about it too!
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I wish you so much happiness in your life Rose. :) I really hope that 2013 is just as life changing and that you learn just as much about yourself. I love reading about your life, and really do admire how much of an icon you are! Xxx
ReplyDeleteI've been following your blog for almost a year...the thing that I love most is that you seem always very positive, reading your blog during a year which has been not very good for me, always brought me energy!
ReplyDeleteGood 2013 Rose!!
Ms. Rose, I have truly enjoyed following you this year. You are very inspiring!!! I agree, if you do not like it, you have the power to change it. Keep your head up 2013 is going to be one amazing year. Cheers!-B
ReplyDeleteWhat a truly lovely heart felt post, you are a star Rose. Much love M xx
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That was a really wonderful post Rose... I've read your blog since August and have since marveled at the most beautiful attitude you have about life and the way you carry yourself through this world. You are an inspiration to me, that one day I too can take my life and change it. I am in an unhappy relationship right now but I just can't seem to let go. He is the love of my life and my best friend but he is not good for me. Hopefully in 2013 I can become a "yes" girl too. As I graduate from school in the States and try to travel a bit around Europe before settling with a job in NYC or LA.
ReplyDeleteThank you for being such a positive force in my life, I come to read every day excited to see what shenanigans you have involved yourself in now. I feel as if you are a friend (in a not weird, stalker way).
I wish you all the best in 2013! xxx
Erin Jones
So inspiring! Happy New Year Rose x
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ReplyDeleteWhat a year you've had! Sometimes life bites you on the bum but you just turn around and bite it right back, you go girl!
Keep writing your blog, I love reading it and am thankful that you reply to comments and tweets and are just so approachable and lovely. Girls get a lot of weird role models held up to them: thin models and uninteresting actresses, if more girls read your blog I think they'd find someone worth looking up to, as I have.
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Sophie x
Rose,
ReplyDeleteThat was one of the most beautiful posts. Thank you so much for sharing that. You are the most beautiful and kind spirit from what I have gathered over a couple months of reading and every time I am feeling sad, I stumble over to your page to read a bit about your lovely days. I hope that I too can become a "yes" woman like you did in 2012. 2012 was a pretty awful year for me and I am currently in a relationship that is not bringing me the happiness I know that I deserve, yet I am no able to let him go.
I hope 2013 is better as I graduate college in the States and then plan a little European excursion of my own before settling into the working world of NY or LA.
All my love to you and your family in 2013. Cheers !!
xxx
Fabulous post Rose!
ReplyDeleteI know I am one of many who can relate to this and I am ten times happier than I was this time last year, I hope you are too!
Good luck, happy New Year lovely xxx
Lovely post Rose, as a fellow Notting Hillbillie I like reading your post through life and our little neighbourhood. Great inspiration and am currently reading The Secret which talks just about your attitude this year - if you change your outlook and perspective, you attract good things back to you. It certainly looks like this was the case for you! Happy bloody new year m'dear :)
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Happy New Year Rosie! You are a great inspiration and my wish for the new year is to live like you do :)
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I thought your happiness was a personality trait. I didn't think you could lose your muchness. I went through a similar process but mine took me 2.5 years and only recently I have started to 'get back to myself'.
I would really really appreciate some advices on how to become 'hands on with life'. Love you and your family.
Rose i am so glad you got your muchness back :) this year i got mine back too :)
ReplyDeleteYour words could have been mine for 2012. At the beginning of the year I felt anxious and awful, and was in a dead end relationship. I was so scared of being alone I had a hard time leaving. When I finally got up the courage, I felt this weight lifted off my shoulders. I felt like my happy, true, authentic self. What proceeded in 2012 was a year of more fun and more getting close to my friends than I could have imagined. Funny how we sometimes think of being single as being "alone" when in fact we were more alone in the bad relationship than single!
ReplyDeletenot normally a commenter but just wanted to say well done on a proactive 2012. i only recently came across your blog and had no idea that you had been through some rubbish, you are very right that making life changes will help you move forward - it is lovely to see your positive attitude and success. i had a tad-not-so-great 2012 and am putting my plans and changes into action. super looking forward to 2013.
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THIS IS SO INSPIRING!!
ReplyDeleteI've been reading your blog for about a year now, I think... I can't be certain as I went back and back and back and creeped old posts :P and learned new recipes, etc. BUT ANYHUWAYS!
I was in a similar situation this time last year, but held onto that relationship until the beginning of summer (UGH!), trying endlessly to break it off over and over again. Needless to say, the beginning of my 2012 was pretty rough. However, since ditching that drama, and opening myself up to live again, the second of my 2012 turned out to be AMAZING!!! (I did a recap yesterday, including some of the great things that happened)
Reading what you wrote here, being a 'yes woman' is even MORE inspiring and to try something new once a week?! BRILLIANT! And scary! And exciting! And SUCH a great idea.
I love your blog, I love your writing style, the photos, all of it. It feels real, fresh, and you seem like such a beautiful person, inside and out. Just really genuine.
Thanks for sharing a recap (still can't believe you met and partied with Ne-Yo - so fun!!), keep up the great blogging, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
A.Co @ A.Co est. 1984
It wasn't until i found your blog that i had ever commented on one. You posts provoke such a range of emotions with everything you write, we (or at least i) feel like we're living it there with you. You are such an ambitious woman, and you inspire me, and from reading other peoples comments, i'd say you inspire a hell of a lot of other people too.
ReplyDeleteThank-you for sharing your journey with us.
I hope 2013 is full of everything you hope and more.
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Sorry you didn't have the best start to the year, but I'm glad to see you've turned it around!! :)
ReplyDeleteI love reading your blog and think you're fab! I'm glad you've rediscovered your 'Muchness'! (aren't Mums great?!)
All the best for 2013 & keep writing so we can keep reading!
Lots of love
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What a wonderful 2012. Happy new year, Rose!
ReplyDeleteYou've always inspired me Rose, however this post in particular has really made me see you in an even brighter light and admire you even more! I guess right now I'm sort of feeling lost, unsure of where my life's going, unhappy with university and really desperately trying overcome some personal and health issues. Knowing that you started last year in a similar way has given me so much hope that I can actually end this year with a smile on my face having been a 'yes woman' like you are!
ReplyDeleteI already feel (2 days into the year, silly, I know!) that I've got a better perspective on things and feel very determined to make things change and become a much happier and healthier person.
So thank you for this, please do continue to share with us your marvellous life because it's always such a joy to see and read about :)
And good luck with your resolution!
Lucy xxx
Love love love this! Your words, your pictures...I look forward to reading each post you put out. Good for you and may 2013 be a year of firsts and living life to the ultimate max!
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great pictures, seems 2012 was a great fun, can i ask who`s in picture 9th from top? That man looks very familiar ...
ReplyDelete"If for any reason you don't like where you life is at the moment, change it, I promise it's you with the power. Make your own fate." these words just gave me so much hope.
ReplyDeletebeautiful post.
sunita x
To be honest at first I didn't really feel connected to your blog and you. Everything seemed so fancy and out of reach. But i'm happy to say that as I kept on reading your blogpost I 'got to know you better'. And through time I've really started looking up to you. I'm a still in my teens and you're a really inspirational person.
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ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you had a rubbish beginning to 2012. Reading this made me reflect on the past year, which, like you saw the end of a long term and mostly happy relationship. I then became, again, like you, a 'yes woman' and did things like travelling, playing sport again which before i wouldnt have done. I still feel pretty lost but after reading this i hope that i can turn things around like you have done. thank you and happy new year.
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Dearest Rosie,
ReplyDeleteIt is touching and encouraging at the same time to read such messages.
Keep up your girl power finest Lady!
Warm Regards,
Astrid
Belgian, but studying in London ;)
Oh Rosie,its as if you were talking just to me. Ive just come out of a 5 year relationship. It has been the worst Christmas.
ReplyDeleteIm in his house now boxes packed up, a black eye {long story} i have hit rock bottom. Tomorrow i move in to my own flat with Orla {pooch}
My mum said to me "Amie you've lost your spark" 2013 Im going to find it. Thankyou Rosie your words and following your adventures have really inspired me and given me hope. Its a new dawn its a new day X
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Such an inspiring blog post, big snaps for Rose :) xxxxx
ReplyDeletegreat post, all the best for this 2013 Rose!
ReplyDeleteLove this post - just a reminder why you're my fav blogger in the blogosphere.
ReplyDeleteYour writing and honesty are so refreshing.
Best of luck for 2013.
T x
The first part of your post has hit me straight in the face, and I can certainly relate because I'm there right now.
ReplyDeleteThank you Rose. You may have spurred me on to change something I've been needing to change for a long, long time.
Happy new year x
What a wonderful positive post and good advice to follow at any age, even for this old mother!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad 2012 was not the hill you died on.
Have a great year.
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Rose you're genuinely my favourite blogger and apologies for the cheesiness but you're such an inspiration. Reading your blog (and of course this post!) is evident prof that you've turned your life around for the better which isn't necessarily an easy thing to do.
ReplyDeleteI'm in my second year at University and for quite a significant period of time I absolutely despised it. I didn't know what to do with myself and as a result got quite poorly from it. However I also turned my life around by being more postitive and giving my all, and it's definitely worked for the better.
Also this year one of my resolutions is to take more oppertunities. I start my placement year soon which is a perfect oppertunity for this. I'm determined to take as many chances as I can & move down to the big smoke (rather exciting yet scary for a fellow girl from the countryside!)
I realise I've rambled on for forevermore so appologies for this. However I just want to say keep up the amazing work as you inspire plenty of people and I for one love reading each of your posts.
Happy 2013 and good luck with your resolution!
Bryony xx
Great Post! & Lovely Pictures along with it!
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Your 2011 was my 2012. I was inspired by you and a couple other brave bloggers who showcase their blogs for the world to see to create my own! I'm hoping that it turns out to be a cathartic experience. Cheers to a new year and new experiences!
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I love you. You're beautiful, inspirational and just a general lovely person! Happy 2013 xxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteFrom reading your blog this year I would never have guessed you were in such a bad place at the beginning of the year. I look at the things you're doing with your life and wish I could be doing the same and having so much fun just being alive. Thank you for your honesty! It really touched me.
ReplyDeleteI had a big 2012 also, volunteered for 3 months in Thailand, travelled Europe, met my extended family for the first time in 25 years, made the decision to move to London in 2013, spent a lot of time thinking & changing and I feel like I'm finally on the path of being happier. The biggest source of my unhappiness is my family. They are quite negative and there's lots of fighting, negativity and what I can only describe as a black cloud hanging over our heads when you walk into the house. I didn't realise how my parents attitude to life has influenced the person I am so much. And travelling alone for most of the year has opened my eyes and made me realise I'm not a sad, depressed person and I don't have to be. It's my environment that's made me this way.
My parents have an emotionally abusive relationship and my mom is not the same person she once was because my dad has sucked the happiness and self esteem out of her. I stayed at home for so long because it causes me a lot of pain to think about how my mom would cope without me there. But by the end of 2012 I realised I'm enabling the situation by making it bearable for my mom to stay and it's doing us both harm. I've becoming resentful towards her for not making the decision to leave and I hated myself for wanting to start my own life without their constant bad energy surrounding me.
I hope that 2013 I really come into my own and start to realise the life I want and deserve to have. I'm tired of putting up with all that sadness! I deserve to be happy! I still worry about what will happen to my mom when I leave. Of course we'll still talk over Skype and I'll visit but I really hurts to think about how it will affect her when I leave. She already has panic attacks, is on anxiety and anti-depression medication and has had many health issues. I'm trying to just take it one day at a time and hope she does the same.
Reading your blog has helped me keep focussed on the kind of life I want, thank you for all the effort you put into it. I hope 2013 is even better to you!
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I've been following your blog for over a year now and have loved seeing how you've turned your life around, and wow have you turned it around in a bloody good way! I'm so happy that you're a much happier person now and have regained your 'muchness'. It's really inspiring reading your blog and you've really made me reflect on my life more. 2013 will be a year of opportunities for me!!
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I think that you have no idea how many people you have touched with this post and with your personal words.
ReplyDeleteWe all love you for being positive, for being funny, for having a life which seems to consist of fun and parties and good food and feeling good, but it is nice to know that even people who always seem to sparkle have dark hours but survive them and make the best of their life. You are inspiring Rose, thanks for sharing your thoughts with us :)
I reckon you should start the year by printing posters of your anonomus male friend in his boxers - they'd go down quite well!
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ReplyDeleteThis is my favourite post yet ! Thank you for your honesty and inspiring words . Much luck for 2013 :) xxx
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Rose, and may it bring you even more joy than 2012 did! You are truly an inspiration and I wish you all the best that life has to offer.
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This post means more to mean than you know.
ReplyDeleteHands down, favourite blog ever. Looks like you had an amazing time in the end! Looking forward to all of next years posts! XX
ReplyDeleteThis is so inspiring Rosie, thanks so much for sharing this with us. Keep doing the "Yes Woman" attitude I know I will! Happy New Year Rose!!
ReplyDeleteRose, you are amazing! And you seem to have sprang to life with all those amazing adventures! I too have come out of a horrendous relationship and 2012 only became a good year at the end of the summer when I fell into the most wonderful relationship you could imagine :) 2013 will be a year of wonderful and exciting firsts for all of us!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! So glad you got your groove back and are living the life you deserve :-)
ReplyDeleteWell, you are now the Muchiest girl I know of!
ReplyDeleteI think I shall try a year of being a Yes Woman and see where life takes me! :)
Amber xo
Looks like you had an amazing year! Sound similar to my 2011 as 2010 was shit and saw me go through an awful break-up. I turned it around in 2011, grabbed everything and I am so thankful I did it!
ReplyDeleteRosie, you are one incredible girl!!! Your last statement in this post is truly touching! Thanks for your daily inspiration and a cup of positiveness!
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Love this post! Really enjoy reading every time you blog.
ReplyDeleteAlso you and your friends have phenomenal figures and tans! High five!
A very honest post with does command nothing but respect and admiration.
ReplyDeleteI love reading your tales of travel, food and fun- really did and still does inspire my own blogging.
Congratulations to you & Happy New Year!
Lo xxx
You are so right about being a "yes woman". I remember when I saw the movie "Yes Man" I thought that I was going to do the same, just for fun. I said "yes" to almost everything, even if I was too tired or had other excuses to say "no. Turned out that it was a moment in my life that I had the most fun and that I learned the most. You just made me realize that I became too logical again in my decisions and that I should say "yes" more often again ;-)
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ReplyDeleteReally needed to hear this one!
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To an amazing year 2013!
Fabulous! x
ReplyDeleteFeliz Año guapÃsima!!!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant post Rosie - I'm a fairly new reader to your blog so never even knew you went few tough times at the beginning of 2012. I love your blog and you're a real inspiration (cheesy but true). Good luck with your yes lady journey.
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What a wondeful inspiring post :) http://daisyjanine.blogspot.co.uk/
ReplyDeleteI've only been following your blog for about 3 months but I absolutely love it! I am a fitness blogger, so yours is the only lifestyle blog I read. I'm sorry to hear you had a rough start to the year but I'm glad things have ended on a high. Keep being gorgeous and taking amazing photos!
ReplyDeleteYou're a real inspiration. Am at a crossroads myself, and reading your blog has given me strength to make a hard decision. Best wishes for 2013!
ReplyDeleteHi Rosie, I've followed your blog for a while now but have never commented. As much as I enjoy your posts I always felt a slight twinge of envy reading about your seemingly perfect, sparkly life, I didn't feel that I could really relate to you. This post has made me look at you in an entirely new light. Thank you for being so brutally honest and for writing a post which many will be able to relate to, including myself. I think you should show this side of yourself more often. Thank you and all the best for 2013.
ReplyDeleteI have never commented but I've been a fan of your blog for a couple months now. Just wanted to say thanks for this post in particular (and the slutty brownies). I am working through a lot of anxiety but last year I timidly started trying to be a yes woman. This year I'm so excited to take every opportunity I can and try to be someone I would look up to. Even though I don't know you I really admire your bravery for just putting it all out there.
ReplyDeleteRose, that was such a lovely, inspiring and hopeful post. It definitely put a smile on my face. I'm actually sitting here waiting to take your peanut butter jelly bars out of the oven whilst catching up with your blog, so thank you so much for sharing so much with us, you truly add to my life!
ReplyDeleteRose,
ReplyDeletefor one of your firsts (if you haven't already been) come to LA! I'd love to see an LA post on The Londoner and it'd be one of the best days EVER if bumped into the famous "Londoner."
Cheers and a Happy New Year from California :)
Rosie - you sound like me but that was my 2012.. It's been hard and my not so healthy relationship ended after two years via text message on new year eve, a few hours before we were supposed to be heading out.. not good..
ReplyDeleteBut I've completely lost who I am as a person and for 2013 my resolutions are to just put myself back together again.. I'm turning 23 and there's so much time that has been wasted!
Fresh start in 2013! Also one of my other resolutions is to reach out to fellow UK and London bloggers - I'm launching my Bespoke Wedding Stationery company shortly and want to get my favorite bloggers involved in some way.
My blog is forzoni.blogspot.co.uk .. xxx
ps thanks for this post x
Dear Rosie,
ReplyDeleteReading this post has given me so much hope for this year, I really hope that you realise how much of an inspiration you are to people :) you deserve the happiest of new years,
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Amazing, you really are an inspiration. Happy 2013!! xx
ReplyDeleteThe thing I was going to say has been said multiple times already, you miss rosie londoner, are an inspiration! I hope to find my 'muchness' this year.
ReplyDeleteI'm turning 21 this year - yikes! - and I feel my life is a bit of a ... boring pile of poo to put it nicely!
So heres to 2013 being the year of muchness finding and adventure having and yes saying! xxx
Genuinely inspiring. People DO have the power to change their lives; many people, I think, wait for someone to do it for them, but generally that's not how life works.
ReplyDeleteMy little story - last year I decided to get out there and live my life the way I've always wanted to, so I booked a flight for January 2013. My destination is South America, with the aim of finding work, travelling, and just plain "seeing what happens"! It's not an extended gap year, the aim is more to find work (where I live, there isn't any, not unless I was a qualified nurse which I am not).
I leave later this month; can't wait to see what happens! I had a terrible year in 2011, and the year before was awful too. 2012 was okay, but 2013 will be tons better. I hope!
Best of luck this year! Why not do things like weekend courses, or evening classes? (something I did last year, took French and pottery classes). That will help to make your goal of "something new every week" a bit easier.
Gordita
What a post! Incredibly inspiring...I am now watching 'Yes Man', this whole yes woman thing has got me thinking. My year wasn't all unicorns and rainbows either, so my aim is to make 2013 unforgettable. Thank you for being so honest. You're a star X
ReplyDeleteI'm only a senior in high school, but if I can make my life as exciting and interesting as yours when I'm older, everything would just be perfect! I hope you keep your resolution!
ReplyDeleteYou have no idea how much I wish we could be friends.
ReplyDeleteBests, xx.
This makes me so happy. You're my number one babe ;) xxxxx
ReplyDeleteRose, thank you for this post!
ReplyDeleteI just love love love your blog. It is my fav blog of all and I always get excited when you post something new.
Thanks for sharing your fab life and for being such an honest brilliant blogger!
You are absolutely beautiful: from the inside and of course the outside.
I started following your blog after all the ugly happened, and a lot of the reason that I kept coming back was your spirit and you obvious passion for life. I too believe that life should always be dove into head first, whether it be an experience or a fatty food. Thank you so much for this post as well as all of your others!
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fantastic post - I hope your health and happiness continues into 2013 :) x
ReplyDeleteRosie, you're just the perfect "virtual" friend.
ReplyDeleteWe are here for you too!!!
Lots of everything for you in this new year.
Clé
Happy New Year Rosie! It's difficult to picture you without your sparkle... but it would be stupid to think that your life is just perfect. You look perfect but you are human! :) Anyway, your trip to Morocco and your Yatch week were my favourite "Rosie chapters" this year!! My wife and I have followed all your suggestions about London. We love the city and it's just an hour away from our home (by plane, but still) so everytime we visit London we try at least one of the places you recommend. We're going back in February, so we hope you discover some new cool restaurant / bar / shop by then and show us!!!
ReplyDeleteYou feel like a friend to us!!!
This is so wonderful, Rose! 2012 has been a crazy year. I was studying abroad in Australia until June, and now i'm back and in the throes of my final year at University. I graduate in July and I am both terrified and so, so excited about what lies ahead in 2013. Fingers crossed that one year from now I might glimpse you at a restaurant, or pass you in the street, whilst I'm living in London, with my dream job as a journalist. Either way, i'm excited. Happy new year!
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This is such an amazing and inspirational post! Happy New Year and I wish you all the best for 2013 :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for inspiring me!
ReplyDeleteAnd a very big Happy New Year to you!
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www.sophielovesfood.com
Beautiful post! I hope 2013 is the best year yet for you. Happy new year!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you too Rose! Your belong is really inspiring, and i'm going to take the advice in this post with both hands. I'm just settling down with my boyfriend, and here's to a year of firsts and happiness!
ReplyDeleteLovely words and sentiment at the beginning there. Starting from spring because that's when things really started for you. I can say I've thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog and adventures. Never stop having adventures :)
ReplyDeleteBecca x
Love your blog! I've just moved to London and I love reading about all the new, exciting things you do here. Your new year's resolution is a really great idea. I might have to borrow it! ;) Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteYou go girl! You deserve the best, as does all girls really. Being stuck in a bad relationship does something to you... Im generally happy that you feel better, and I absolutely LOVE your blog, it just makes me so happy to read. Enjoy life and be happy. I will try to do the same and maybe Ill try and be a yes person myself this year.. I probably should haha. Happy new year! Love from little me in Norway
ReplyDeleteI love your blog because it's so positive and inspiring, both the content and photos. It's been really fun following all your adventures around the world this past year. Best wishes in 2013! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great year Rose! Here's to starting from January this year! :)
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Love you -
ReplyDeleteThis post has helped me at a similar crossroad.
Hope 2013 brings you happiness and love x
http://yummei.blogspot.co.uk/
Wonderful post. I personally have not been at all happy this year but your 'yes woman' attitude really inspires me! ;-)
ReplyDeletethank you so much for putting your life out there so bravely, i think you're just wonderful :) i hope my 2013 is like your past year was! xx
ReplyDeletestarted reading "the Londoner" around three months ago, I would never have guessed you had such a rocky start to the year! Glad to see that you got back on top of enjoying life, Thanks for sharing bits of your life with your readers :)
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Just love you! I am at a low - this post just made me change my outlook tremendously. I check your blog everyday, thank you for being there !
ReplyDeleteYour blog is so happy and beautiful. Sometimes i think we need our 'rock bottom' moments to realise we have control of our own happiness and how wonderful the world can really be.
ReplyDeleteI think i might adopt your rules of 'firsts'. We could all do with a bit more adventure
Isabel -
You are the light of my Day, My hope for the future, my dream! You are an amazing person. Keep bloggin' baby! I hope you have the happiest of New Years
ReplyDeleteGreat post Rosie! Your pictures are always fabulous-but I really love when you complement your artful with your thoughtful-thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteRose, you are AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteAmazing post, so inspiring. I wish you nothing but the best in 2013!
ReplyDeleteKeep calm and carry lipstick.
I never comment though I read every post, but I honestly had to say that you are a wonderful sounding person Rose and a real inspiration to everyone (especially 16 year old girls like me).
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You are definitely my inspiration for this year- I'm going to become a yes woman :) .. I already half started last year by moving myself to Australia for a working holiday but since finding it hard to find work I've started really really doubting my decision. I love your blog :) happy new year! x
ReplyDeleteSuch an inspiring post. Wishing you a fun and happy 2013!!!
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I've never commented before but this post absolutely warrants one. I just wanted to say thank you for all the effort and honesty you put into your posts. I've been following your blog for quite a while now since a friend linked me to it whilst I spent a horrible year in Paris. Like you my Mum had to sit me down and ask me where my spark had gone and though I'm still trying to pick it all up, I'm getting there. Thanks for sharing your days with us. :) I feel like you're (another) older sister at this point,(as strange as that sounds).
ReplyDeleteAll the best wishes for 2013.
R xoxo
I never would've known that you went through so much this year -- I am so glad you are coming out smiling on the other side.
ReplyDeleteTo salute your spirit, I promise to make your slutty brownies this year (I have been putting them off because they aren't "good" for me, but I think spiritually, they will be great).
Thanks!
It's really hard to imagine you having self doubts Rosie, but I guess everyone has his sad moments in life. Let me repeat once again that you're a tremendous inspiration for everyone. When I see your pictures, your lifestyle in London, clothes, hotels, party and food, heck especially the burgers, I know why I'm at university and it reminds me to study harder, to be able to afford a life full of little pleasures similar to yours as well.
ReplyDeleteSo should I ever meet you on the street in London in a few years, I'll be glad to ask you out for one of these delicious burgers to show you my appreciation.
Have an awesome New Year Rosie!
What camera do you usually take photos with? Especially those from vacation? :)
ReplyDeleteThis was a beautiful post, Rose. Good for you! You are an inspiration to live life for yourself and not for others. I'd have to say my favorite picture is of you sitting atop that lovely yellow car. Wishing you a Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI've really enjoyed your blog for the last month and I'm truly astonished that you had only recently regained your 'muchness'. It just goes to show the excuses I made in comparing myself to the person I assumed you were. "Oh, she's probably always had such a fab life!" was my way of staying (jealous-ly) stuck in my own rut.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your life and your fun...I wrote a blog post about my goal for 2013 to 'live life as it is' which is kind of the same idea. I want to make the most out of the life I have rather than always wishing it was different (married, kids, etc.). The grand news is that I can still do that while simultaneously making it super fun!
Here's that post I wrote in case you want to read it:
http://www.princessandthe-p.blogspot.com/2012/12/life-as-it-is.html
Wow Rosie, this is by far my favorite post of yours! Last June, I found myself in a similar position as yours: I found myself unhappy and lost in my life, while my confidence and inspiration spiraled out of control. By September I decided to take control of my life and have only seen positive and fulfilling results since! Here's to the "Yes-Girl" Year! Happy New Year and thank you for sharing your blog with us! xo
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Love love love this! You are such an inspiration and someone I truly look up to. Thank you so much for that. xox
ReplyDeleteyour post hit me right in the heart.
ReplyDeleteI hit rock bottom last year and I never thought i could get back up.. I really believe my life is over then and there and now when i look back im proud that im still standing tall.
I look forward to your post everymorning :)
Thank you rose
I was first introduced to your blog this summer when I spent some time travelling around Europe. One of my friends was addicted to reading your posts, and now I am too! Love your positive attitude, and excitement regarding life. Sometimes ending a relationship is a complete gift-you get the opportunity to rebuild a big part of your life! Keep exploring, and keep blogging!
ReplyDeleteFab post babe and what an awesome year you have had despite the rubbish start. Totally know what you mean about being more of a 'yes woman'. M and I are hopefully going to be doing the Mongol Rally this year. Something challenging and exciting for sure. x
ReplyDeleteI really like your 'year of firsts idea'... I think I'll give that a try. I cooked my first steak tonight so that's a start :) Another one of my new years resolutions is to start my own blog, which I've already started working on. I've been a reader *er, lurker* for years, so I figure it's about damn time I start participating. Here's to a great year. I think you & your blog are simply fantastic.
ReplyDeletexx Sonia
Thank you for writing this post. I've been miserable for the two last year and to be honest quite lonely. Flashback two years and i was the "it" girl; all the guys wanted me and all the girls wanted to be me. Then one day my "friends" decided i wasn't good enough for them anymore and left me. In the blink of an eye i'd gone from going out every night surrounded by people i adored to staying in every day and evening. I became withdrawn and as a result of spending so much time by myself i had lost a lot of my social skills. I have passed the stage of misery now and realised that to be the girl i was again i would have to turn into a judgemental bitch who deemed a lot of people to not be worth my time so i ignored them. Looking back i don't like who i used to be but when you are surrounded by people that behave in a certain way for so long you just become a lot like them. I've reflected and i've become a lot nicer and content with myself but i'm still staying in quite a lot and only really go out once every two months. I don't want to be "the loner" anymore but i don't know what to do to change it. By no means do i have no friends, i do but when i make plans i seem to cancel last minute for no reason whatsoever. Even my dad has noticed differences he was telling me to "Smile a little more" and that's when it hit me. Being "ditched" by the popular crowd really knocked me down emotionally, socially and even physically- i have lost a lot of weight since being left (i wasn't in need of losing any weight) Around the time of being ditched i was also in a awful breakup with a guy that spent every moment of the day telling me what i can and can't do, who i can and can't see. That ended and i escaped an emotionally abusive relationship. I've rambled on a bit here but to cut it down since being ditched and in a toxic relationship i've been torn apart piece by piece and i don't know how to get back out there and start being happy again. Do you have any advice? (I really hope you reply to this, i'm in need of help urgently.) I'm putting this on anon because people i know read this blog- i hope you don't mind. Thank you in advance.
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ReplyDeleteDear Rose
ReplyDeleteWish you a fantabulous year ahead. Reading your last post I realized how you and your thought bubbles have become an integral part of my days. And sneakily so. You are like a friend I have not met yet feel soooo close to. I see your Friday night outing pictures and i wanna tell you how mine was! I am in lust with slutty brownies, and I hate when I can't figure whats wrong with my day, open your blog and realise I've read it already :) So much love and come to think of it, I didnt even know your name until Thanksgiving :D. You and your blog is in my gratification journal for 2012. Hope this year beats 12's ass and makes that smile bigger! Lotsa Love. Suchana.
Dear Rose
ReplyDeleteWish you a fantabulous year ahead. Reading your last post I realized how you and your thought bubbles have become an integral part of my days. And sneakily so. You are like a friend I have not met yet feel soooo close to. I see your Friday night outing pictures and i wanna tell you how mine was! I am in lust with slutty brownies, and I hate when I can't figure whats wrong with my day, open your blog and realise I've read it already :) So much love and come to think of it, I didnt even know your name until Thanksgiving :D. You and your blog is in my gratification journal for 2012. Hope this year beats 12's ass and makes that smile bigger! Lotsa Love. Suchana.
Dear Rose
ReplyDeleteReading this post I realized how, so very sneakily, you and this blog have become an integral part of my days considering I didnt even know your name till Thanksgiving :D
Its like having a friend in a faraway country and reading your blog is like catching up. Even though we havent and may never really meet. There are days when I see read a post and go "Same here!!" OR "I wanna do that" OR "Man I love her!!"- am just amazed at the intimacy I feel in this funny relationship even though its virtual. Or is it just?
All i want you to know is that you went in my gratitude journal for 2012. It was a crap year for me and I was getting away from all and sundry and I thought I'll die alone eaten by cats :( but then I met you :)
Hope 2013 beats 2012's ass and how!for you. And here s hoping we meet someday.
Lots and Lots of Love. XO. Suchana.
Dear Rose,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all Happy New Year! I wish you the best for 2013, may all your dreams come true!
You're such an inspiration to me! I wish I had a friend like you! Well it's a bit cruel for my actual friends but you are so lively, fresh and funny! I wish I had someone like you to take me out of my cosy life and bring some adventure in my life!
I discovered your blog with the Skinny Shrimp Curry and then stumbled upon the famous Anti-Diet. This latter post means a lot to me because two years ago I began lose weight using this kind of method but I slowly forgot about it, focusing on the weight loss and not listening to my body anymore. I began 2012 realising I had eating disorder. It's been a year I'm struggling with it and reading the Anti-Diet made me realise how far from it I was. So now, I'm trying to apply it (again) and see if I can get out of it.
Thank's for your blog (and reading this huuuge comment ;-) I'll also try to apply the "yes woman" thing!
With love,
Aude
P.S.: As you might have noticed, I'm not a English speaker, so please forgive my mistakes!
Rose, you are an ever-shining light. Your courage and sense of adventure is such an inspiration. Standing in the face of hardship is when our true colours show, and you've definitely proven yourself to be the strong, independent and fun woman that so many of us have come to admire.
ReplyDeleteKeep it up chicadee! Looking forward to reading about your year of firsts. x
Rose, you're an inspiration! At the end of last year I also came out of a relationship which lost me a best friend and love, although I'm in a bad place right now I'm trying to pick my life up and move on, thanks for the post!
ReplyDeleteHey Rosie,
ReplyDeleteThe first post of yours I read was when you moved into your new home. Ever since then, you have been such a huge inspiration to me. I've spent the past year worrying about my future and what career I want to do, and whether the degree i'm doing is right for me.
Thank you for helping me realise that I should be embracing the choices I make and grabbing hold of new things and challenges with both hands.
Odette x
Thank you for all these true words. You're such a strong woman and very inspirational for me. I wish you all the best for 2013!
ReplyDeleteKisses from Berlin,
Luise
Happy new year Rose, so glad you've got your muchness back xxx
ReplyDeleteRose, You are such an amazing lady! One of my NYR is to say yes to more things and see where it takes me in life.
ReplyDeletekeep blogging forever Rose!
xx
Your passion for life is inspiring. I'm in that bad place (not due to a relationship though), and I really hope I have my new start too x
ReplyDeleteWhat an honest, beautiful and inspiring post! And you've reminded me that a few years ago, after reading "Yes Man" by Danny Wallace (highly recommend it if you haven't read it! It's nothing like the film), that I decided to become a "yes woman" too - kind of been forgetting about that lately, so thanks for the reminder. And I love the idea of doing something you've never done before once a week. Might give that a go too. Happy 2013 Rose. You are so much more than just another pretty, leggy blogger :) Charleyxx
ReplyDeleteRose, I don't think I've ever written anything on your blog ever before, but I can honestly tell you that you inspire me the most!
ReplyDeleteI'm in a bit of a bad place right now myself and I was hoping that the new year would count as a new beginning for me.. But I somehow find myself unable to really make decisions. Guess I'll just have to go with my gut for once, instead for pondering about every little thing for ages and ages.
I admire how you turned your life around and I'll hopefully be able to do the same this year! :)
And also: you seriously must be the most beautiful woman all around London town!
Hope 2013 will be a great year for you! :)
xx
Lana
I'm making it my res to do 'what ever makes me happy' but I think I might add being a 'yes woman' too. I want to try and have as much fun as you seem to (and attempt to blog it just as well) You are so inspiring Rose! Hope you have an amazing 2013!
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ooh rose, i feel like we were in totally the same position at the start of the year. I havn't progressed much, instead of becoming a yes women, i just started to not trust people, not want to go on dates etc. This year, I shall become the yes woman, become more trusting and learn to love again. x
ReplyDeleteThanks for this post Rose, really inspiring. I have been reading your blog for about a year now and, although I do read blogs mostly for escapism, I do sometimes feel that it can be can be had to relate...you seem to live a charmed life! Your honesty in this post proved me wrong. I think it's good that you don't focus on the bad too much (to be honest when you've come to forget about your problems and read a blog it isn't always uplifting to have to read through someone else's!) but I really admire the way that you've turned your problems around and created something really positive out of it. You should feel proud. As much as I love the food and the fashion I think you are a really great writer and the posts I have loved the most have been where you have been really honest and just told it like it is! The Morocco post is another example, off the top of my head. More posts like this in the new year please!
ReplyDeletePs. Unrelated note..but where is Henrietta? She never seems to feature in your blog anymore!
Such a lovely post, you're so easy to warm to and your blog is the only one I follow religiously!! You really did have a great year, so much travelling and the fun you've had has made the blog even more fun to read for us. You have such a bright, fun and friendly personality and you really are inspiring, not to mention my thinsparation and hair dream!! You're right, you should make changes and just go for it if you aren't happy. I spend my time saying this to a close friend but realised maybe I should be doing the same... 3 months ago I left my boring job to start my own business, something I thought I would really enjoy. It turns out it's really quite tough and i'm not sure I did it at the right time in my life...my dream for years has been to run off to Australia, i've been a few times and loved it, have friends there, but I worry so much about ending my business and letting people down, is it the right choice? what if I change my mind? what about coming back (can't stay in oz longer than 2 years) I always get like this at the beginning of a new year. But I hope you inspire others to take life by the balls, i'm sure you have. Well done on a great year Rose, keep it up! Love Life!! xxx
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love that you share so much of your life on here. You look like you're having the absolute best time no matter what you do or where you are. And you look to have a great support system all around you. I always look forward to reading your posts and hope you have a fantastic 2013 so that next years recap can be entirely positive!
ReplyDelete...May I add, look at all the people you have inspired or can relate to you Rose!! There are so many comments, and these are just the followers who leave a note, I bet there are so many more that agree! You should be really proud of yourself!
ReplyDeleteI'm also put at ease as to how many of us are in the same boat and worry our socks off about anything and everything! what are we like?! Here's to a new year everyone! xx
Rose, I've been reading your blog now for a long time after randomly stumbling across it one rainy day. I've loved reading your travel posts as I'm a bit of a traveler myself, I've salivated over your food posts, and stolen lots of your ideas for days out, but nothing has ever made me comment on a post except this one. I really really feel like I'm in that dark place at the moment. I feel like so much has changed in my life over the last couple of years- friends, or now lack of them, starting university, living abroad, and so much more, and all of it has ended up making me feel pretty low and I've even wondered if I might have some kind of depression. I've lost so much confidence and I really feel like I have no more strength but I am truly determined to make this new year one where I become a 'yes woman!' I'm determined to join a sports club, to make more friends, to bake more cakes and to choose to be a positive person as I know life can only get better and not worse if I make the right choices. Its so hard but its great to see that you made those changes and won! Happy new year :)
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing,
ReplyDeleteAuguri di un felice 2013, Happy New Year!
...Life is Beautiful, la Vita è Bella!...
Belle foto...I Love especially the photo of you watching the Painting of the Master...it's funny...mi ha fatto ridere; do you like that style? I preferr Magic Realism, il Realismo Magico...
Ciao
This is a great post, really inspiring and you are effortlessly gorgeous. You look like you had the best time and I hope 2013 will follow this trend. Let's all just say 'Yes!' x
ReplyDeleteGreat post, you are effortlessly gorgeous. You look like you have had the best time, hope 2013 follows the same trend. Let's all just say YES x
ReplyDeleteI absolutely Love this Post. It is spot on and I look forward to reading many more posts from you in 2013 :-)
ReplyDeleteI absolutely Love this Post Rose. It is spot on, and I look forward to reading many more of your adventures in 2013! :-)
ReplyDeleteRose - I love your blog and have been reading it since about March/April time last year. I started last year off in the same situation as you, my boyfriend of 6 years had split up with me over Christmas and I was very sad and frightened of what would happen but last year ended up being a very positive experience for me in which I started a new job that I love, did lots of things that previously I wouldn't have done when I was with my ex (such as my first festival in about 8 years!), shared my life with many fabulous people and eventually met and fell in love with someone very special.
ReplyDeleteWell done on having such a great 2012 Rose and I look forward to reading about everything you get up to in 2013!!
Lisa x
http://whatlisawrote.blogspot.co.uk
This was a beautiful post. Thank you xx
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Rose! Your photos are fab and full of "muchness" - rather like the photo of you and your Grandpa :-D Jo
ReplyDeleteHad a very similar year myself my lovely - you're living proof 'yes women' are an abominable force! Happy New Year to you xxx
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What a lovely post. You know what, I've had such a terrible year. Which is NOT what I do, as a rule. I'd always tell anyone how I'm the luckiest person in the world, but no, 2012 was a complete write off for me. But (and this sounds absurd, but it's true) you've really kept me going. Reading your blogs daily has been so uplifting, and has made a real difference when I've been at rock bottom. I'm not an avid blog reader, but your blog posts have been such a lift through it all. And I promise you I'm not just saying that, it's true.
ReplyDeleteSo thanks! - no, really... thank you.
You really should write novels though, you've got such a natural tone of voice which is exceptional. There's no doubt you'd write bestsellers.
Here's to a wonderful 2013, hey? All the best - Harriet Xx
Loved this post, it brought a tear to my eye! Well done on making your year a great one even though it did not start out that way. It's very inspirational as 2013 is gonna be a hard one for me; I'm writing my dissertation (which seems to be going nowhere)and graduating (but I have no idea what I want to do) this year, so I'm feeling very steerless and scared shitless atm. Not sure what I want to do with myself and getting down about it isn't helping of course. I hope that I'll come back in a year and will be able to say; 2013 has been amazing - I'll try to keep thinking positive thoughts and hope this will be the case!
ReplyDeleteIn the mean time I am looking forward to reading your posts this year as they always make me smile (or drool), hope you have a great twenty 13!
Hey Rose,
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I have a question for you - I've started looking for a gown to wear to a Ball in March and what I have in mind is something long, back and backless. Any ideas where I could go in London for affordable/reasonably priced evening gowns/dresses which isn't too generic?? Or any online stores/websites?? Would really appreciate the advice, thanks!
I've had an amazing (but way too busy) year, and I'm so excited for 2013 to take time for ME and really develop my own interests even more. This post has to be one of my favorites from you; you've inspired me to make 2013 my 'yes' year. xoxo
ReplyDeleteDear Rosie, I am visitor of your blog from Olomouc, Czech republic. I love to read your comments on restaurants, clothes, everyday life... I also love English, so it is very exciting to read your "life" for me :) You are a very lovely person if I can say that and very pretty too ;) I am trying to be the yes woman too, after some bad things last year. Your blog is full of positive thinking so thank you for that!! Love your blog!! Thank you for writing and have the best experiences in 2013!! Greetings from Czech republic!! Petra <3
ReplyDeleteThis was a wonderful post, Rose. You know, looking at your life from this side of the computer, this gorgeous girl who has a huge heart, who leads this fabulous life, has wonderful friends and a beautiful and loving family, has seen so much of the world, I never would think you would have any stumbles, that you could never be unsure of yourself. Quite close-minded of me, hmm? We may all be very different, but really, we are all alike in that we're just so...human :) It's comforting to know I'm not alone. xo
ReplyDeleteRose, although I started reading your blog maybe a month or so ago, this is (regrettably) my first comment... I just wanted to say thank you so much for writing this post! The first part moved me to tears as I think we've all understood the anguish of a lingering relationship... and also thank you so much for having this blog, I love your writing, your photos and your way of interacting with your readers, it's blogs like these that inspire me to maintain my own (travel) blog! So thanks again, and cheers to a happy 2013. All the best!
ReplyDeleteDear Rosie,
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for such an amazing and inspirational blog!I am looking towards another year with you, custard and your lovely friends and family. I am sorry to hear 2012 didn't start well for you , but I am glad you managed to recover, as things like that happen to everyone, even judging by the comments of all fellow readers. :-)
Want to wish you a wonderful new 2013 year with a lot of blessings from Godand may you become an even better person - you are already an amazing one. Thank you xx
Dear Rosie,
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for such an amazing and inspirational blog!I am looking towards another year with you, custard and your lovely friends and family. I am sorry to hear 2012 didn't start well for you , but I am glad you managed to recover, as things like that happen to everyone, even judging by the comments of all fellow readers. :-)
Want to wish you a wonderful new 2013 year with a lot of blessings from Godand may you become an even better person - you are already an amazing one. Thank you xx
Rose,
ReplyDeleteI love reading your blog. It is almost as if positivity jumps right off the computer screen. Best to you for a fantastic 2013!
just love you and you´re life.
ReplyDeletebe proud that you have such a bestfriend - just lovely !
Rose,
ReplyDeleteGreat post! That is funny b/c I am actually planning on doing the exact same thing this year - trying one new thing a week. So far, I have a beer brewing class, a supper club, and learning how to scuba dive on the calendar for January. What are your "new things"?
I didn't realise that until I finished reading this post, that I was grinning from ear to ear. It makes me smile hearing other people are happy and it's been a pleasure having a sneak peak into your life! I've followed your blog for over a year and look forward to every post!
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Viv
Oh WOW, just wow. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for such an inspiring, uplifting post!!! I realised whilst reading the last paragraph that I had tears in my eyes, good tears of hope. I've spent the Christmas holidays completely heart-broken, having just come out of an equally unhealthy relationship and reading this gave me such a boost, thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteI'm very, very proud of you and would like to give you a big virtual hug!! Keep going, keep your head high and please, please keep blogging away, your readers love you and accept you just the way you are.
Love from a very loyal reader,
Sarah xxx
Rose, I remember finding your blog about a year ago and I remember feeling glad I found it. It has been a pleasure reading your blog from week to week, The Londoner is definitely my favourite blog. And seeing that you're so happy and strong after an unhealthy and unhappy relationship makes me smile. I had a horrible start to 2012 too as my ex of 2 years broke up with me completely out of the blue. But after 2 weeks of feeling sad, I started to concentrate on the things that made me happy. And I've never felt better! 2012 has been a great year and I hope 2013 is going to be even better. I hope you have an amazing 2013, and I look forward to reading more of your blog! Happy new year :)
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