Goodbye 2021 | Hello 2022 - Asia Jade Walker

Hey everyone Happy New Year and welcome to 2022! I have been meaning to write and upload this for a while now but one thing after another happened. This year has certainly started off with a bang I, unfortunately, fell for a scam and lost some money as well as my old Instagram account in the first week of January. I feel really silly but the scam was so convincing that I thought it was real. I luckily managed to get my Instagram account back after a few days but the scammer had also scammed other people through my account. I am obviously sad that I lost some money, however, I was sadder about losing my account as I had built a lovely community of people. Also, the memories from my stories and posts that were on my account meant so much so when I finally got it back I cried because it meant so much to me.

Last year was definitely a challenging year for me as I lost my Godmother to cancer suddenly which was really hard to deal with as a part of my Granddad who passed away when I was in year 10 I hadn’t lost anyone close to me since. My Nan also had ovarian & bowel cancer and had to have numerous sessions of chemo as well as a big operation but thankfully she recovered from it. However, I definitely made sure to make the most of it and did some amazing things over the past 12 months.

Just a few things from last year:

I began my journey to finding my birth parents with a 23andMe DNA test in January
It unexpectedly snowed in West London one day which was really fun
I went on some really cool photo/video shoots with my old work as well as organising two events
I ate at a lot of new and nice places
I got my eyebrows microbladed for the first time
I went on a mini-solo staycation in May
I turned 25
I made lots of new friends as well as connected with old ones
I went to see Hairspray, Frozen, & Mary Poppins in theatre
I went to see Love Actually in concert
I went to eat at a lot of different places
I went on my first holiday abroad since the beginning of 2020 to Dubai
I resigned from my job in search of expanding my career
I started training for a half marathon

2021 Blog/YouTube Goals:

Reach 180,000 views on my blog by 1st January 2022 (I only reached 157,221 views as I am still catching up on blog posts from last year. I managed to write up a lot of them during December but still have a few more to write up)
Reach 160,000 views on my YouTube channel and 5,000 subscribers by 1st January 2022 (I managed to reach 170,501 views and 3,726 subscribers. I really love some of the videos that I created last year)
Blog every day for a week (I didn’t manage to do this but I did blog a lot throughout December)
Work more on my SEO (I didn’t get around to this but it’s definitely something I would like to focus on in 2022)
Work with a brand (I was very lucky with a few different brands mainly on my old Instagram which has now been hacked so I’m sad about that)
Collaborate with other bloggers (I definitely made a lot of new creator friends however, we didn’t collaborate or meet up as there were quite a few restrictions at the beginning of 2021. Throughout 2022, I’d like to meet more creators in person and also online)
Collaborate with other YouTubers (The same as above)
Meet some creators in real life (The same as above)

2021 Personal Goals:

Travel somewhere new (I did go on a little staycation in May to a place that I had never been to before which was so cute)
Make sure I am spending money on things I actually use (I would definitely say that I spent less money on things that I don’t use and instead invested in things that I will use for many years)
Make new friends (I made a lot of new friends this year both in-person and online which is always nice during a time that you couldn’t really socialise a lot)
Reconnect with family & friends when we can (2020 was a year that we couldn’t socialise a lot so I made sure to spend time with family and friends throughout 2021 as
Read more books (I did read a lot more than I did in 202o but I still didn’t read as much as I wanted to)
Begin saving for a house/flat deposit (I am still saving but I have a good amount saved)
Sort out all of my photos on my laptop and get some printed to put up in my room (This is something I haven’t managed to achieve yet but I want to continue to work on it throughout 2022)
Get back into exercising (I feel really in shape at the moment as I’m currently training for a half marathon)
Be more present instead of always online (I would definitely say that I did work on this but that I am still working on it)
Find a good balance between saving and spending (I could have been a lot better at this. It’s something I want to work on more in 2022)
Finish off the decor in my bedroom (I am really happy with the way my room looks at the moment. I would just like to put a few more things on the wall and print out some photos as well)

2022 content goals:

Try and upload once a week either on both my blog and my YouTube channel
Meet some creators in real life
Collaborate with other YouTubers
Collaborate with other bloggers
Work on my blog’s SEO
Focus on my Instagram page more
Try and reach 10,000 followers on my Instagram
I would like to focus less on the numbers

2022 Personal Goals:

Continue working on my anxiety
Take myself on more solo dates
Try and go away on a solo trip which could either be a staycation or abroad
Make more of an effort to see family and friends and take photos more
Work on my marketing degree
Try not to buy things that I don’t use. Instead, choose to spend money on experiences.
Complete the London Landmarks Half Marathon
Read 10 books
Climb a mountain
Work on having a good work, study, and life balance
Print out more photos instead of keeping them on my devices