Resolving lolita resolutions for 2024 and looking forward to 2025

 

Wow, long time since last. But here I am! I have been thriving and leading a mostly quiet everyday life and I am quite happy with that. When it comes to my lolita resolutions from the past year, I once again set up attainable goals.

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2024 resolutions:

• Document the amount that I buy items for ✅ - I dedicated the time to write down the price of everything I bought in the past year but I chose to exclude the amount I paid for shipping, taxes and customs. I will write another blog post about it dedicated to this single resolution, please look forward to it.
  
• Get a sewing machine for minor fixes ✅ - In the last few weeks of the year I managed to act on buying myself a sewing machine. I procastrinated it so long because I got caught up in finding the "right" or "good" machine. I realised I just need to get one that is decent as a start, and if I use it more than I thought then it is a future task to upgrade the machine.
  
• Go to a Swedish event that is not in Sweden's two biggest cities ❌ - Unfortunately the events that were not in Stockholm or Gothenburg this year did not fit in to my schedule so I didn't fulfill this one.

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  2025 resolutions:

• Prioritize purchases from "the hole list" - I have a list of items that I am in search of that I have identified by what I call holes in my closet. These are items that would make my wardrobe more versatile that I find myself missing regularly. An example is a brown headbow - this is something that I bought in the beginning of 2024 but when I started wearing that brown headbow it wasn't comfortable. So I sold it and now I am again in search for one. This year I want to prioritize purchases to fill the holes and it would be amazing if I by the end of 2025 had an empty hole list. Some items I have yet to find after several years of being on the hole list (a short jacket, think like Baby´s school jacket or VW heart jacket) but I will keep trying.
  
• Document alteration costs, shipping, taxes and customs fees of what I buy - I didn't include the sums I paid for items in 2024 that was not the actual item. To make it more visible what things actually cost I want to level up my spending documentation by adding these amounts that are impossible to escape as a lolita who does not have access to physical store shopping. I will also start documenting the alteration costs because as a plus size lolita I want to make it visible in another layer what a garment can actually cost. This is all a part of gathering data to base future mindful choices on as I want to be responsible with my finances.
  
• Go to a Swedish event that is not in Sweden's two biggest cities - Since I didn't succeed in this in 2024, let's give it another try.

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  I look forward to 2025 - let's do our best.