Happy New Year, girls!
Sorry, sorry, really sorry for my absence since last year and only coming here on Three Kings' Day.
Let's pretend we're Spanish and treat ourselves to a few lines of conversation. I write, and you read... Good idea, right?
Happy Three Kings' and Queens' Day!
I'm going to do a small 2024 retrospective here:
Biggest Achievements
Undoubtedly, another year of professional activity for which I am very grateful, because without you, nothing would be possible.
A confusing, cold, inconsistent year... Perhaps that's why I have this desire to learn. I've never wanted to learn so much, I've never been so thirsty for knowledge as I am now! It's true! I really want to learn, evolve, and be even better in my field. I really want to, and I will achieve it!
Another achievement of 2024: I went on a family vacation, and my God, it was so good! My boys, my girls... I loved it!
I turned half a century old. True, 50 years of life! I feel like a dinosaur (lol). Sometimes I think I've lived 100 years. A mother at 16, an entrepreneur at 24, a grandmother at 40... Tell me, don't I sound like a dinosaur?
In reality, I feel grateful for my life, for my journey, and for all the progress made so far! This year, my Gucci brought joy to the house. My God, so beautiful and tiny! Adorable, she brought life back to the house (laughs).
We overcame 2024 with health, especially mental health, because this is the biggest challenge of today: mental health!
Today I'm writing this blog on a family getaway. So good... New brands have joined, like Villagello, which is so successful. It was really a good bet. Not everything was bad!
Challenging Moments
I went through very challenging moments. In fact, I've been writing this blog for a year, but if I had written it three years ago, you would understand a lot. I've had moments when sometimes even I don't know how I manage to hold on...
2024 was a year of sadness: I lost a close family member (my father-in-law) and I lost my companion, my Valentina. I still feel a lump in my throat. It's a subject that kills me. I cry a lot, the longing is immense. I can't control the tears just thinking about her, my sweet Valentina. I never imagined the great love I had for her. I miss her so much!
Even so, I am very grateful because I have my health, I had the best dog in the world, and I have the best customers. I have a beautiful and increasingly united family. And I have the most important thing: health!
Professional Achievements
I also have to share with you the great achievement of the Carla Valente company. We have a new member in the back office: my eldest son, Eduardo Valente. My pride! I have learned so much from him. We are a micro-family business.
The "Boss," me, my André (youngest), my Filipe, and my Gucci. All together, I love it!
My son joining made me think differently. He is very young, undoubtedly, but he teaches us a lot. He was the driving force for me to go back to studying.
Therefore, the goal and focus is to finish my training and put into practice what I am learning to be even better in my field.
In summary, what I most wish for 2025:
- Health, health, and health to achieve my next goals, new directions, new habits, new projects.
2025 will also bring changes to the physical store's schedule: we will close on Sundays and also on Mondays (very soon) and some mornings.
Priorities for 2025
I need more time for myself and my family. Healthy mind, healthy body!
I want to have a lot of mental health to lead new projects, create more quality content. Being productive is different from being busy. I want to be able to produce more, with quality, and rest more too. Many times I felt like procrastinating, leaving some things for later.
2025 is the year to do what needs to be done now, even if it's a day off, half a day off, etc.
- I want to take care of my body.
- I want to take care of my health.
- I want to learn.
- I want to produce the best videos.
- I want to help people love themselves.
- I want to make a difference. I want, in some way, to make a difference in someone's life!
- I want to continue to have the best customers in the world, which are you, for whom I am immensely grateful!
I feel like I'm on the right track. 2025 will start light and uncomplicated, with different energy. As if starting from scratch, but this time more mature and fearless, confident in what the future holds for me.
Gratitude
I am happy. I feel, as I write, an inexplicable inner peace and joy, without fear of tomorrow. Without great expectations, but very confident in what the universe has to give me!
Therefore, gratitude for life!
Gratitude for health!
Gratitude for family!
Gratitude for my work and eternal gratitude to you who follow me and give me a stage!
Happy 2025 and I wish you all double what I wish for myself!
A kiss on your heart,
with love, Carla Valente.
