2024 recap : creativesbyjulianna year in review ✨

I am personally more of a habits + rituals person than a goals + resolutions person - 

but i do think there is something to a whole bunch of us "resetting" at the same time and that makes me feel good about tidying up and reflecting about the previous 365 days each year 🥂 I wanted to take time to reflect on creativesbyjulianna 2024 and the professional goals and milestones I have hit!

I also really love seeing what other people found growth in - learned from - struggled in - and are hoping to stick to:

I think that we can all really learn a lot from each other and I am so inspired by those around me both people that I know and will never meet! In this vein I wanted to share some more personal moments and bts - some of the 2024 moments that just made the year for -julianna- ✨

While I could never capture it in a simple post - I have narrowed down some highs and lows to share from the beautiful year that 2024 was ⤵️

Lots of fun all year long  

creating and learning 

with @primitives.xyz 

I am on their social team and my duties include short form content , community management  and contributing to the newsletter :)  Read the latest one here!

I spent about six months doing freelance partnerships, gifting,  + brand operational support for the amazing community @girlswhomeet / @girlswhocrave 

In person communities and 3rd space groups like this are only rising in popularity -- and one of my favorite projects/clients to work with!

I spent several months working on social media management + web development + creative direction for eventual e-commerce launch of Blue Bird Detergent 

I picked up some fun hobbies just for myself -- I can get burned out creatively so I try to always keep trying to make things for fun too! And this year that was interactive filters! Haha please enjoy a few and try them for yourself!! It’s actually so fun to see the videos that get made by other people 🥹

Here is Sparkle Elf

Here is Kissy Face Hoop Rings

And you will find a few more to use on my art tiktok page :)

This is the year I started the CBJ collective - my own talent roster of creatives to contribute to brand projects. we are so small right now but i believe in this project / goal a lot ❤️

And i would love to take on more talent!  I love advocating for and representing talented + creative  people! If you are a creator / artist interested in joining please sign up here!

I spent 6 months of the year honored to be in the inaugural cohort of the L.E.A.P. initiative

(leaders for equity advocacy and progress)

It was really refreshing to jump back into the work of advocacy - and learning to work on communications + strategic and how that can play into community action and political programming.

I definitely want to get involved more at a local level in my community politics one day and I am super grateful for this opportunity as it provided me with lots of skills and background knowledge!

To round out my year - I began work on a new project with my web3 fam - doing some research and development , creator sourcing , campaign development , social content for tapai: a super fun platform [coming soon] that you just text prompt any game idea and it will ship it for you!!

So fun :) Excited to see everything that gets built on tap!

It's nice to see it all written out like this because I can definitely fall prey to feeling like I'm "never doing enough" and I can get a pretty good case of the -should have, would have, could haves-

but truly i'm so grateful for everything I accomplished and I proud of the year that 2024 was for me :)

I definitely do think I would have wanted it to be more this - or more that.... but this was also a year that a lot of unpredicted things or unforeseen circumstances just took time. And that's life! This was the year that:

• We moved apartments -- into a space that is smaller and makes storage space more difficult (boo) but much quieter and closer to the park (yay)

• David had a week long stay in the hospital -- we weren't planning on that one! definitely slowed some things down :( He has a liver disease that sometimes just needs to be treated with a procedure and it happened again - unpleasant but unfortunately not something he hasn't dealt with before. I am so grateful for both of our day to day health -- and when things like this happen I am just grateful that we are as healthy as we are.

  • When he was waking up in recovery there was a couple about 20-30 years older than us in the little bed area next to us seemingly going through the exact same situation. He was waking up from the same i presume surgery and the woman was grateful that he was just getting his MRCP -- not needing anything more such as transplant or cancer treatment etc. I remember that striking me because it's true -- even though what we were going through was scary I was also super grateful that David "just had surgery" because the other possibilities in his case is liver transplant or cancer(s).

    • It's sort of weird because I don't talk about mine and David's health with a lot of people but if anyone does *actually know either of us they know that we both have chronic conditions. For David and myself, taking care of our health and how we manage it is a huge part of our identity - and it may look different than others or what the typical "norm" may be for our age. But I am so proud the strength that especially David has shown this year in just showing up and being brave and getting back up after being knocked down over and over again mentally and physically. He is such an example to me and to many!

• I very unexpectedly lost a family member this year ... and I have been coping with it ever since. I did not expect to feel this loss in this way but some days I just feel very sad :( but that's ok -- part of what I am learning about my mortal existence really is just learning about coming to terms with the fact that all life does end in some way or some form one day ❤️‍🩹

  • i am a big feeler - and this year brought lots of feelings : both happy and sad. I think about the finiteness of life just looking at my 2 cats and knowing that I will outlive them. That every day I have with them means a lot.

  • The distance between me and the state that the rest of my family lives in felt a little farther this year -- and there were many moments that I wished I could just click my fingers and instantly be with my mom or my grandma or one of my friends that lives there ❤️

All in all - 2024 was a big year of learning and growth . I will never forget her - even though i'm very ready to move onwards and upwards!

Like I said earlier - i am personally more of a habits + rituals person than a goals + resolutions person - 

but here are 10 of my intentions for 2025 ⤵️

1. do it scared

2. done is better than perfect

3. be extremely specific - be extremely delusional

4. do it once & do it right - but refer to number 2 and don’t be paralyzed into inactivity

5. it’s important to fill up your cup — so you can fill up others : self care is serious

6. test your mind and your body every single day

7. figure out your why + fight for it

8. create more than you consume

9. balance the digital with the physical

10. engage in hobbies that challenge you not only comfort you

    
    
    
    

i am looking forward to more love - life- and light in 2025 ✨ i hope the new year is amazing for all of you! ❤️