November - Meet Kate

1- What’s one of the best things about the life you’re living now that you wouldn’t have appreciated when you were younger?

Just the comfort of being me. We all have to go through different versions of ourselves to evolve through that journey and without learning those lessons, I wouldn’t be where I am now and have the peace and confidence I have now.

2- What do you no longer care about at this stage of life?

Being liked. I’m at the point where I know my worth and what I bring to the table in my life. So if people don’t like that, that is absolutely fine. There are no hard feelings and I’m ok with not being for everyone. Everyone is not for me either, it’s not always personal.

3- What’s something you’ve done to make everyone else happy that you flat out refuse to do now?

I’ve never had a problem with speaking up but I’m quite a laid back person and I think that’s allowed people to overstep my boundaries in the past. I think I am a lot better at speaking up in the moment as I’ve got older, rather than keeping quiet so not to embarrass or upset the other person.

4- What are you loving right now? A new obsession, tiny ritual or something ridiculous that brings you a shit load of joy?

I love getting into a new programme that no one in my household is into. No having to wait for other people to watch it, just something that’s mine. That I can dip in and out of when I want to. I also really love a good skincare routine. Just a 5 minute ritual every night and morning does wonders.

5- When life is a shit show what genuinely keeps you going?

I’ve always had the same mantra when going through every single hardship in my life. ‘Everything ALWAYS works out in the end and everything will be fine.’
The downs in life are completely temporary and will almost always make you a better person when you come out the other side, so just embrace them and ride it out.

6- What’s something you wish someone had told you at 20-30 that would have saved you a whole lot of time or unnecessary bullshit?

Honestly, nothing. I’ve always been quite spiritual and I’ve always known that we are on this earth for a short time and each day is a blessing. The shit times make you a better person, the best times give you memories. You will pick up people along the way, you will lose people along the way and that’s ok.

7- If you could sit with your younger self or deliver one brutally honest voice note to every woman in her twenties, what would you actually tell her?

Don’t compare you, your wins or your losses to anyone else. You’re on your own journey and just enjoy it and go with the flow.. the good and the bad times. Never stop rooting for people you love and celebrate their successes as you would your own. Compliment people. Don’t expect ‘you’ from other people. Be unapologetically you and you will find your tribe. And it doesn’t matter how small that tribe is.

Quick fire round:

Most irrational ick:
Chasing after a wrapper when the wind is blowing it away and doing that little gallop after it.

Hill you’re die on:
Law of Attraction is 100% real.

Most questionable habit:
Fixating on certain foods. Eating the same breakfast and lunch every single day then one day, never eating it again.

Current life motto:
It is what it is.

Most unhinged coping mechanism:
Blocking out the world (apart from the people in my household).

Most ridiculous thing you cried about recently:
Miranda Hart, talking about laughing and being silly with friends (it was a scene on The Traitors and her words were so beautiful).

The most liberating thing about getting older:
The comfort of knowing who you are.