2025 Goals: Surgery, Moving, Flight School & New Wardrobes

Here are my 2025 goals as of January, and I will adjust them in the middle of the year to see how far I have come. Typically, I knock out a majority of my goals in the first quarter, especially in January, and then keep on trucking to the more time consuming efforts. Not all of these goals are difficult or arduous, but they are things that will occur with due time passing. 2025 is the year of living an aesthetic dream life, recovering from back surgery, moving in together, having fun again, and new adventures.

Everything in this blog post is not really mentioned in the video and vise versa.

This year is going to be a bit more tedious than regular, because I am starting entirely from scratch. I have to rebuild my life and am turning 30 in a couple months. However, I am in my stronghold now that I am back in my home city of Los Angeles, know exactly what I need to do, and have never had a more driving purpose. In other words, I am 30, flirty, and thriving! 

1. Record my aesthetic moments.

My life is naturally aesthetic, so I wanted to document those moments. Whether it is in my visual journal online through vlogs or simply in my storage drive, it makes me feel good to take away from clutter and relive those memories whenever I feel the sentiment. There is a lot to look forward to, but little to look back on for me as of now since a lot of my personal items were destroyed by an ex whom I recently got a restraining order on. I literally have nothing of my own except a journal (which he read) , a silver frame, and a few outfits.

2. YouTube 

YouTube is my journal and also what has kept my relationship with family and friends abroad. 2024 was a miserable year where I did not have fun posting, because life was awful haha. Kentucky had bad weather with not much to do and that same crazy ex would use my words I posted against me to physically and verbally abuse me by twisting my words with his diagnosed delusions. A whole post is coming out on what I specifically had to endure. I escaped with my life and am grateful. 

Now that I am in a safe space surrounded by friends and family, I can simply be me and have fun again. I can make jokes without getting screamed at from 6pm until 7:30am, I can dress up fabulously, make good quality fresh food, and use expensive things without being judged negatively in my own home. It feels good to be free, and you could tell how miserable I was in past vlogs by how little I talked, dulled my shine, and even had nosey coworkers bothering me about what I posted.

I have innumerable video ideas and am so smug about Los Angeles weather that I take it for granted. It is a beautiful day, but I stay in to film an indoor video sometimes and that is perfectly okay. 

3. Blog 

Writing was my sanctuary that preserved my sanity. Yet, much like my experience with YouTube, I was forbidden from sharing my work without it being scrutinized under the relentless gaze of critical judgment. Now, I can create more moodboards, practise writing again, and share even more adventures with you, because there is so much to do here in Los Angeles. This also means more outfits, skincare, and lifestyle inspiration, because I do not plan to stay in at all starting this Spring!

4. Social media daily outfits

The reason I stopped posting daily outfit ideas was predominantly because I had a lot of stressors in my life that created other issues. Firstly, during the early part of 2024 when I stopped filming and shooting outfits was when I started an abusive relationship with someone who controlled my life entirely. I had an incision on my back from a previous surgery that never fully healed. The pain is psychosomatic where it hurts even more when I am stressed or think about problems. 

I will have an entire post on this as I am getting surgery to fix this. It has also caused me a plethora of other issues such as sleeping, sitting, walking, running, and being any type of mobile.

Because of this stress it caused me, I was not able to live a regular life where I could be as active as I wanted. I even worked out when I was under intense pain and stress that it only created more discomfort. My body image went downhill because of this stress on my body and mind. Not being able to exercise properly has been hindering me a majority of the past four years since first getting this procedure done. I cannot wait to undo it in the next few days. 

Two months of bedrest and healing should fix me up. Hopefully it will be even faster, because I will be back to my normal self. I am definitely looking forward to executing all of these 2025 goals and getting lost in endless fabulous adventures once I am back in good health. This year is the start of a decade where I will be the best version of me. 

5. Email newsletter  

I recently fixed StyleByGia.com where you can sign up for free monthly moodboards with style inspiration. There are new updates with beauty and wellness guides from your favourite beauty queens, supermodels, and movie stars. I also added monthly muses where you can find a fabulous femme fatale who makes you want to be your best. This was so much fun, and I am definitely going to add more over time.

6. Livestreaming

This was such an unexpected internet moment where I used to be petrified speaking in front of strangers online. However, when it was about shopping and style, it felt quite natural to create videos more along these lines. I feel like I am too critical in the videos, but I find that people enjoy someone with an opinion on products they spend their hard earned money on. I do not only plan on livestreaming Shop With Me videos, but also other lives in general any time I post a video this way we can interact in real time in the comments section anyway. My plan is to post Shop With Me videos at least once a week. Hopefully more.

7. Get a new computer and work setup.

My computer dies every two hours and I need to save for a new one. I had a chance to purchase a really good new laptop, but chose to save the money instead for a new apartment when Adam and I move in together. Eventually, I plan on getting a proper setup so I can focus, because it really does affect my productivity. It is a matter of time, and I will cross that bridge when I get to it.

8. Move in together

When I first met Adam, I was not ready to be in a relationship at all after what I had been through the past year. I was under high levels of stress in my situation, and the last thing I needed was someone in my life to pay attention to. I hardly paid attention to myself the past year and was fighting to survive. 

It was not until he kept persisting on how serious he was. Initially, I told him to not talk to me after we first met, because I had to establish myself after freshly landing in Los Angeles. We met three days after I touched base at LAX. A week later, he said he missed talking to me and I still did not expect anything. After he showed how serious he was – which he was dead 100% serious – I said okay, but did not understand how things were going to work. 

He wanted to propel forward in every aspect with me including moving in together. Especially moving in together. I kept trying to put it off, because it was only one month of knowing each other. He wanted to move in within two months. I said no. Then, when the dust settled, I let him into my life. 

I do not have room for mistakes when it comes to relationships. No rushing. No permanent legal decisions. Just us going with the flow. I knew he loved me, because he said we could be together for years without making big life altering decisions no matter how much he knew he wanted to be with me. We are currently looking for an apartment.

9. Get a cute car.

I am looking for a new car that will suit me better in Los Angeles as I will not do too much driving, but I would like something easy to park and save on gas. Also, I really enjoyed driving my loved one’s beater around that I was originally borrowing when I first moved back here, because nobody paid attention to me or tried to steal my car. Not like past experiences. 

10. Grow my LTK Assistant business

Last year, I started this business and had so much fun doing what I love, creating content for bloggers, working with them in tandem to create their posting dreams come true. I look forward to doing more of this as I know people need it, but I am also wondering if I should make this my thing long term. I would like to work on it for at least two years to see where it goes. We will see!

11. Assemble a fabulous legal team

Something I have learnt as I have gotten older, earned more money, acquired property, and gained more assets is that I need to find a way to make it easier to protect. When I was married to Mr. Dixon, he was above and beyond financially responsible which I was grateful to learn from him, but now I am making moves on my own and need to learn all the fine print details of this by hiring lawyers, accountants, and other real estate professionals who can guide me.

12. New wardrobe

Starting from scratch is not easy, especially when I do not have the bare necessities. A majority of my items were left back in Kentucky or entirely destroyed by my psychopathic ex that I filed a restraining order on. I need to shop and am carefully and wisely searching for items I know I will use that will last me forever. 

13. Help my boyfriend choose a wardrobe

Adam is in the same boat with having limited styles to don. There are events I would like to attend with him during the season and he does not have the dress shoes for the occasion, so we are going to change that. I do not mind going alone, but he does not want me to.

14. New home decor

When Adam and I eventually move in together, we have to start fresh, because we have no furnishings. We are both excited to figure this out. I have the vision for everything, but want to make sure to get his approval before simply doing everything myself. When someone else is helping you pay for home decorations, they want to get what they can out of it, and I cannot wait to see what he can do with his vision in tandem with mine.

15. Build my cooking repertoire

One day, I plan on going to culinary school. Perhaps some time this decade. But for now, I want to do more research on the cuisines I am already familiar with and master those recipes. I do not like doing a halfway job, and want to really nail the latest things I have learnt. 

Sharing my heritage with Adam is, funny enough, something we do through food. We have such different tastes but were raised in similar settings at the same time. It is odd. We are exposed to various cultures that have resemblances.

16. Re-learning Arabic and diving deeper into French

Previously having been acquainted with Lebanese and Egyptian Arabic, Tunisian Arabic is a bit of a pain. Terminology is akin, but I am frustrated at times, because of all the sundries there are to express a paralleled sentiment. 

As for French, Adam and I met speaking French. I cannot throw a rock in Los Angeles without someone speaking a decent helping of the Vulgar Latin language. It is what we use to communicate with our families and makes things easier as I go back and forth between Occitan and the diplomat’s tongue. Not every French speaker understands Occitan, so I am grateful to have a little bit of knowledge I would like to expand regarding this Indo-European prose.

17. Try workouts

When I was living in Los Angeles back in the day, I went to all sorts of workouts and workout parties. There was not a class I did not go to, and I missed it when I moved. It was tough to be healthy in that part of the United States unless you were lucky enough to work hard to own a farm like I did. It was to the point that my coworkers asked how I stayed so in shape and I was surprised. 

This time, I am not taking this for granted, and am going to try something different each week. I have my own gym at home, but I need to mix things up with a trainer to scream at me, learn new techniques, movements, weights, and try other sports. My fencing club where I had more friends is here, polo club, and ice skating rink where the LA Kings play are my home base. Also, I live on top of a hiking canyon and need to go back to climbing it everyday once my back surgery is healed instead of only running on my treadmill at home. Running a minimum of four miles daily is not enough, and I cannot wait to do more.

18. Hobbies and skills

I have been practicing a handful of pieces on piano from Chopin to Schubert to Gershwin that have been taking up a lot of my time. Each morning I play a double match of chess against myself. One with moves that are strategically placed whilst the other is instinctive. On top of that, I want to get back into reading four books weekly and learn how to swim. There is also a sniper school I have been interested in as it has been almost a year since I held a rifle. It feels too long. 

19. Body care: Skin, teeth, hair, mental and physical health

My body care is what suffers when I am under immense stress. I neglect myself and want to support my aesthetician friends by using their services and sharing them with my friends and family. I have before, and it is something I like to do when they come out with a new offering. But this time, I really need to crack down on taking care of myself, because this is a marathon not a sprint. 

20. Prioritise girlfriends

As we grow older, friends get engaged and focus on their partners or have children and forget about their social lives for a bit. It ebbs and flows, so I am trying to find a way to get us to consistently be together no matter our schedules. Further, I am growing my girlfriend circle, because I realised a lot of my friends are male. This is because my interests typically lean towards a male demographic. Namely military history, arguing about contemporary philosophy, discussing finance, computers, aviation, exercise, adventure travel, firearms, martial arts, hunting, farming, business, and even fine tailoring.

21. Discover my city

Los Angeles is annoying in many ways. For me particularly, it is the fact that if you blink, new restaurants will pop up while your favourite ones close. There is constantly something new on this skyline’s horizon, and I am here to explore it once again. This is the city of never ending dreams unfolding and constantly shedding its skin. Recently, I found two new coffee shops. One I thought was absolutely to fill in space for someone’s commercial real estate dream while the other was a place I would actually like to visit over and over again.

22. Flight school

Flight school is a pain in every pilot’s headset. And wallet. From ground school to endless textbooks with size 4 print, the headache never ends. This year, I am bracing myself for putting every penny I have into earning all the ratings and hours I need for my career.

23. Save for a big trip + Get a new passport

Lucky enough to have been through plenty of passports, I need to get a new one. There are certain places I want to go that need a specific number of pages after receiving their visa, and I am almost out of space. Also, I very much would like to update my passport photo because mine was taken when I was 18 and looked exceedingly angry. It literally does not look like in the photos and I can see what TSA thinks on their face when they look at my visage in person versus on print. It makes me laugh every time. 

Adam and I have several places we want to go. Those destinations will be revealed in a while, because we are focusing on some paperwork we both need to complete. Be on standby for updates.

24. New suitcase

It is time! I am deeply disappointed in Calpak’s large suitcase. After only three uses, it fell apart and there is nothing I could do but chuck the hunk of plastic into the recycling bin. This time I am going to do some deep research on a really sturdy piece of aluminum that will crack the floor when thrown. I am not kidding, because I have witnessed such suitcases as this. I prefer to have a dent than a hole in my suitcase, and I am off to Rimowa in Beverly Hills to see which size, compartments, and all the bells and whistles I will need for long haul check in luggage trips.

25. Have fun!

When I was settled into matrimony after five years, owned several properties, and took on a world of responsibility, I lost my happiness. I went from 23 years old to a tired 45 year old within a couple of years. Lines began to appear on my forehead that year we bought another property, this time with a good sizable piece of land. I was accountable for over 50 lives on that farm, missed my friends, and lost a social life with sensational events to attend. 

Back in my glamorous headquarters with my loved ones, I feel so free. Less liability and more ability to wander aimlessly in a city with endless things to do. This time with someone I can rely on who wants a lot of the same things and with room for growth. 

I hope you have a wonderful January and start 2025 off with a spring in your step. There is so much to look forward to with a clean slate. It is all a matter of reminding yourself of your dreams, getting organised, and actioning your words. Here is to a fabulous new year.