Well, This Is Awkward… It’s Been Six Years!

Six Years. SIX YEARS.

Apparently that’s how long it’s been since I last sat down and properly wrote something for this little corner of the internet.

I would love to tell you I’ve spent the last six years travelling the world, finding myself and becoming some incredibly interesting, mysterious woman. But the reality? It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster. From going through a relationship that completely broke me to rebuilding my life, finding myself again and, oh, GETTING ENGAGED TO MY DREAM MAN?! Like, hello?! Quite a significant life update to casually drop in there.

Somewhere amongst all that, I apparently forgot I own an entire website.

Although, if I’m being completely truthful, there’s a little more to it than that.

So, hello again! Does anyone even read blogs anymore?! Are we all still here?!

A Little Life Update

It’s funny looking back through my old posts. SLW started as somewhere to document my weight-loss journey, share my love of lifting weights and hopefully inspire a few people along the way.

And what a crazy little journey that turned into.

From my story going viral in 2017 to some incredible opportunities, friendships and experiences, this blog became such a huge part of my life.

But somewhere along the way, I stopped writing. In fact, I pretty much stopped everything to do with SLW.

And the truth is, it wasn’t because I’d fallen out of love with blogging.

Let’s just say my taste in men wasn’t always quite as fabulous as I’d like to think. One questionable relationship and a few life lessons I could’ve happily done without later, I somehow lost sight of the things that made me happy, including SLW.

But that chapter is firmly closed, and the old me is making a comeback. With a few upgrades, of course.

Fast-forward to today and life looks very different. I’m happier, I’m loved, I’m engaged to the most wonderful man and, perhaps most importantly, I feel like myself again.

A lot has changed since those early days, and I think I have too.

I still love fitness, although these days my interests stretch a little further than how much I can deadlift or whether I’ve hit my protein target.

I’ve fallen in love with pole fitness, I’m currently training to become a mat and reformer Pilates instructor, and I’ve developed a slightly ridiculous habit of wanting to learn absolutely everything.

Seriously, someone needs to stop me from finding new hobbies.

And then there’s everything else. Beauty, skincare, haircare, books, little adventures, the dogs and all the random things that make life that little bit more enjoyable.

So, What’s Next for SLW?

Well, I’m not entirely sure. And for once, I think I’m okay with that.

I don’t want to turn this into some big rebrand with a million promises about posting three times a week and becoming the most organised blogger on the planet.

We all know how that would end.

I just miss writing.

I miss having somewhere to share my thoughts, document the things I’m trying and ramble on about whatever happens to be interesting me that week.

Some weeks that might be Pilates or fitness. Other weeks it might be a beauty treatment I’ve fallen in love with, a new recipe or something completely random.

And that’s exactly how I want it.

A little less pressure to fit into a particular box and a little more freedom to just be me.

Here’s to Another Chapter

If you’ve been here since the early days, thank you. Honestly. It’s quite lovely to think that something I started all those years ago is still here waiting for me.

And if you’re new, hello! Welcome to the chaos.

I’m not going to promise that I’ve got life figured out, because I absolutely haven’t. But I do have a lot of things I want to try, places I want to go, things I want to learn and stories I want to share.

And maybe that’s enough of a reason to start writing again.

So here’s to SLW, a few years older, hopefully a little wiser and finally feeling like herself again.

Same girl, new chapters. And this time, I’m writing them for me.

Lots of love,

Sian x