Stylist January 19, 2022

“Wake me up when january is over” Poor old January, the only month of the year with a truly bad reputation. Just say the word January and you’ll witness a visceral reaction from people: eyes roll and teeth grit. It’s cold, dark; the bills pile up and the days seem to keep growing until payday.January, with its heralded association with resolutions, should be a shorthand for energising renewal; but as we all know, January means restricting ourselves from the things we enjoy before beating ourselves up when we go back to the nice things because we’re skint and it’s cold and dark.Apparently, 8 January is the most popular day to start divorce proceedings. And it’s also the month we’re most likely to decide to quit our jobs. Why some bright…

Poor old January, the only month of the year with a truly bad reputation. Just say the word January and you’ll witness a visceral reaction from people: eyes roll and teeth grit. It’s cold, dark; the bills pile up and the days seem to keep growing until payday.January, with its heralded association with resolutions, should be a shorthand for energising renewal; but as we all know, January means restricting ourselves from the things we enjoy before beating ourselves up when we go back to the nice things because we’re skint and it’s cold and dark.Apparently, 8 January is the most popular day to start divorce proceedings. And it’s also the month we’re most likely to decide to quit our jobs. Why some bright spark had to go one step further…

A ONE-DAY DIARY FROM FLAT WHITE TO LIGHTS OUT Dilly Carter, Professional Organiser Dilly, 41, helps people declutter their homes and shares organisational tips via her Instagram account, @declutterdollies. She lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and eight-year-old daughter My aLarm goes off at 6am. I’ll go downstairs to make myself a coffee, then get back into bed and reply to client emails. At 7am, I’ll wake my daughter, get her ready, then have breakfast – usually something like a crumpet or croissant. Once I’ve taken her to school, I’ll head to my positivity corner. On a table in my kitchen, I have a book of motivational quotes that I open to a different page every day, I play whatever music I’m in the mood for – usually 80s,…

A ONE-DAY DIARY FROM FLAT WHITE TO LIGHTS OUT Dilly, 41, helps people declutter their homes and shares organisational tips via her Instagram account, @declutterdollies. She lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and eight-year-old daughter My aLarm goes off at 6am. I’ll go downstairs to make myself a coffee, then get back into bed and reply to client emails. At 7am, I’ll wake my daughter, get her ready, then have breakfast – usually something like a crumpet or croissant. Once I’ve taken her to school, I’ll head to my positivity corner. On a table in my kitchen, I have a book of motivational quotes that I open to a different page every day, I play whatever music I’m in the mood for – usually 80s, RnB or garage – and light a candle…

STYLIST’S COLUMNIST BILLIE BHATIA answers your questions “I’m 30 with a good career and lots of friends. So why do I feel the pressure to get a boyfriend and settle down?” From @lyndsey_morgan There was a blissful stage in my life – from the age of 24 to 28 – where I wore my single status like a badge of honour. When people would ask whether I was in a relationship, I would bark back with pride, “Hell, no.” I loved the freedom of not being answerable to anyone (except my mum). I was the master of my time. I chose how I spent it, who I spent it with, and what we spent that time doing. OK, if I’m honest, there was the odd occasion I’d experience a sharp…

STYLIST’S COLUMNIST BILLIE BHATIA answers your questions From @lyndsey_morgan There was a blissful stage in my life – from the age of 24 to 28 – where I wore my single status like a badge of honour. When people would ask whether I was in a relationship, I would bark back with pride, “Hell, no.” I loved the freedom of not being answerable to anyone (except my mum). I was the master of my time. I chose how I spent it, who I spent it with, and what we spent that time doing. OK, if I’m honest, there was the odd occasion I’d experience a sharp pang of envy when I’d catch a particularly cute couple moment out and about, but then, more often than not, it would be quickly soothed by…