We Aim To Slay

Happy New Year! And, welcome to We Aim To Slay!

Welcome to 2025!

For those of you who are new to We Aim To Slay, my name is Taylor, and I am the founder and sole creator of all W.A.T.S. content! 

I am a published journalist with a BA in Journalism with a minor in Literature from SUNY Purchase. I grew up on a horse farm in Connecticut, but quickly became obsessed with all things fashion when I started competing in pageants at age 11. Since then, I have held two national pageant titles, modeled in fashion shows, attended Coco Rocha Model Camp, and in 2016 I founded the lifestyle, fashion, and beauty blog We Aim To Slay!

Thank you to all for checking out W.A.T.S., and thank you to everyone for returning time and time again to engage with my content – I couldn’t do this without you!

I hope you all had a relaxing holiday, filled with good food and even better company!

Last Year’s Resolutions!

I had three main goals for 2024 – to begin crafting a capsule wardrobe and not buy any new clothing; to work out a consistent posting schedule for all We Aim To Slay content; and, to get back into a regular exercise routine. 

Styling My Hair

This is a goal that I accomplished in spades! Not only did I write two blog posts about the hairstyles I started using this year – you can read part one here, and part two here! – but I created many creative styles, attempted a temporary hair color, uploaded my first tutorial to YouTube, and even invested in more hair accessories! 

This is something that I am passionate about, as I didn’t have any idea how to take care of my hair while growing up – it was only 2017 when I went natural with my curls! So it’s been exciting for me to not only learn how to take care of my own hair, but also to help young people around the world learn how to care for their hair! 

Make sure to let me know what kinds of hairstyles i should try or ones you’d like to learn how to create!

Consistent Content Schedule

I’m not ranking my goals or my accomplishments, but my posting schedule would certainly be in my top two! Even though there were times when I didn’t feel like getting up and creating content, I had a plan in place that allowed me to bulk create content for all of my media platforms to share periodically!

Capsule Wardrobe

I was doing exceptionally well until late spring when I went to the vintage fair and the floodgates let loose! I did  start shopping again, but with significantly more control than usual because I was being very intentional with my choices.

I went back to treating getting dressed as an art and a form of self care – I wasn’t just throwing things on and hoping for the best, I was selecting pieces with care and crafting looks that I was excited to be wearing. Did I end up with a capsule wardrobe? Not exactly, but I have been putting more effort into styling what I already own rather than lament about what I don’t have!

Exercise Consistently

This goal has always been and will always be an issue for me, but, through various life-upheavals, I did end up losing about 50 lbs in 2024! Am I proud of myself? Yes. Am I shocked that I had even gained that much in the first place? Also yes. 

Part of this goal was that for every 10 pounds I lost I would buy new Astoria Activewear gear which didn’t happen, but I did buy a set from the Blue Lattice Collection, and I’ve got a set from the Black and Cream Collection in my cart as we speak! This year I’m keeping this goal but updating it to allow for more creative forms of exercise – I want to start running with my puppy, Dante, and I want to progress on my surfskate skateboard and in my surfing, in order to feel confident and comfortable enough to go skating with other people!

New Year, New Goals!

Headed into 2025, I am maintaining last year’s goals while setting new goals for myself and We Aim To Slay – and I’m excited to share some of them with you! 

Now that I’ve expanded the We Aim To Slay brand to include more video content – have you followed us on TikTok and YouTube?! – I am working to maintain and update my content schedule to include time for editing as well as creating and uploading! 

In a similar vein, because I have been pushing myself to treat the W.A.T.S. brand as a full time business I have had to be very creative in how I schedule my “content creator” work around my day job and day-to-day responsibilities. All of this work and focus means it’s that much harder to find time to decompress – so I’d like to take myself on at least one proper vacation! I think this goal is off to a good start, as I just came back from vacation at the beginning of the week, and I have a trip booked for next month as well!

And finally, I’m excited to continue and expand my pageantry journey! I’m not exactly sure how that will look in this upcoming year, but I will continue to film my #SelfCareSeries – and I can’t wait to share where that project is headed!

What Do You Think?

Let me know what your resolutions are for 2025 in the comments below!

I’ll be back next week to discuss a project I’ve had in the works for many years – We Aim To Slay is officially on YouTube!

Have a great rest of your week, and remember to SLAY!