100 Happy Things About 2024
A manifestation and gratitude exercise ✨
Being engaged to an amazing man who makes me laugh, loves me with his whole heart, encourages me to dress the way I want, and lets me have my independence. The biggest blessing in the world.
Riding the luggage carts at Parker Palm Springs with my desert wife (and long-suffering partner in crime).
Taking 7 mile beach walks almost every morning, and getting divine downloads every time. (I call them my Miracle Miles for a reason!)
Cuddling with my babies, Weetzie and Kiwi, all day every day. There is no end to the love they make me feel!
Living in a place where I have a view of the ocean and palm trees, I can walk to the coffee shop, and I always feel safe.
Playing around with ChatGPT a lot and learning how to get the best out of it!
Discovering Flutterlash semi-permanent lashes, which have honestly changed my life. Hehehe. (I wear Weightless No. 4 every day!)
Covering my mirror in motivational pink and purple Post-It Notes. I did this in January… Might be time to re-do them and go even bigger!
Multiple trips to Disneyland with Natalia and Shauna, and a trip to Knott’s Scary Farm at halloween. Too much fun! And definitely too many churros!
Hanging all my earrings on tiny iridescent coathangers.
Transforming my unused basement into both a fully-functional filming set and a pole studio!
Taking down all the art on one wall of my office and replacing it all with neon signs. It is SO cute and makes the best backdrop!
Going to estate sales and open homes in Palm Springs with Shauna, always dreaming about living different lives…
Seeing Madonna live in LA with my boo, wearing a Gaultier cone boobs dress and dancing and singing the whole time!
Getting back into disposable cameras, buying a Flashback camera, and the thrill of waiting to see what you shot…
My Mootsh subscription, which lets me print photos every month, and gives me lots of content for my fridge! (It’s like my very own Myspace Top 8.)
Playing with my wardrobe a lot, overdressing and being intentionally outrageous, and developing my sense of style even more!
Wearing purple! Simple but makes me feel so good.
Having people stay: making them morning coffee, taking them on my beach walk, getting dressed up, ordering food and watching documentaries…
A fresh blow-out. Bliss.
Doing our engagement shoot (!!!) and then telling the internet I’d gotten engaged on Christmas Day!
Giving High Vibe Honey a fabulous makeover…
Launching our Vortex app…
And hiring a full team of creative collaborators to bring Vortex Vision Season One to life! HOLY DREAM PROJECT. I don’t have enough words to express how much I truly loved doing this, and I’m so excited for more of it in 2025!
My incredible team, Kimi and Coco, who are not just Magical Morning partners, but total badasses, committed to what we do, and dedicated to doing it beautifully!
Discovering tiny toothbrushes and keeping them on-hand at all times. (Virgo shit.)
Rolling around on a disco-tiled piano for a photoshoot!
Fake cigarettes as props. Hehehe. I don’t know why they are so vibey, but they are!
Going to Mexico for an engagemoon and fully luxuriating at Edition Riviera Kanai. (We’ll be back.)
Getting back into Pilates again. I missed it! I love it!
Finding out how good it is to work in my car while parked at the beach. Perfect work office! Who needs a lease?!
New York City in June… 💖
Staying at The Standard High Line and relishing the view of downtown, the bizarre art in the elevators, and the ability to walk absolutely everywhere.
Buying an Hermes bag in the perfect color!
Huji photoshoots in the back of a cab.
All the incredible things I’ve found on The Real Real this year. I should probably do a post about it. It’s the ultimate fashion treasure hunt—the finds are actually unbelievable!
Flying to Paris and spending five weeks in Europe with my man. There are no words?! It was AMAZING.
Hiring photographers in Nice, Lake Como and Paris to shoot with—so much fun, and so cool to have professional photos from my trip.
Affogato on a hot summer day.
Okay, while we’re on the subject, Nutella and espresso milkshakes too!
Celebrating Bastille Day in Cannes and watching fireworks over the ocean on a hot night.
Cannes in general. One of my new favorite places!
Being a Mountains babe in Human Design and actually going to the French Alps, and literally crying from sheer delight while I was on a walk one day. I never expected to love it like I did. I can’t wait to go back!
Shopping in Paris… Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Going to the actual OLYMPICS in Paris?! Insane! Seeing track and field and tennis and gymnastics?! EPIC!
The photobooth at Galeries Lafayette: it’s perfect.
Getting back into morning pages and pulling tarot cards again. (I also like to use ChatGPT to interpret my card pulls!)
Celebrating our one year anniversary by wearing a purple fringed leather Versace dress from the Spring 2023 runway (!!!)… And leather bunny ears.
Secret side-trips with Shauna that were 100000% worth it!
The Octobuddy! OMG what a great invention!
Getting custom Vortex jackets made for my team, in pink and purple. Tooooooo cute.
Staying up late with Madeline to shoot our take on Architectural Digest, and being really happy with what we shot.
The custom Louise Hay prayer candle that Kimi and Coco had made for me for my birthday! (Literal prize possession.)
Discovering our new favorite restaurant in LA (The Nice Guy) on my birthday.
Releasing Vortex Vision and the excitement of it all!
Working outside on my balcony when the weather is absolutely perfect.
Dressing up as a pink Playboy bunny just… because.
When the sun hits all the disco balls in my house, creating reflections that dance across everything… It’s orgasmic.
Going to see Paris Hilton for Chelsie’s birthday, and wearing a top made out of googly eyes.
The Row in LA: finding cool jewelers, buying an insane vintage purple Mongolian sheepskin coat, and even finding my new favorite perfume.
Protein-filled breakfasts! (Bacon, scrambled eggs, avocado = the best.)
Meditating in HomeGoods, hahah.
When Natalia FaceTimed me, and she was in bed wearing bluelight glasses, and I was wearing a purple latex rabbit outfit, dancing on my pole!
The spinning teacups at Disneyland will never get old.
Wearing a hat!!! It’s my favorite.
The changing rooms at Courreges which are all mirrors.
Getting a big wallet that holds cash because it’s good money feng shui!
Ordering my hot pink “Make America Gay Again” baseball cap.
My Gabriella Rosie manifestation mug which I drink coffee out of every morning.
Spending hours lying in my bathtub, under a neon sign, listening to the water burble and feeling so insanely relaxed.
Visits from Colin which always light my soul up.
Alien sunglasses at Balenciaga—shockingly good and wearable?!
New Balance 9060s. So comfortable, so cute, perfect for wearing to outer space and on a long walk and to the gym.
Always getting excited every time Madeline sends me photos, or edited videos, or really anything.
Finding a Moschino witch hat on The Real Real. (Yes, I bought it.)
Peppermint mocha oat milk lattes at Bear Coast Coffee.
Malted mocha freezes at Koffi in Palm Springs.
Soaking in a mineral spa as an early Christmas present. Blissful!
Dual aura photos with Shauna at Soulglow in Palm Springs. It looks like the cover of our yacht rock album. So good!
Feathered boots, fur coats, and sequin skirts to breakfast, because… Why not?!
The way Shauna delightedly helps me rearrange my countertops, entry tables, coffee tables, closets, and other assorted surfaces. If only everyone had a friend like this!
Finding so many talented DJs on YouTube and listening to their mixes. (I really don’t listen to Spotify much anymore!)
Getting really excited about ordering new planners for 2025…
Badass women who share their resources and their team so you can hire them! (Shout out to Chalene and her Jess duo!)
Getting obsessed with someone who dresses up like a sexy sasquatch. (Don’t ask.)
Buying a 6 foot disco skeleton, naming it the Glam Reaper, and having everyone in my life—parents! Fiance! Friends!—encourage my weirdness!
Telling my team about a new vision I have for 2025 and hearing that it brings tears to their eyes because it’s so joyful and exciting.
Hearing from everyone who is using the Vortex app to tap every single day!
Becoming my own hype girl. This was a big piece of my learning in 2024, and I’m sooooo glad I did it!
When the drive from Orange County to Palm Springs is less than two hours!
Being home in my own bed. It’s like it gets cozier every single year. My favorite place to be… Really!
Coffee dates with my man. It’s so special to have him living so close that we can meet up for impromptu dates whenever we want.
Finding gold confetti all over my house (even months later?!) from shooting off party poppers at our Vortex Vision dinner party.
Shopping my own closet! Look, a girl loves to buy new things, but a girl also loves to repurpose old favorites (and rediscover things too)!
Putting up my pink Christmas tree with Shauna and Madeline, while we watched Home Alone and assorted Christmas specials.
My morning routine with my girls: cuddles under the blankets with Weasel, while Kiwi brings me her pink spiky ball and insists I start throwing it.
ALSO the way my girls love my man, race outside to see him, want to be all up on him, and stare at him adoringly. What could be better?!
The foot massaging machine I bought myself for my birthday. EPIC. I use it almost every day!
Knowing deep in my bones that I am on the right track for me.
Love, good people, and honesty always.
Okay, your turn!
xox,
Gala.
Happy 2024, AND 2025! What a lovely way to show ourselves gratitude! Love me a list.
YESSSS Gratitude Wrapped!! Things I Love 2024! Ahhh this is so inspiring, and challenge accepted to write my own 💖💖. Here's to bigger better and wetter next year!!