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]]>Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” was a strong contender for the most-streamed song of 2024 after being hailed the song of the summer, but “Birds of a Feather” managed to catch up on the last day of the year. It surpassed it by just 650,000 streams, according to Chart Data, and it currently has over 1,775,000,000 streams on Spotify.
Both songs became a viral sensation in 2024 – “Espresso” made a splash with its catchy beat and silly lyrics, while “Birds of a Feather” first went viral after being featured in a Heartstopper teaser before being released as a single. Surprisingly enough, neither song managed to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart – “Birds of a Feather” took a back seat to Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” at No. 2, while “Espresso” peaked at No. 3 behind Carpenter’s own “Please Please Please”.
The rest of Spotify’s list of the most-streamed songs of 2024 includes many viral hits this year will be remembered by, including Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things”, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die with a Smile”, and “Gate Only” by FloyyMenor and Cris MJ.
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]]>Leong is a content creator based in Suffolk, who devised her time between running a digital marketing business and working on her Instagram page How I Fund This. She decided to start sharing her personal finance story with the world in 2020, after realizing how her own money mindset was holding her back.
“When the majority of us were never taught about money in school, it’s no surprise that we often feel overwhelmed with our finances. How I Fund This aims to make financial literacy accessible, and in turn to help people feel more confident making informed decisions around their money,” she writes on her official website.
One of the reasons why Leong’s posts became such a huge hit is her ability to explain complex personal finance topics in simple terms. She’s on a quest to create a welcoming space regardless of income, gender, and generational wealth, while also recognizing how much these factors shape our approach to money and the way we handle our finances.
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]]>Through trial and error, books, and online resources, they mastered skills like canning, cooking from scratch, and even raising quails and rabbits. Their Instagram and TikTok channels document this transformation, offering an authentic glimpse into their successes and struggles. What sets Mary and Magdalene apart is their relatability—they show the messy parts as well as the successes.
With a background in childcare and education, they share their knowledge in a way that’s both engaging and informative. Their content blends practicality with humor, making topics like food preservation and sustainable living accessible to their followers. They’ve cultivated a community of like-minded individuals inspired by their creativity and persistence.
Whether you want to learn how to grow veggies, make cheese, or even raise a cow, the Busy Homebodies are here to show you anyone can homestead if they put their mind to it. Check out more of their entertaining and informative posts below.
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]]>Debossing is a technique in which a design is imprinted into a material to create a depressed effect. Using various techniques and tricks, Gulliver manages to achieve this effect on the client’s skin using only ink.
Gulliver’s social media pages are full of debossed tattoos, and each one is more impressive than the others. They include imprinted symbols, lettering, animals, and many more.
For example, one of his designs saw him creating a “missing puzzle” on a client’s arm. It shows two puzzle pieces that are seemingly missing from the arm, and it is so convincing that you would have a hard time realizing it is an optical illusion even if you had seen it in person.
Gulliver also creates various other tattoo designs, including 3D tattoos and embossed tattoos, with the latter featuring an elevated effect. However, debossed pieces remain his most impressive works. Check out more of them below.
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]]>McGoff describes herself as “your internet big sister” and she found huge success with her TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube page Advice with Erin. She attracted five million followers across these social media platforms, and there’s a reason why so many people turn to her when looking for career advice.
(@advicewitherin)Before finding success as a content creator, McGoff studied marketing and film at the American University and found success with her documentary shorts. She started working on career-focused content in 2021, and this was eventually the reason behind her viral success, even though filmmaking remains her biggest passion.
McGoff’s videos have been viewed by millions of people, and they’ll help you navigate all the ups and downs of finding your dream job and doing it well. In addition to free advice about answering the most common questions in job interviews and navigating work conflicts, McGoff also offers career workshops and toolkits, and she’s currently working on her first book.
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]]>A travel guru if there ever was one, Cole has amassed two million subscribers on YouTube and another one million on Instagram. Alongside his fiancé, Raya (a travel blogger herself), he shares his life on the road, treating life as a constant adventure.
“As I reflect back over this crazy year, as it comes to an end, the thing I’m most grateful for is having the most amazing, supportive, and incredible woman in my life!” wrote Cole in a recent Instagram post.
His most recent adventure? Heading across the US and then down to Costa Rica with a converted school bus, aptly nicknamed The Happiness Bus. Indeed, happiness seems to be the key to Cole’s way of life, and his enthusiasm is very much contagious.
His advice to other aspiring travel bloggers (and influencers in general)? “Come from a place of being passionate about capturing and sharing moments—not straight from this mentality that [you] want to make money or jump straight into having Instagram as a revenue generator or a business.”
“That’s an added bonus if you can get to that stage,” explained Cole in a chat with Entrepreneur. “But if that’s your initial goal, it could be quite tricky especially if you’re not enjoying what you’re doing. I think the audience can really notice that as well.”
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]]>In Halpern’s case, throwing society’s expectations out the window meant leaving her corporate job in fashion at the end of 2015 to go on a year-long round-the-world adventure.
Little did she know that this spontaneous adventure would end up changing the course of her career and reshape the way she thinks about work and life as well. Nowadays, Halpern’s goal is to help others realize their dreams. Her motto (and subsequent blog name) is “Live Like it’s the Weekend”, and doesn’t it sound nice?
“For me, living like it’s the weekend means saying yes to opportunities and invitations because I have the freedom to do so,” explains Halpern. “It means taking spur of the moment adventures to discover something new and beautiful because I don’t have to ask anyone else’s permission.”
Halpern’s optimism is refreshing, especially given the circumstances. In a recent blog post, where she recapped 2020, she reflected on the year’s little joyful moments.
An avid traveler with over 40 countries under her belt, Halpern didn’t let 2020 stop her from exploring, though these explorations were largely restricted to her “backyard”, meaning California.
“This year made me appreciate how much there is to explore in my own backyard and it showed me that even when travel fully opens back up again, I don’t need to take a 13-hour flight to arrive somewhere incredible,” she observed. “There are still so many destinations on my own California bucket list, not to mention just a short drive away in other states.”
And looking ahead, Halpern admits she’s willing to tweak her lifestyle to allow some time for family gatherings and reunions.
“While last year seemed to smash down a lot of my big travel goals, this year I’m going into the year taking a different approach to what I want to accomplish,” she writes. “I also want to work at putting more boundaries in place when it comes to balancing work and play.”
Her blog is a great teaching tool for people looking to spice up their daily routines and truly live like it’s the weekend.
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]]>Journaling
Considered a mindful practice, journaling has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety. It can also be a check-in tool at times when we feel unbalanced and unmotivated. Most of all, it’s a way of staying creative and being present.
Instagram inspiration: Menw Hurkens
The owner of Etsy store Rippels Paperhugger, Hurkens celebrates all things paper, highlighting the joyful practice of journaling. Based in the Netherlands, Hurkens’ Instagram is filled with the kind of journaling inspiration that will get your creative juices flowing.
Embroidery
The past year has seen a steady rise in embroiderers, and it’s easy to see why. Embroidery is a great and relatively cheap way to pass the time, and the end result makes for a great decoration. From embroidered wall hangings to quilts, they are elegant works of art.
Instagram inspiration: Liz Stiglets
“Let’s all slow down, get cozy, get crafty,” reads Liz Stiglets’ Instagram bio, which sounds like a perfect plan for quarantine. The owner of cozyblue, Siglets believes that small, simple acts of creativity can make the world a calmer, happier place.
Hand Lettering
Hand lettering can be very meditative and relaxing. It also doesn’t cost much and the possibilities are endless! You can create custom birthday and thank you cards for family and friends, design typography prints to hang in your living room, or you can upgrade that journal you just started.
Instagram inspiration: Lauren Fitzmaurice
Watching Lauren Fitzmaurice’s lettering videos on Instagram can be relaxing in and of itself. Luckily for us, she also passes her knowledge onto others, by sharing her work on Instagram and teaching online classes. Her toolbox includes pointed pens, gouache, Tombow brush pens, and watercolor brushes.
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]]>After dedicating the past years to traveling full time, they decided to settle down in Magnetic Island on the Great Barrier Reef in North Queensland, Australia, sharing their island adventures online.
The idea to travel, explains Evie, came after some reflection. “I’ve always thought that in 10 years, my daughter Emmie wouldn’t thank me for installing a brand new kitchen and bathroom in our home, but she would thank me for filling her early years with amazing experiences, learnings, and sights and sounds from around the world,” she wrote on her website.
“I’ve realized that working until I retire and then finally doing what makes me happy is not what I want my life to be about,” she adds. “I don’t want to work all through Emmie’s childhood. I want to enjoy our time together now and learn, explore, and adventure together.”
Her life-changing choice didn’t go unnoticed, with some 110,000 followers on Instagram alone.
We wish the two well on their journeys. In the meantime … here are some enviable highlights from their dedicated Instagram page!
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]]>With her online platform, Skimbaco Lifestyle, Presnal wants to introduce you to the ultimate Nordic lifestyle. According to Presnal, the Skimbaco lifestyle is rooted in Nordic values: sustainability, grit, and enjoying the small things in life.
“Skimbaco is modern carpe diem,” she explains on her website. “Skimbaco is the nordic lifestyle of having guts to go after your dreams, and finding happiness in your everyday life.” Not just sisu, hygge, or lagom, Skimbaco (explains Presnal) is a combination of all of these qualities.
The term itself is a made-up combination of “Skimba” (a Finnish slang word for a ski) and “co”, which stands for Colorado, as the brand was launched in 2007 when Presnal lived in Durango, Colorado.
“Skiing in Colorado was our way of living life to the fullest back then,” she recalled, “but Skimbaco is enjoying the moment where you are—you define your own skimbaco.”
She stresses that Skimbaco doesn’t mean skiing in Colorado, but rather living life to the fullest, enjoying every minute of it, and doing what you love. “When you are in Colorado—ski, when you are in New York—go shopping or to museums; whatever you do, enjoy the moment, live life to the fullest and enjoy the moment,” she writes.
But how do you live in the here and now when there’s a global pandemic? In a recent post, titled Thriving Despite the Chaos – It’s Possible, Presnal writes: “This year has been a sum of multiple unfortunate events, but in many ways, we have been able to turn the obstacles into opportunities, a theme that seems to be constant in my life. And that’s what I want to share with the world too. My methods of how to come out as a winner, despite what life throws at you.”
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