Day 4

I wake up around 2am after falling asleep reading. I take my glasses off and get back to sleep fairly quickly.

I wake up for the day at 7am feeling like I had a better night’s sleep than the previous night. I’m not in the office today as it’s a photoshoot day, so I get ready and head to the studio for 9am. The shoot lasts until 12.30pm and shoot days are always really energetic, so I find when I’m finished I’m feeling tired and could do with a good lie down.

Once all the dresses are shot I spend some time with our photographer who gives me some lessons on how to shoot videos to show what my outfit is that day. I am bursting with new ideas, so when I get home I struggle to relax. This is common for me when I have a creative day – sometimes it can feel like my brain wants to get all my ideas done and into action straight away.

My sister is staying over so I spend the evening with the girls and family and we watch some TV. While I’m watching, I’m also on my phone writing down new things that keep popping into my head, and I already predict that my sleep probably isn’t going to be great tonight as I am struggling to switch off.

I have some mint Matchmakers and head up to bed around 11pm. I check my work emails one last time before I go to sleep.

Day 5

I struggle again to wake up this morning and am late getting up. I have quite a vivid dream during the night and imagine one of the girls waking up during the night, which my husband assures me didn’t happen so it must have been a dream too.

It seems like the whole house is tired this morning and we have to rush to get ready – the day is feeling hectic already! I skip breakfast due to the time and get to work around 9.15am.

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