2025 - Let’s take what matters into our own hands
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I’ve gone a bit silent over the past weeks. I was travelling through the December-January vortex. I feel like I just went through a whirlwind of festivities, shopping, gifting, planning, cooking, eating, rushing, more planning, thinking, over thinking (and a terrifying incident which I will one day possibly write about once I digest it and the lessons learnt from it – if any).
And now that that is over, I’ve been spat out of that whirlwind - wobbly and dishevelled. I’m back in the ‘real world’ and I’m still struggling to catch up, find my balance and settle back in.
Don’t get me wrong, the Christmas period came with lots of good stuff. I loved detaching from routine and spending peaceful time with loved ones (without the stress of work, deadlines, school lunches, extracurriculars etc). But letting go of that part - the calmer pace – is soooo hard (happy to get rid of the routine planning madness however). And, I think, it leaves many of us feeling overwhelmed - something I am feeling right now.
Insomma... getting back to reality is really freakin hard.
Reality? As I write this I’m realising that I have the ‘power’ to shape that reality: by shifting my perspectives, focus and expectations.
I also realise that what I dread the most about the new year – if I had to be honest – is letting myself down.
Let me explain. As you know, over a year ago I set up this website (here’s why). For the past months now I have been working on planning to take it up a notch – dedicate more time to it. Why? Because I love it.
Back in 2024 – from the comfort of distance – I set targets for the new year. But now: here it is. Damn!
I’m excited, and overwhelmed, and hopeful, and inundated by insecurities - the main one sounds like this: But what do I have to offer?
This is the year I will - at least try to – send those insecurities flying. I have to. It’s the only way I can move forward. And we should all move forward.
What do I have to offer? Well.... me. I can offer me: my perspectives, experiences, thoughts and judgments. I can also offer a platform for anyone like-minded who has something to share.
I want this year to be the year I just let go of all the senseless, self-imposed expectations and limits and just allow myself to be me: appreciate what I have and what I have to give – and just give it.
Just get on with it.
Just move forward.
What I’m saying is that I want 2025 to be the year I’m kind to myself in that I don’t expect myself to cope with ‘everything’ - something has to give, and it’s okay.
But it’s gonna have to be the year I push myself out of that comfort zone that is often cushioned by the illusion that ‘I will do it one day’.
That ‘one day’ has to be now. It’s all up to me.
This is why 2025 has to be the year of tough love.
The year of action. The year I take what matters into my own hands.
Writing this post is the first nudge to myself as you all, dear readers, can now hold me accountable to my little self-promise.
Let’s try to make it a great, authentic year for us all.
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