It’s 2025, and New Year’s Day today. Happy New Year! In reality it’s just Wednesday. Another one. Hump Day. The middle of the week. The downward slope of the week. Another day of trying to make up my mind what to cook for dinner! My greatest issue will be trying to remember to write 2025 instead of 2024 and trying to figure out how we got back to January again. It’s true that the older you get, it seems like the years go by faster.
Today many of us will use the phrase “I remember 2024 like it was yesterday”. We will think it’s funny, and it is, but really, yesterday was just Tuesday! In a week a lot of us will be packing away our Christmas decorations and our houses will look like any other day and “un-sparkly”. As for me, I will leave my decorations up for as long as I can get away with it, or until they become annoying to clean around. I’m hoping for February!
Did I make any New Year’s Resolutions? Did you? I did not. I’m pathetic at keeping to them and usually by the end of the first week of the new year I’ve forgotten what they were because they were made in the heat of the moment when I aspired to be a great goal-maker. There are several things I’d like to aspire to, but I know that I don’t really have the time or the inclination to reach them.
On reflection, 2024 wasn’t a terrible year, but it wasn’t the best one either. I struggled a lot with my mental health (the newest buzz word that is getting flung around). It’s a quiet thief that sneaks into your life and slowly steals from you, making you doubt everything you do and say. Regrets for saying things that I did, but secretly feeling victorious for saying it. I’m still struggling, but I’ll figure it out. I always do. It’s exhausting always being the “strong” one. I don’t have all the answers, and I don’t want them. The responsibility is just too much.
The best news of 2024 was that we finally paid off our house! I know that you never really own a house and that it always totally owns you, but that little piece of paper saying “paid in full” is very satisfying to have. Now if we could just have a few months (years) of nothing substantial happening, that would be awesome, thanks! But have you met us? The universe has a knack for kicking us in the proverbial gluteus maximus fairly regularly, so we will be tentatively and cautiously looking around every corner and anticipating “stuff”.
I also survived another LinFest! It totally consumes me for months and last year was no different. Actually, this last LinFest was very different to organize. I honestly didn’t think we’d pull it off due to so many obstacles, but it came together in the end and was a success. I have since resigned from LinFest and will not be involved in it again. I’ve babied it for years, but I think it has run its course and there needs to be changes going forward. Looking for new volunteers to run with it!
Greg, however, had a great business year. He smashed all kinds of records and is very pleased with himself – as he should be! He is as busy as he can be and still loves what he does. He has definitely found his niche and excels at it. The number of recurring clients he has proved it.
I’m sure 2025 has a lot in store for us. Maybe I’ll write about it. I’m sure I’ll say and do things I shouldn’t, and regret it, but also be rather pleased that I did. I will plod through the year and do my best to accomplish things, but don’t hate me if I don’t!
May 2025 be your peaceful come-back-year. I wish you love, joy, peace, health, prosperity, kindness and tolerance. Let’s not look back at the end of 2025 with sadness and regret. Take it month by month, week by week, day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute. Breathe! Rest! Sleep! Repeat!
