Wow, 2025 here we are. Twenty-five years ago as per my math is 1975 but anyway…
I got a notification from WordPress that I joined one year ago today. I joined and then didn’t know what to say or how to navigate WP so my account just sat there. I think maybe I uploaded some previously written stuff now and then.
I was really frustrated; like what do I write, what is the point of this? Scared a bit to let my thoughts out and have other people see them. I didn’t start writing daily until the end of April I believe.
I’m really inspired by how many books some of you guys read. I definitely want to do more reading (and escaping) in 2025. Not that I’ve anything to escape from but it’s fun just the same to feel like a gecko that’s just blended into my environment and basically disappeared right into the pages of a really good book.
I re-read one of my faves this week, in two days it was done. It made me sad when it ended but I couldn’t help but devour it. “From the Ashes” by Jesse Thistle. It’s insanely inspiring. How the body and the mind can endure years and years of addiction and living on the streets, yet do a complete turnaround to become a thriving, healthy and successful (in many ways) individual.
I follow his Instagram account (his wife is his manager) and he does public speaking events. I commented that I’d love to see him speak (this was during the Taylor Swift Eras tour) and given the choice to see her in concert or see Jesse Thistle speak, I’d choose Jesse Thistle.
Maybe this is something I could try and make happen in 2025. He lives in Toronto. He’s even Canadian!!
I love how January is a reset. To start over trying to do better. I think most of us could use that.
I’m a firm believer in that saying about how we can all evolve and think better, act better and shouldn’t be stubborn, like my Dad, and say “I am the way I am and I’m not going to change for anyone”. That drives me insane.
I’m going to try and move more, walk more and exercise more.
Will make a conscious effort to keep the three bad C’s out of my life and mind: complaining, comparing and criticizing.
Here’s to 2025.
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