Hello 2025!
We’re into 2025 and all around people are declaring their new year’s resolutions. I’m seeing new habits, words to live by and more! All in the name of making 2025 the best year yet.
And while I encourage everyone to follow what feels right for them I’ve been over here feeling a little lost in it all. Most years I am so clear on what I want to achieve and I get motivated at the thought of choosing my goals and resolutions and working towards them. But this year there wasn’t anything specific jumping out at me.
I can go into self judgement mode when I start comparing myself to others. Same goes for when I compare myself now to my past self. I can be hard on myself for not being clear about what I want to focus on. So, over the past few weeks, I’ve had a lot of opportunities to remind myself that we are all on our own journeys.
There is no rule that says I have to make new year’s resolutions. Yet, I was pressuring myself to do it because it seemed like everyone else was.
I feel much better when I remind myself that I can do whatever feels right to me. And sometimes, I just need a little more time to reflect.
What I realized after thinking about resolutions for a while is that there is such a focus on health, especially weight loss, when it comes to setting goals in the new year.
I get it – coming out of the holidays can be a struggle. All the social gatherings that seem to revolve around so much delicious food makes it hard to come out of the holidays without feeling a little (or a lot) bloated so it seems like the perfect time for people to make that their focus.
And what I’ve realized is that my resistance to making a resolution is because I thought I also had to make it health focused so that I was aligned with others.
I was convincing myself that was the right way to make a resolution.
If you know my story, you know that 2 years ago I was struggling hard with burn out. And since then I have been learning more and more about how to take care of myself. It’s been a consistent focus, a challenging one because it seems like my body and its needs just keep changing.
But health and wellness is something I’ve been passionate about for a while now and while it can be frustrating, it’s also been fun exploring new things while unlearning and relearning ways to take care of myself. Introducing my Oura ring to the mix has been a great addition too and I will definitely be sharing more about that in the future.
All that to say…
Since my health is something that I’m always focused on, it didn't feel right for it to be my new year’s resolutions.
So, it seems I had to go the long way around this to get to the point where I could give myself permission to focus elsewhere for 2025. This finally allowed me to see what I really want to dig into.
It’s this.
Writing.
Sharing my thoughts and adventures with you.
I’ve been blogging casually and sporadically since April but I’m ready to be more consistent. I believe that committing to a regular schedule will keep me focused.
My goal is to publish 2 blog posts a month this year. I may do more than that but I’m committing to 2 monthly blogs as my minimum.
I’m excited to share stories of my travels (so far I have Costa Rica, Florida and Montreal on the books), my Off Season PEI adventures with Katherine, things I’m learning in my 40’s, lobster fishing, tourism and so much more!
I’m looking forward to 2025 and all that it will bring. I hope you’ll follow along by filling out the form below so that you always know when a new blog has been published!
Until next time,
Julie Ann
