Hello from 2025!

Hello, and welcome to February 2025!

It's been a while since I've written, but glad to be at it again. Hope you write every now and then too.

We finally made it to 2025.

Something transformative is about to happen - whether that's paying of my f**king credit card once and for all, or optimizing my health in all ways possible, or moving to my dream destination of Mexico. Either way, I am here for it and ready to go.

My year started off well-ish. Let me back track for a moment.

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At the end of 2024, I had spent hours on end, cleaning and moving things out of the apartment and driving it all the way to my parents house, 20 minutes away. I am 27 years old and I have moved back in with my parents. Trust me, it was probably the hardest pill to swallow honestly, but with time, I came to see it as a blessing, a huge blessing in disguise.

I spent the holidays with my family. Drinking tea and using my dad's bougie ass Keurig machine, while settling into the basement of my university home. When I was in university, this is where I held space for myself and where I came home too. I was young, exploring, working, commuting, finding myself. And an odd 10 years later, I find myself doing the same thing at 27, only this time, I am in a relationship, and working my dream job, while living with my parents. Quite the combination, right?

I let go of 2024, with all of it's challenges, changes and maybe even transformations. It was a tough year for me, there wasn't much happening, but a lot of it was bamboo growth or growing down.

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And now I am in 2025. 2025. Year of the snake, they say. Year of transformation.

Funny enough, I did have a dream about snakes not long ago.

It's also hibernations season, where I'm living right now. Long winters and lots of snow, but almost over and also the perfect time to work on yourself.

I'm easing nicely into the year. I've wanted to share some goals I'm working on for this year.

1. My health:

First and foremost my health comes before anything else. Last year, I experienced something called benign positional vertigo, which left unable to walk, stand up on my own, eat/drink, pretty much do any "normal" functions for a week. (Feel free to read the full story here)

24 hours earlier I was fine. Leading up to that moment, upon reflection, I wasn't taking care of myself as much as I wanted to. I was working and allowing that to consume my every thought. I had gone out drinking too often. I was smoking too much weed and eating too much processed foods, and on top of that not getting enough rest. A week prior I had written in my journal, that I needed a break from work, and a week later I was in bed for a week.

So that being said, as I move into 2025, I long to treat my body with utmost love and care. Mentally, spiritually, physically. That means eating food that keeps me satiated for a long time, drinking water and tea, opting for less caffeine and sugar and alcohol. It means resting properly. It means taking breaks from social media and coloring instead or drawing or moving my body.

2. Financial abundance:

Moving back in with my parents, is a blessing in disguise. Because, yes, I am saving money, by not paying as much rent, by eating out less, and paying off my debt sooner. I absolutely hate the idea of owing money to the bank - whether that's credit cards or loan or anything kind of "borrowed" money. Because essentially you cannot save money, if you have owed money. My goal, is to start building my emergency funds, savings that can somehow grow. And gaining as much knowledge as I can about financial abundance!

3. Dancing Career:

After 3 years, I am still working at a ballroom and Latin dance global organization, and I am loving it still. Because I know that there are so many ways to grow and evolve within this organization. I am grateful to do what I love, and I long to get better and better each day. Putting in the time to learn technique and understand the footwork and foot positions.

4. More play:

To me adding more play, allows me connect with my inner child a little more. Especially spending time with my brother, who is 17 years younger than I am - when we joke around and laugh, it ignites something in me. My 5 year old self who loves to run around and colour and draw and dance and sing. And why wouldn't we want to add more play into our already so busy lives.

But otherwise, it's February, and I'm working steadily but with ease and gratitude. What are you working on this year?

With gratitude,

Priya