Purple Rain Is My 2025

The power is still in my hands. I got this title idea from a dear friend's Facebook post. I always get great motivating stories of mine from inspirational Facebook friends.

I decided to keep friends that motivated me and supported my dreams. Purple Rain was a song created by Prince. It's like a breakup song. I am liberating myself from negative /vices. This means anything and any person that blocks me from progressing in life is a bye-bye.

Last year, 2024, was my solo year. This means I focused on my health and experimented with things. I tried solo meals, but one meal a day was not good. I tried ways to eliminate my medicines, but it did not work out as planned.

Yesterday, I took all my medicines and ate two meals. I also value keeping in contact with friends and family members I appreciate all year round. I wrote a story that can be more realistic with romance. I have always written stories that have predictable outcomes.

I am investing in Grammarly this year. It's a great tool to use in editing my stories and writing important letters and messages to people.

I will be more self-disciplined, which means sticking with morning routines. I will make my bed after getting up. Meditate and pray before I start my day. Take care of my hygiene before starting my Training.

The Training part is the new routine that I need to establish before I eat a meal. I normally get very fatigued after eating a meal, which prevents me from accomplishing my goals.

I understand I would need to adjust my routine if I have appointments and errands to do. I learned to go with the flow, but now I have a delicate stomach issue, and I am learning to work around it.

I am training to volunteer in a program that helps provide free tax preparation for low-income families. Have you heard of VITA? Look it up, you might want to volunteer at your local community.

I love Volunteering. I also volunteer my time with my local Board Of Elections. I call it Volunteer work because I do not have to do it but I choose to. I give up one day of not taking my stomach pills. I also eat less that day because when my stomach gets back up issues may occur.

Purple Rain, the title, comes from not letting people get to me. I used to be a people pleaser. I do not want to hurt others. It has been long enough for me on this earth working my tail off that I deserve to give myself some self-care. Liberating myself from unhealthy relationships with toxic people is a must.

I would like to find a flexible part-time remote career. I finally have the medicines that meet my medical needs and finding a career around it is my 2025 goal.

I also want to finally publish the Chapter story I have been working on for these past two years. I have isolated myself many times so I can just focus on writing these chapters. It is hard for me not to let my writing be influenced by what is going on around the world.

My goal is to work on my writing for at least two hours a day. Two hours is the longest I can sit without letting my back pain bother me. I am trying not to take too many painkillers because this affects the effectiveness of the stomach medicines.

I also want to travel more and visit far away family members. Talking on the phone and chatting on Facebook help keep me in touch, but it is still not the same as seeing them in person.

I want to visit Ireland someday. I am fascinated by the idea of sleeping in a castle. Can you imagine sleeping in a thousand old Castles? Ireland has lots of Castle the public can explore as well as their beautiful natural scenery.

The trip might inspire a romantic story for me to write about. I love to let my imagination run wild. I love watching two people who are in love with each other versus couples who hate one another.

(It's almost an hour, and I just wrote 700 words on this piece. I started writing today, Thursday, January 2 at 4 am.)

I need three hundred words to enter this piece into the Vocal Challenge: New Year, New Project. The prize might be $1000, but my main goal is to win. If I win the first prize, I will donate some to my favorite Charities and use some of it for my trip to Ireland. Castle hotels are not cheap, I guess.

I will only do one Vocal Interview Blog this year because, for me, a lot of work goes into edits and inserting the links and pictures in the proper spots to enhance the promotion of a creator's works.

If I get a book published this year and win a Challenge, it will prove to me that I am a real writer in my own right. It would be a true liberation. I always wanted to publish a romance novel since I was 18 years old. I read over 2,000 romance stories in my lifetime.

My daughter will be graduating from college this year. I hope she finds a fulfilling career after she graduates and she will be a good person. There are a lot of temptations out there these days, and I hope these life's temptations do not deceive her.

I also hope my friends and family compelete their projects as well before the year's end.

My smallest project this year is to replant my Jade plant in a beautiful pot. I have to go on Amazon and pick out an inspirational plant pot for it and get the best soil.

I will end this piece with gratitude. I am grateful for my doctors and medical staff who took care of me last year and the year before. I am grateful for my supportive family and friends. I am grateful to God for the guidance in fulfilling some of my life dreams. I am grateful for Vocal because it gives me hope that I can be a writer.

( This took me an hour and a half to write. It's now 5:30 am. I have to do my back exercises to relieve my back pain.)

Thank you for stopping by to read this piece!!!!!