Goodbye 2025, Hello 2026



 MOVING FORWARD WITH JOY in 2026

As we say goodbye to 2025 I have to say I'm thankful for all the ups and downs but more importantly the people who made the hard times bearable. I appreciate and love each of you. 

This year(2026) isn’t about proving anything to anyone. It’s not about shoving negative or positive things or happenings in critics’ faces or making doubters eat their words. This year will be about God, Faith, Family and Me and the work I'm going to put in to be the best I can be(spiritually, mentally and physically). It's going to be about showing up with everything I have. The good, the bad and the ugly. It's going to be the realist I have been in a long time. It will be saying NO to things that steal my JOY and only saying yes if I want to not because I feel I have to. It's about trusting the process and enjoying the journey and believing in what’s coming.

I’m moving forward, not in spite of the critics(mainly myself), but independent of them entirely. Their opinions don’t factor into my decisions anymore. They’re background noise, and I’m turning down the volume. 

What I’m turning up is….the JOY. The pure, uncomplicated pleasure of doing work and things I love. The satisfaction of getting better at things that are hard for me. The thrill of creation and doing new things. The quiet confidence that comes from showing up day after day after day even when I don't want to and even when it's hard and outside my comfort zone.


THE YEAR AHEAD


This year, I will write, talk and act without apology.

I will take myself less seriously and do things without asking if that’s okay. I am going to quit saying I'm sorry all the time(trauma response) and giving explanations why I'm saying no. I'm not going to over share unless I want to and if someone can't respect my boundaries or stop doing something I don't like after I tell them once, there will be no more second or third or fifty times, I'm going to be done. One and done then I walk away or cut them out without explanation. Most of the time people know what they did and they will push to see how far they can. Unfortunately I have let a lot of people walk all over me and I finally realized I'm not a door mat or a bank! I will dream big without shrinking those dreams to make others comfortable.I will protect my time, my heart and peace like it matters, because it does.

I will let myself feel proud of what I’m building and doing with my life no matter what others think. I will no longer shrink myself for people who only take and not give. I will trust that the work I’m doing now is laying the foundation for what’s coming and for the things I want to achieve.  I will give myself permission, full, complete, unqualified permission, to be Joyful about all of it. To enjoy the process. To love this wild, difficult, beautiful life and the pursuit of putting words on a page and hoping they mean something to someone. To allow God to use me and to share my story to help others. I will do whatever it takes to keep and hold on to JOY for JOY is not like happiness. Happiness is only while something good is going on or happening. JOY is being Joyful in all situations and being able to praise and worship in the chaos and storms of life. I pray that 2026 brings you great Blessings and Joy. 

Happy New Year

#ChooseJoy

#IcantbeliveIhavebeendoingthisfortwoyears!


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