Moving Forward: Goals For 2025

 With today being New Year's Eve, it marks as the final day of 2024 and it has gotten me thinking about a lot of different stuff. Like I recently wrote about how I felt about the year that was 2024 for me and needless to say it was pretty much an up and down year, but I also believe that it has opened my eyes to plenty of different views and I have noticed changes in my life and how I feel about those changes. And honestly, it was the first time in my life I really enjoyed doing a lot of self-reflecting.

But also, it was a little weird though, I say this because I am 34 years old. I never in my wildest dreams, ever thought someone like me could ever feel like I could change. But not only that, I have accepted those changes and I can even feel the changes happening within me as well as around me, which is also something I never thought was possible. 

To be fair though, I also feel like there are things about me that are still me and often I wonder if I am still the same person or maybe I am looking at things from a different perspective now. I have been soul searching for so long as well looking for answers about myself and who I really am. But now, I can feel a change coming, which may sound a little weird to say, I honestly may not even be sure I know what I am talking about. Despite all of that, for the first time in my life, I am excited about the changes that are happening to me now, and what the future holds for me and I pray that whatever happens, that it will bring me not only closer to my goals and dreams, but to finally be at peace which has been something I have been searching for a very long time now.

With all of that being said, I'd like to discuss my plans for 2025. First off, my writing, for nearly two years now I have been writing this blog and it has brought me so much joy in my life and to see to some of the responses to them have been overwhelming to say the least. Not only have I gotten views and comments from all my friends and family, I discovered that people from all over the world have read my blog. Again, something I never thought would happen and I am so grateful for it and I hope it will continue and I hope many of you reading could enjoy them, understand what I am trying to do and maybe inspire you. 

And in 2024, I made a promise to not only myself, but to every single one of you that I would not be afraid to write about certain topics about my journey along with other things. But I only scratched the surface of what I am trying to get at. And in 2025, I hope that I can be more open about things to not only you guys or myself, but to God as well and I pray for you guys to understand me and see where I am coming from in a lot of different ways and that everything I say in out of love and compassion and understanding.

Second goal, one of the highlights of 2024 for me was publishing my first book, a poem book called Thoughts Of A Sheltered Mind which is still on Amazon if you like to buy. And again, the support I got from all of you still brings tears in my eye. I really hope and pray that you guys loved the book and maybe it will not only help you guys understand what I am going through, but also to help others going through mental health stuff to know that they are not only. 

With that in mind, I am pleased to announce that I am currently putting together a new poem book and I will soon update you guys with more information in the near future. Thank you all for your continued support. I would also mention that I plan on getting a novel started during the year of 2025 and get a series or two going. I really am pushing to my something of my writing for it has always been a dream of mine and it is now or never. I pray that with the stories I put together whether it be poems or novels, that you will all enjoy them and I pray that it will inspire others as well. Again thank you all so much for your continued support.

Other things I got going on include, possibly starting a podcast where I want to help promote things and help build communities and find ways for us all to come closer together. I don't really know how to go about it, but it is certainly something I have been looking into.

Finally, I want to be about to be at peace with myself with whatever happens in my life from here on out. Like I had said earlier, I am embracing the changes that are happening within me but also around me. I want to be more open and honest with myself, all of you and more importantly God. I want 2025 to be the year for me where I can just let go of things and go with the flow because I am not always going to be in control of everything happening in my life, but I want to be more optimistic for the things I can not control and look at it as more of maybe something else was meant for me or I may not being ready for that quite yet.

I also want to feel more connected with other people, even to this day I struggle with being around people and even if I do talk with people, I get paranoid about what they think of me. But now, I just want to be true to myself and just let things happen and not go crazy because I'm scared of what people will think of me. Especially with some of the topics I write about.

I just want to thank every single one of you for being in my life, past, present and future. As I continue my journey and pray for us all to one day be at peace.

Until Next Time!

Happy New Year!

God Bless and Be Safe Everyone! 🙏🙏🙏