Half Way Thru 2025

This is my damn year. I will say it out loud. I will look at myself in the mirror and say it. I will type it out here over and over and over again. My year can absolutely have lessons I have learned, heartbreaking situations, amazing views, excitement and adventures. Saying it is my year doesn’t mean it’s going to be perfect. That is not what life is. What I am so eager to share through my blog, what I am dedicated to do and push myself through is the mindset of living, not enduring. This is my year. I will keep taking steps that ensure I am moving forward in whatever way that looks like. 

I have been through some hellish moments this year. I have given myself time and space to feel them. I have learned from them. I have felt all of the emotions from them and I am processing and absorbing the changes I see in myself, and intentionally taking new steps forward. This is MY year. 

I have had such joyous moments. Where you just sit in the smile that is spread across your face and count your lucky stars you get to feel like this. These joyous moments will not last forever. That is life…but I sure get to have those memories and reminders of the days that were bliss. I see those changes and effects they had on me as well. My steps forward carry those memories. This is MY year. 

I am sitting around the half-way mark of 2025. How in the world have we already gotten here? I sure have felt equal parts of a year that has been in fast forward as well as slow motion. I honestly didn’t know where I would be half-way into this journey. I didn’t know how I would feel. I am sitting in it all honestly just absorbing and accepting it for what it is. 

I am looking forward to the rest of my year. I hope that you and I both know that even if I say this blog is about 1 year, that our healing journeys, our self love, and our paths forward certainly don’t end at 1 year. It is a time period that seems obtainable. To focus on yourself, examine yourself; truly. It seemed at the time back in November when I needed to hold onto this, that 1 year is just where I needed to be to escape the head space I was in. 

I have learned so much so far. I know there is just that much further to go. Thank you for walking this journey with me. The emotions are deep. The vulnerabilities are laid bare. It is sometimes hard to write just as surely as it might be hard to read. There is a peace and acceptance I have been feeling in the sharing. More steps out of the darkness. I feel it every time I hit post, regardless if these posts are read or not. 

I feel a newfound purpose. I love to write. I do feel things deeply. I no longer want to feel ashamed for the feelings that swirl inside my heart and brain. I have for so long. This journey is about self acceptance, but not only that; it's about taking actual physical steps into a brighter tomorrow of that self acceptance. I feel such joy in that.

Where are you currently at as we are just past the half-way mark of 2025? If you find yourself still yearning for something there is still so much time. If you find yourself content, you still have more steps in that contentment left. If there is something you are struggling with, lean in. There is no time like the present to make any changes you want. I think that is something I continue to learn with each step I take no matter who is walking beside me or not. 

If I want change, I am the one to make it happen. I still want change for this year. I still am dedicated to taking the steps necessary to make the changes. I am dedicated to continue the steps I have taken to implement the changes I have already done. This is MY year. No matter what comes or what unfolds. I still want more changes. I still have work to do. 

What work do you have? 

What will your 6 month from self wish you started today?

What is buried underneath that smile? 

What would make your heart sing that much more? 

Let’s make our hearts sing, shall we?