Hey guys!
Even though I feel that I neglected this platform for the past few years, I also feel that I neglected myself a lot this year, at least on the first half...It was a very tough year, and I want to use this post as the last post of the year to try to share or try to write down the best of 2025 for me or my victories, either small or big...so please read along :)
When I felt I was reaching a rockbottom and self-diagnosed with a Burnout...I tried to prioritize myself and take care more of myself...I tried meditating, read more books this year about self development, and I've been prioritising my sleep, so I am no longer a "European on Eastern Time" (if you remember that lol). I changed my routine to wake up earlier to get the best of it! Yeah I read the 5 A.M. Club, and that convinced me to change my routines.
And because of that, adding a better exercise routine, I came across an exercize that I tried and liked it! So one of the best victories I had this year was that I started to run! Yeah, I know...I'm still in shock as well!
Running for me has been so liberating, not only for my body with the weight loss which can now do things that I never believed I could, but also liberating mentally! My mind, even though my demons are still around and now kind of run with me lol, it's been more peaceful at least during the running time.
Another victory, and maybe the scariest one, but it was so liberating as well, was to remove myself from my toxic job! The job itself is not a bad thing. I was doing what I love to do, I worked as a spa therapist, but most of the time the job gets toxic because of the people in it, and I took the courage and a leap of faith to get out of it, even though I had no plan B afterwards, with a family to take care of. Fortunately, a month later, that's another victory, I got a new job at another Spa, a much more peaceful one. I must confess, though, because my demons are still around, I'm in a way scared to lose it, but that's another thing that I have to work on.
Because of all the running I was doing, I felt I needed something else to get better at it, which is getting more strenght. Thanks to the new job (better environment and better salary), I started CrossFit! Another shock for myself as I would never dream about liking lifting weights and other crazy exercises that I curse and be grateful at the same time lol
And my most proud victory: I entered the Saint Silvester Road Race! For those who don't know, it's a long-distance race but smaller than marathons. Not sure if it exists in other countries, but Portugal and Brazil have them around December. Mainland Portugal usualy are about 10km, here on Madeira Island (fortunately for me lol), it's almost 6km.
Even though I dind't start to run about 8 months ago for the races, just to move my body and heal my mind, but having the goal to complete it and having something good to remember 2025, this was it!
If I can add another victory, and maybe the most important one: I didn't give up on myself! I reached a bottom in my mental health this year that really scared me, and I am so glad that I stood up for myself and rose from the ashes like a phoenix, or something, to get better, at least I'm trying! For myself and my family!
So yeah...that's my best of 2025 and try to forget all the bad stuff that happened to me that influenced me to doubt myself a lot and beat myself even more...I beat myself so much on my own, and having others mentally beating me...jeez!
And I really want to come back to write for you because I'm having a hard time on traditional platforms...I went to Instagram and TikTok a few years back and I don't feel the same good energy that I had on Hive and it's frustrating even though I'm not creating content I'm just recording myself in stories because it's easier to vlog and press send and that's it...but this community was more inviting and less judgmental I think..so why not come back? I have some plans for next year, more of self-development and physical goals for myself and I have always wanted to do journaling, but it's not been easy writing down on paper so why not use Hive as a journal? It's just an idea, let's see how it goes...
And that's it! For now!
What are your 2025 victories? Or what are your plans for the upcoming year?
Even if your victory this year was just surviving...that's a really big one, and I'm proud of you :)
Wishing you all an awesome new year!
Love you ❤️