It crosses my mind sometimes, how invested we as humans are when we want to make a decision or take a step. The whole month has been going in a rush, but courtesy of #KISS, I had to will myself to a semblance of stillness. I realized that if I wasn’t careful, I would enter the year on the wrong mindset. That I’d enter without a plan or the right frame or mine, and it caused me to panic a bit. So, I slowed and did a lot of thinking today. Which is what has led me to write this post.
At the top of my head, I randomly wrote words that I wanted my personality to embody in the coming year. I wrote the ones that I’d been lacking, the ones I had, and the ones that I hoped to improve upon. It turned out to be about twelve words, and I felt super pleased with myself because these are words that mean so much to me in a way that transcends just being words. I want them to be a way of life for me.
Peace, Courage, Passion, Focus, Clarity, Simplicity, Determination, Gratitude, Optimism, Curiosity, Positivity and finally Resilience. I thought deeply about these values and how much it would mean to me if I lived by them. I need so badly for these to be my codes of living. The values I embody. And the things people would see if they looked at me. I’ve been trying so hard not to pressure myself and give myself space to breathe and be me. But I want to be intentional about all of these.
And it is that intentionality in itself that led me to the word that would reflect my aim for the coming year. Passion. I chose this word because while reflecting on all the words I’d thought about, I had this burst of clarity where I realized that I could have everything I wanted, with the year 2025 being everything I want it to be, if I just had Passion. What do I call passion? Passion is intentionality. Passion is that deep rooted emotion that makes you go after whatever you want with zeal and purpose.
I had a moment of clarity where I realized that the doors are open to me when I learn to apply passion to whatever I set out to achieve. I wrote my goals for 2025 a few days back. I almost didn’t write it, but a new friend I made recently told me about the dangers of entering a new phase without a plan. He said that yeah, people tend to break their goals even a few hours into the new year. But somehow it was better than going in blind or aimless. That even if you weren’t intentional about the goals, the very fact that you set them will keep you grounded.
And so, I wrote. I wrote with a new mentality from the other years. I wrote like I was certain of how the new year would be and not merely listing wishes while building castles in the air. Castles that I had no desire to work towards or even lift a brick for. I wrote my goals with steps. I didn’t just write that 2025 will be my best academic year; I wrote all the steps I was going to take to make sure that 2025 will be my best academic year. Because that’s what the year is going to be about. Intentionality. Passion.
Passion is my word for next year because I think about how deeply I need to strive for everything to be everything I need. To live a simple life, filled with gratitude, positivity, peace, courage and clarity, I only need to be passionate about these things. Passion is what would bring my minimalist values to the limelight. I’m rooting for year 2025. I’m rooting for a year filled with passion like no other. No more nonchalance. No more laissez-faire attitude towards my goals, the things and the people I care about.
A life of passion is all I need. And hopefully, I will have beautiful things to share with gratitude even before this time next year.
Jhymi🖤
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