70. Hello 2025

my new goals bring all the boys to the yard (and they have confirmed it's better than yours)

Did you wake up bright and early with the giddy promise of the turn of a new year?

gym clothes prepped

juice blended

Or did you, like me, wake up after midday and go on youtube to find the fullest, clearest recording of Kartel’s Freedom Road concert?

I am happy to report I am still in bed.

This is the first year (in many) that I did not create a vision board or make any huge career commitments. No 5-bed mansion, monthly 1st class trips or a publishing deal to secure. The goals are very simple, but they are mine. And I’m ok with that.

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I have things I would like, things I need and am working towards, but they do not come with my usual urgency or grandiosity.

This is the part where we realise that the fear of being mediocre can push us to the other extreme: making our true needs foreign to us; borrowing dreams and leasing 5-year plans.

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Just me?

Well, here’s to 2025 and the possibility of either simplicity or grandiosity, but most importantly, the gift of owning our own dreams.

Till next time xo

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