2025

Hello and happy new year! Fun fact about me: The beginning of a new year is one of my favourite times of the year (Christmas, Halloween, and birthdays are also up there on the list). I love fresh starts, whether it's the beginning of a new month, a new week, or a new season. Every day is a chance to grow, learn, and have a good day ☀️ And with every fresh start, is a great time to reflect --to think about everything we've accomplished and what we want to do next. I really enjoy writing out my goals at the beginning of the year and find it exciting to think about the opportunities the new year may bring!

TWENTY

TWENTY-FIVE

NEW YEAR GOALS

• Fitness:

  • Complete a half-marathon in October

  • Make time for my own workouts (1-2x per week)

  • Stretch more!

  • Stop comparing myself to others

• Fuel:

  • Eat more fruits, vegetables and more food in general (up my fibre and iron)

  • Remember to take vitamins

  • Enjoy sweets in moderation

  • Drink 2L daily

• Self-care:

  • Be kind to myself

  • Get back into hobbies --crocheting, reading, gaming, working on this site

One of my other favourite details about new years is how my family celebrates it 🥹 Like all of our family parties, it's filled with laughter, food, and fun games. But with new year's eve, there's the additional activity of standing in front of the TV and watching the Times Square Ball Drop as we close in on the end of the year. When midnight strikes, we all jump! (We were told we'd grow taller if we jump at new years 🤪🇵🇭) Loose change is then thrown into the air and we all scramble to collect the coins (while simultaneously trying not to get hit in the head with any coins 😅). Then we start the year off by going around the family room, giving each other hugs and wishing each other happy new year.

This year, Max and I weren't around for the new year's eve party since we moved four-ish hours away. I felt a lil homesick being away from the party but! We still had a good last day of 2024 and a sweet start to 2025. We spent a couple hours of the evening playing Bunco at the church Grandma Carol goes to, and then went to Max's parents house to watch a couple episodes of Arcane season 2. For the last hour of 2024, we were back at our house and we facetimed my family to jump with them at midnight 🥹 The timing was a lil off, Max and I jumped a good 40 seconds before my family did 😂 But it was still nice to be apart of the fun virtually. And then the loose change was thrown at the party and Max surprised me by grabbing some change from a piggy bank and throwing that into the air in our kitchen 😂🥹

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Thanks for reading my first blog 🙈 Here's to a bright and amazing 2025!