My 2025 New Year’s Resolutions

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Hope you’re having a lovely start to the week 🙂

At the start of each year, I like to take a little time to reflect on what my goals are going to be for the upcoming 12 months. The beginning of 2025 was no different, and we’ll look at what some of my resolutions are in today’s blog.

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Firstly, how is it the 20th of January today? It feels like I blinked for a second and suddenly, the whole month has flown by. This feeling has reminded me how important it is to have rough goals for the year, to help guide where you decide to take throughout 2025.

When it comes to setting New Year’s Resolutions, I don’t like to pick superficial or too rigid ones, I prefer gradual changes that compound to inspire real change in my life. I try to vary them across my professional, personal and social lives to ensure that I am developing all around as a person.

Similar to what I did last year, I’m going to do updates every three months here on the page for you all, to keep myself accountable as we move through what I am sure will be another year of huge growth for me. I really enjoyed doing this last year and would highly recommend others give it a go if they are interested 🙂

So, with all of this in mind, what are my New Year’s Resolutions for 2025?

🗣️ Do at least 2-3 bits of public speaking – building on the foundations from last year, I want to carry on practising public speaking and proving to myself that my stutter will never hold me back from achieving what I set out to do

🌱 Focus on mindfulness – Incorporate mindfulness practices into my daily routine, such as poetry writing, meditation, or simple mindful walks

🚗 Have loads of little adventures – in 2024, I went on my first ever solo holiday, had five-weekend trips to London, and broke away with friends. This year, I want to carry on exploring and making memories wherever I can

👋 Meet up with more friends and connections in person – one thing that I have loved doing over the last couple of years is meeting up with people who I have met over LinkedIn in real life or simply catching up with friends who I haven’t seen for a while in person. Although it’s more of an ongoing goal, it’s something I hope to continue into 2025

📚 Read at least 50 books – following on from last year, I want to get through another 50 books this year. I am going to set myself some mini challenges though, for example, to read 10 non-fiction books, five mythology ones, books with authors from over seven countries and more, to fully experience the talent and cultural nuances of the world of literature

Well, there are some of my New Year’s Resolutions, how about you? Have you set any goals for 2025? Do you have any events coming up that you’re really looking forward to?

I’d love to hear your thoughts ⤵️

Thanks for reading and I hope you have a lovely day!