As I stand at the base of the mountain of 2025, I contemplate which direction to climb and how high. I am reminded that each ending is a beginning. Every beginning has an ending. Sometimes we even begin our story in the middle. We get to decide how the story is written and the players in each episode. Having that awareness I now greet each new day as a blank page. This is how I am stepping into 2025.
What will I write on the blank page of this new day? I have been waking up each morning saying ” I am now awake in my highest possible time line”. And then simply moving forward with the day. It feels quite liberating for me to be in that state of trusting the way my page will be written.
Most of January I have been quiet. Resting. Listening. Contemplating all the corners of my life and snipping off the stray threads that are not serving me any longer. It has not been easy to declutter ones inner landscape. Only I can see what is in the closet of my mind. I hold many attachments to projects and grand “visions” yet to come to life. Such is the nature of a blank page. It demands that you let go of the things that are cluttering the borders. How much can I carry over from the other chapters of my life into this new one? How many times can I write the same lines? The realisation that not every seed will bare fruit has been a challenge. Sometimes its not about the product. Rather the process. The joy was in the planting. The joy was in the dreaming. And that was the point.
2024 was unapologetically about celebration and filling up my well of joy and energy. This year I feel I am being asked to simplify everything. Prune that tree of me to a few core branches so that the weight of the old is released. This new lightness will then direct all the nutrients for an expansion I can’t even conceive of yet. All I do know is that I am ready to embark on this next adventure with all my senses switched on. My guiding principle this year is follow my “hell yes” and honour my no. No matter how quiet it is. If it’s not a “HELL YES” then its a NO. Simple.
Dear 2025, here I am. Blank page. Open heart. With many of my branches pruned so that I can be led in the direction you are taking me. January remains still for me. I am preparing to launch into the activity of teaching and family life. In the silences I can sense there are little sticky notes coming through for February with some tingling excitement brewing. I will share more as the time comes.
For now, in keeping with the intention of keeping this post short and sweet, here is some little bites of wisdom for you:
Allow yourself to be OK with where you are right now.
Look at your life with the lens of self-compassion.
Look at what you have achieved and take the small wins.
Each day is an opportunity to begin again.
Blank page. Anything is possible.
Setting intentions is a great way to focus your energy.
Beloveds, know that you are already winning because you are here, living another day in this book of life. The ordinary, can be extraordinary too. Much love,
Nazanin Marashian 