Wow what a month! It has been intense. Not what I expected, and yet every day has been so full. I imagine a cracking shell breaking apart and falling off, a new form being born.
I have taken a good, hard, cold look at my habits and routines this past year. Looking at what I have been doing with my dollars. Eating them. So many of them... it's upsetting actually, and then still to be compelled by my hunger cravings, to spend. I am not overweight! I am eating too much.
There are others, so many others, who don't have as much to eat. And although it's not a totally unreasonable amount, some months it was. It makes me want to eat rice! And nothing but rice.
Comfort is the enemy of growth. To grow, you have to get used to being uncomfortable. Discomfort pushes us to take action. Sometimes, a bit of discomfort is exactly what you need, to make you do something about it.
Set some goals, like the sails to catch the wind. Write, every day. Walk. Quiet your mind and think deliberately, not like being tossed about by the sea. Chart your course through the night, using the Moon and the Stars to navigate your way, looking to the rising sun for hope.
Don't let 2026 be the same as 2025. Do some big things that you have never done before. Take some very calculated risks. Put some things into motion. Make this next year, the year everything will improve for you.
No matter what happens to the world, decide that you will make this next one, the best year.
@Darkflame
