My goodness this year is almost gone, I have been reflecting deeply on what I’m leaving behind in 2025. I am focused on what I will be carrying forward with me. This year taught me difficult lessons about my health, my strength, and my peace. The importance of protecting myself on every level is at the forefront. I am leaving behind the version of me who kept pushing through pain.
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The woman who was pretending she was okay. The woman who was ignoring the warning signs about her body as it was weakening on her. After facing severe anemia, battling exhaustion, and realizing how close I was to needing a blood transfusion, I cannot carry that type of self-neglect into the new year. I am also leaving behind the habit of overextending myself for people who do not support me. The people who love to know I am down, and don’t show up in the ways I deserve.
That includes leaving behind men who brought nothing but distraction and drained energy. I also experienced how parenting alone this year showed me how strong I truly am. It also exposed how much weight I have carried without asking for help. I am leaving behind the guilt of speaking up for myself or admitting when I am overwhelmed.
What I am carrying forward is everything this year revealed in me is my strength, my resilience, my discipline, and my peace. I survived months that should have broken me. I pushed through sickness. Exhaustion. Two sick kids. School deadlines. Of course, life is not slowing down even when I need a moment to breathe. I still showed up for my job. My children. The roof over our heads. My education at LSU. I even pushed through when my body felt weak.
This is the type of strength and commitment that are coming with me into the new year. I am carrying forward the boundaries I learned to set. The peace I fought to protect. The confidence I rebuilt. The faith that held me together when I did not know how I would make it through another day. I am stepping into 2026 with intention of letting go of anything that drained me. I am making room for everything that aligns with the beneficial, wiser, more grounded version of myself. Everything that is heavy in 2025 is not being pulled with me. Everything that grew me moves forward.
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