New Years Resolution Time!

We gettin' consistent b*tchesss (couldn't think of a subheading)

My dark sesame soba ramen I made as I heard that soba is traditionally eaten in the New Year

Happy New Year all, from the gloomy UK, I hope you’re finding a slither of sunshine to rest in like those cute cats on Instagram that bask — the real ones not those creepy fricking AI ones (eww). I’ve had a few weeks off to rest and bask in the frost myself and feeling renewed and resolution-y.

I’m sensing an exciting time in life is emerging from these weird little seeds I’m planting in my work. And I want to find out what everyone’s new year resolution is? What is your main intention for 2025?

Me personally I’m planning to be more consistent, it’s always been my biggest challenge that I’ve been getting better at last year.

I was able to show up to stuff more but I think this year I want to ramp up production of the Substack and website content while also creating my gaming YouTube on the side – as I see it as somewhere I can have pure fun and not take things so damn seriously!

(ㆆ _ ㆆ) < me on most projects

(o´〰`o)♡*ﾟ✲*｡ < me while playing games for YT

(ㆆ _ ㆆ) < me while editing those videos

But the interesting thing about YouTube is the whole point of it seems to be a challenge in consistency, so I’ll be making those videos to see where that road leads. Plus I keep finding hilariously bad games to play.

The real resolutions for myself in 2025

Copying some of my favourite artists styles in the hopes to get as good as them.

Other than work, there are some more important things that I’m interested in achieving in 2025. They are many fold as I tend to over commit to stuff until I get overwhelmed and realise I can’t do it all… but at least I should get some of this done by 2026 :3

❧ Health – I aim to create more health for myself by getting out in nature a bunch more, my weekly trips to the London park don’t feel like enough. I want to explore the rural parts of the UK and maybe even go camping by a river when the sun shines down in spring or summer.

❧ Nature – Not only do I want to be in nature, but I have this idea to learn about it more, different plants fascinate me and I want to know more about them for when I eventually have my own place with a garden. I also love writing about plants.

❧ Peoples – I’d love to start actively searching for a tribe of pals, people I feel drawn to through that unspoken vibe check. People that share my interests and aren’t imposing with their ideas of how people should behave but rather more accepting of one another at the root.

❧ Painting – Sketching skills in general are improving which is fun, I did some sketching from just my mind the other day and while it was weird it was cool. I just want to hone in on painting with watercolor, there’s so many techniques that I know nothing about. I’m at the moment like a monkey using tools for the first time.

❧ Building – Not just building stuff like my site but like a life that feels purposeful and intentional. The closest thing to purpose I’ve felt is the help I provided people on one of my articles on my website on coping with sickness of a loved one. It was heartwarming to receive such messages in the comments. But I don’t think I’m satisfied just there, words are just words. In 2025 I hope to build something that’s for everyone. I want to learn how I can raise money for charity alongside groups I believe in like rewilding Britain. I’m not sure how I’ll do that yet so any ideas are honestly so welcome.

❧ Home – Myself and my partner Tom are wanting to invest in buying a property. We are broke but earning and doing our best to save up. I’ve even become that person that looks into investing to see if we can gather the coins up to put into a place called home. I have this fantasy of a wild garden with birds and growing veg, no sounds of sirens or city life. A room for arts and lifting weights, another for gaming and work, and baking for friends who come round.

Gratitude for 2024

Sculpting goals on the left is my grandpa’s Lao Tzu-looking man that he bought, on the right is Tom’s cute Kirby he made!

I know sometimes it’s hard to tap into the gratitude when there have been challenges in the year (and many preceding years). But I find even then there’s always something to be grateful for. I’d say for me, I’m mighty grateful for 2024 and everything it taught me.

It was the year of focusing on health, learning about websites, and practicing YouTube video editing. It was a year of reconnecting with hobbies I dropped at age 5. Further growing my connection with Tom as we explored South East Asia and back again. And regaining my mental clarity really. I’m not just hopeful for 2025, I’m f*cking pumped.

Will it be easy? Probably not. Will it be the best year of my life? Possibly.

But I’m pumped because for the first time in a long while, I know what I want to create and I don’t feel attached to the outcomes either way. Anyway, what are your big plans?