Pots and Perseverence
Say what you will about 2025, but I've had a pretty good year; by no means was it an easy one, but definitely one that I see myself reminiscing about in the future as being one of the first where everything seemingly started to change for the better. 2025 brought about a lot of change, most of which, looking back, was self-initiated. I found myself actively seeking out a "better tomorrow" more than I had ever before. For most of my adult life I was pretty hard-nosed, in the sense that I would feel the need to persevere through anything and everything, regardless of how challenging it might have been. Naturally, remnants of that mentality remain, however, I feel as though I have been able to instrumentalise that determination in a way that would benefit me more - that is, to use that energy for dealing with any hardships I face when inititating a change in my life, rather than wasting that energy on powering through uncomfortable and compromising settings. One of the bigge...