This is not an invitation to invite me to “stroll” somewhere. I don’t like walking to places, please. However, I do love walking in places on a trip, and I love metaphors. In addition to food, you can seduce me with metaphors. Now that the air is clear, I often ask myself, “Where will my feet take me next?” as I explore and chart my life’s courses – growth, enterprise, and relationships. This crucial step in my self-exploration helps me to make discoveries which I will share with you along the way.
It’s unsurprising that after almost two years of my blog gathering dust, and an article sort of explaining why it was gathering dust even before then as I developed routines that work for me, the first time I am writing since my singular piece on how to truly make 2025 your year is on a new year. Why not? I’ve had so many reasons to not input a single word into my backend, but here I am in January of 2026 tip-tapping away.
It’s the energy, baby – New Year energy is something of a drug, and I love it! By and large, we’re making decisions to be brand new again… or at least, to be branded new. Novelty is what we make of it.
I’ve never been a new year, new me type of girl. But if you think I won’t take a golden opportunity to refresh, reset, and revitalise just like everybody else, you must be mistaken. Why is this important? Because evaluating the way we live our lives for the purpose of continuous growth – not necessarily in the pursuit of self-development, but for a more robust human experience – at various milestones cements our awareness of who we are and what we’re capable of.
It’s an experience I’m floored by again and again.
For example, 2025 was A YEAR! I’m sure even you are laughing as you read this. What didn’t 2025 do, right?? Gosh, I’ll probably write a few articles to focus on some of the happenings and how they played their own part in leading us to this point.
My 2025 self-review gobbled up about 15 pages of my reflection notebook, and it wasn’t because I was as detailed as possible. In fact, I literally stop and stare into space after I type that sentence because I remembered something else I didn’t highlight – I started a movement called “Life Cartography”. I wrote two e-books under it (I did recall that part in one of the lists), but somehow I forgot the essential process that led to them being published.
At the beginning of last year, instead of an article like this, I sat down and did a thorough re-evaluation of myself as a multipassionate person with specific goals. I reexamined my stance on my creativity, entrepreneurial pursuits, hobbies, skills, and professional paths. A version of wondering where my feet will take me next, in fact. And I made some key notes and changes which were supposed to shape the trajectory of the year.
Life Cartography was one of them – an umbrella under which I would share how I map, move, and enjoy life. This piece isn’t even remotely about Life Cartography, but now you know. (Feel free to check out the ebooks on Selar and Gumroad.)
Life Cartography is a whole vibe and a living blueprint for the exact journey I wish to help others map for themselves. I was going to finally be a full-time content creator; focus on my YouTube channel, create more content, post more on TikTok, develop courses, create relevant materials on how to structure your life and time for real outcomes… basically come into my complete essence as a Creator.
On the professional side, when I tell you I revamped my professional portfolio, better believe it. My journey with a company I was working with for a couple of years had come to its natural end. I remember the relief that washed over me. I remember writing in my notes, “I have been reminded…”
The theme for the year was “Thrive in 2025”, and I dove in, of course. A lot of insightful experiences came from that. Yet again, amidst a stifled chuckle I ask, “What did 2025 not do?”. Just a few of the things I wanted it to, that’s what. I revamped my entire portfolio before the year ended, because a lot had changed so unexpectedly and drastically, but for the better.
This year, I have done a similar thing (as I must): new ideas, new plans, refreshed plans, new motivations. The theme for the year is “Remix in 2026”, aka “Get in the Mix in 2026”. I’ll reiterate, this is not a “new year, new me” thing. Actually my new year starts on my birthday, so I’ve been on it.
It’s about consciously choosing to live and grow intentionally over mere existence
There’s a lot on my plate, and it’s exciting. I’m always flowing with ideas, baybie. I love life. I’m enamoured with life. My desires and actions reflect that. Right now, we’re gathering mad momentum, reinforcing positive habits that align with the picture of our true being, and living fully.
So, where will my feet take me next?
Signing off with hoping I can share this journey with you as much as possible, and you stay and share yours too.
Happy new calendar year!!
Just FYI: The idea for this piece was first drafted August 9, 2021, 4:55 PM, along with a few paragraphs.
Last ‘edited’ January 25, 2022,4:33 PM
Published as seen presently with nothing to do with the reason I started it, clearly.
