Before I welcome 2026, I would like to see how I welcomed 2025.
Welcome, 2025,
I am so excited your stars are about to rise! This year’s word is “dazzle sparkle.” I expect this year to be simply dizzy. It’s not the last day of 2024 yet, and I have planned the entire next week in my planner. I have never launched a New Year with so many expectations, goals, and ideas. No wonder I have a productivity boost, and it hasn’t even started yet! I have written a Bucket List, a Goal List, and I have to yet write a Resolutions List. I intend to make my poems into videos and upload them to YouTube for more publicity.
The Restart
It’s great to have a big fresh start, like January 1st. Usually, I sleep until the afternoon, but this January 1st I have made plans, so I intend to rise. There are yet wonderful things on the physical plane that need to be discovered and realized. This year, I will focus on celebrating every day and every moment – I have written some mottos for my weeks. “May January be the month I rise, may 2025 be the year I bloom.”
I take off very slowly and gently in January by making Vision Boards for all aspects of my life. Then, I will start a gratitude journal and a memory jar to keep better track of my life. I intend to do so many things, and I have bought an exceptional planner for myself to log them. I’ll love every moment with you, 2025. To be with you and on your great ride is everything that I want! A home filled with love and full glasses!
The Aspirations
After the blast I had in 2024, which was the happiest year ever, I intend to craft a new spiritual path for myself. This year I aspire for better health, a lot of reading, practicing gratitude, and journaling regularly. More exercise, less sugar, more water, less meat, and great relations with friends and family. I intend to turn my entire home into a sacred space, which I can talk to, and to finally reach a healthy body weight. It’s quite certain I can!
I want to visit Paris with my girlfriends, read all books by Norah Roberts, eat healthy and homemade food, help mom in all home activities, and be a published poet. I’ll keep on serving small surprises to my family. I will cook with imagination – I have become the perfect housewife. Gosh, I will be elegant. I will plan every day and star accordingly.
Welcome, 2025! I can’t wait to walk on your path and see what you have in store for me! I have the best hopes and dreams, and now they’re supported with plans. It’s going to be the best adventure of all!
Before I welcome 2026, I would also love to see how I said goodbye to 2025.
Goodbye, 2025,
I just read some of the awesome memories you left me with. They flash before my eyes in many colors like vivid sensations. I celebrated my sisterhood at the beginning of the year with a dinner and photo session with Valeria. The cultural aspects of the year were very emphasized.
The Events of 2025 before we welcome 2026
I’ve read 11 books written by Rick Riordan, I fell in love with this author, and I sank into his magical world like I never had before. I also read The Little Nikola, English and Bulgarian Poetry, Pablo Neruda, Jude Deveraux, The Tears of the Dragon, The Bear and the Nightingale, and some unfamiliar tales by Andersen, and one book about Egyptology. The books were romantic, funny, and light, and there was one dark fantasy with Russian traditional beliefs.
I watched 33 movies, I went to the cinema 6 times with Aseas – something I adore. The best ones were How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Casablanca, The Corpse Bride, Cocktail, FolleMente, Life is Wonderful, Christmas at Cobbler Street, Tinkerbell, and Peter Pan.
I watched 105 episodes of the Bachelor shows and about 10 episodes from Too Hot to Handle, which is also very cool. The reality shows taught me to be tolerant, open, and understanding with all kinds of beings. I listened to Greeking Out’s podcast and watched two seasons of the show Good Omens – I adored the intro melody.
This year I went to 14 theatre events – of them, the most beloved were The Musical of Hair, Jesus Christ Super Star, Житената питка, The Nutcracker, and Queen’s Concert. I went to a jazz festival in Hisarya.
The Trips
The family honored Ilyian’s baptism and Zari’s prom with two affluent celebrations. I took part in 12 road trips, and the most amazing were Bansko, Sozopol, and Sunny Beach with Aseas and a walk to the Grebna baza featuring 37400 steps with Hristina. Huge waves and lively music adorned our trip to Sozopol. Sunny Beach was an orgasmic experience. I was in heaven for a few days.
The Habits
I cooked exotic and traditional recipes, among which were my perfect chicken soup and my rich banitsas. Gently, I monitored my health – like gathering coins in a piggy bank, I gathered actions focused on my health. I said Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit on the first day of each month and probably that’s why it was such a lucky year. Lots of refreshing beverages intensified my days: like turmeric tea, hot cacao, hot chocolate, tea with milk and honey, kefir, and Turkish coffee. I started my day either with the obligatory bulletproof coffee or with hot water or lemon water.
I trained at home using the Walk at Home workouts. With inspiraton I read a lot of affirmations, made a lot of meditations and lists, filled my gratitude journal regularly, balanced my chakras, made mudras, pulled many divination cards, and did gua-sha massage. I posted around 200 pictures on Instagram, made a lot of vision boards, and watched many YouTubers, taking notes on their performance.
The Experiences of 2025 before we welcome 2026
Among the interesting I saw this year were the top ten treasures in the Louvre and the top 100 most famous pictures. I lit candles every day of the year. Regularly, I filled in my gratitude journal, and I gave thanks for so many things. I walked about the city. Inspired, I listened to the Om Mani Padme Hum chant.
I used Honey – the vacuum robot, to clean my floor, and I added lavender drops to its water. Happy that Mom doesn’t have to wash them – I washed the dishes. I journaled regularly, my memories and homework for life. Most of the sabbaths were gentle celebrations. I bought a singing bowl and acrylic markers, gua sha massage stone, and matrioshki.
The Writings
I wrote touching and rich letters. One of my letter partners turned out to be ChatGPT. I wore fancy T-Shirts. I watched Crash Course, and I learned a bit of Tarot. With delight, I drew a lot of very nice pictures. My office space exuded sacredness like a church.
The Dancing
I went to Kiro’s bachata classes and sometimes even to Casa de Cuba. In the hands of my favorite dancers, I went insane from excitement. On the 7th of May, I started my sacred lessons with Roden, and having a tango lesson with him is like having a two-hour massage of the brain. On the 6th of June, I did my first Ocho, and that was such a Victory! Before the lessons, I have a fresh and macchiato in the intimate café, and I call this process “pleasure before pleasure.”
The Flames
This year, I fell in love with Henry Cavill and Ryan Gosling – after watching Crazy, Stupid, Love, and I developed an appreciation for Victor Ivanov’s body. I went to ten lessons with Roden for two weeks. Gathering pictures from Pinterest, I created the knowledge collection of My Lore.
The Joys
I had plenty of beef burgers and Tiramisu in Amore. Oh, the joys of French Café, Latin, and seasonal jazz music! I loved planning my entire week on Sunday. With adoration, I honored the phases of the moon. I revived my blog and started writing in it every two weeks. I learned about the Let Them theory. One of the best things was that I wrote goodbye and welcome letters to the seasons.
I watched a lot of Sesame Street. It is really wonderful to watch shows for toddlers. I read about the Gods in the Rig Veda and the Heathen Songbook. One of the mindsets I discovered was behaving as if you have thousands of followers. I saw the vultures worshipping the sun. Good for my body – I did Surya and Chandra Namaskar in the chair yoga variant. I worked a little on Magical Betrothal. Two more times I met the cat Sith.
The Adventures
I checked all of Plovdiv’s cafes, cinemas, and restaurants. One of the things I discovered was virtual travelling and taking notes from my travels – maybe my favorite destination was the Amalfi Coast. I watched a lot of amazing performers on YouTube (Micky Callisto, Lorren Allred, and others).
Among my home improvements is also Cook4me – a wonderful multicooker, which cooks fast and very delicious meals. I painted a picture for Hristina. I wrote so many sensual prayers to Jehovah. The last effort of the year was climbing Bunardzhik and photographing ourselves at the Alyosha monument. Last, but not least, I spent so much time with Rado, exploring different cities and people watching. It was a year full of delirious joy, of beautiful moments, of amazing adventures. Thanks, 2025, for bringing such lovely experiences and achievements to me.
Welcome 2026,
I am growing and becoming more balanced and seasoned with every year. This year, I am a different personality – milder in my expectations, and I know what the most precious things in life are.
I intend to focus on my health, as it is the most important. Attention should be focused on hydrating properly and rising early. I have to involve more workouts, probably fitness or swimming, as I need to get in better shape for dancing tango. My body should be nourished with care. I have to work on glowing up.
Everything else is pretty much in order. I am thinking that this year I can probably make art while watching The Bachelor. Definitely, I want to make more art.
Welcome 2026 with all the achievable goals!
I will keep on with the dancing classes, planning my week on Sunday, and the practice of the silver hearts. I will plan half my days while Rado is here and leave the rest for improvisation. Also, I intend to plan more book writing and keep up with my blog and my Instagram profile. I intend to use AI less for listing and writing and more for cooking and researching. Lots of letters I will be writing, because this really moves me, but no more chatting with unfamiliar people. I will limit Instagram marketing to the moments when I really feel like browsing social media. Certainly, I will keep on journaling, and I will enrich it lots. I will do the things I did last year, but with more focus on my own projects.
Welcome 2026, welcome to my life, be filled with prosperity and passion! Your word of the year is “luminous,” so come with all your shine!
