NYE

Tonight we will have our New Years tradition, pizza. I’m thinking about resolutions I want to make and listening to linguistics lectures. I learned that Native American languages are controversially grouped into three families.

Last year, my big goal was to embrace softness and femininity. I feel like I did that. This year, I want to go deeper into the spiritual, psychological, and creative effects of submission and femininity and write about them. Submission brings so much joy, but it is a nuanced and beautiful melting of self into wholeness, into another.

I want to make bread more often than I did in 2024 and bake more cookies. My family likes it.

My second book (third if you count the book I wrote that disappeared) is in progress. I want to make it my best. In 2025, I want to write more fiction and nonfiction while continuing to write poetry regularly. I started my little self designed MFA a few months ago, and I am behind where I should be. But I’m not quitting. I will catch up, and what I’ve done so far has been extremely helpful. I’m reading, writing, and improving.

My prayer life needs improvement. Prayer needs to be a priority this year. Praying to the Creator of the universe is a privilege, not a chore, and should be treated as such. I try to remember that, but I’m human and sometimes when I get mired in the muck, like mood swings, it can be easy to forget. I crawl into myself and don’t come out. But that’s when I should draw closer to God, not push Him away.

I am going to use the Logos Bible software I wrote about recently to study scripture more this year. I’m going to learn to make bows. My repertoire of mixed media techniques needs to be expanded. I’m going to make journaling a daily practice. Planning is going to become more detailed and involved. Additionally, I want to start making audio recordings for journaling and taking more videos of my family.

This afternoon, we went to my favorite Mexican restaurant that has a dip I love. It was delicious. The drive was long but we all enjoyed one another’s company. We tried to take a trip there yesterday, but A left the keys in the door, and we had to turn around and go home. After that my husband wanted to stay home. Luckily we weren’t robbed.

I’m ready for 2025. 2025 will be a year of hope and creativity and love. I want to have a word of the year, but picking just one is difficult. Here are some of the potential words.

Forgiveness, peace, create, elevate, thermometer (I’ll write about that sometime), deeper, present, gratitude, humility.

Then I think of having a verse of the year, but I don’t know how I’d do that. Imagine narrowing it down to just one verse!