I used to think it was so cliche thinking “new year, new me” but I love a fresh start. It’s so nice to be able to reflect back on twelve month, looking at my happiest moment and also being able to forgive myself for the mistakes I made that year.I started a tradition three years ago, where I write myself a letter on the last day of the year. This letter is about what I want for the coming year, sometimes personal goals, but mostly about wanting to heal. It’s become one of my favorite traditions and New Years becoming my favorite holiday. So let’s look at the letter I wrote to myself for 2025!
hey yuks,
so here we are again, another years gone by and we write another letter to ourselves. you’ve struggled with food since you were sixteen, you’re going to be twenty-five this year. that’s almost a decade of disordered eating. we both know that we don’t want to reach the ten years anniversary of terrible eating, so let’s try…really try yuka kawata. you deserve it and your body does to. just take it day by day…any progress is better than none.
what do you want in 2025?
- i want to spend this year healing, actually healing.
- i want feel this coming year, feel every ounce of emotion i try to suppress.
- i want to feel free in every aspect of my life, especially with fitness and food.
- i want to be disciplined and create habits that will allow me to live my life to the fullest.
- i want to love fully, even if it scares me because it’s cool to care.
with all the love in the world, ika