31/12/2025
Looking Back With Gratitude, Stepping Into the New Year With Purpose
In 2024, I wrote that it was a tough year. And it truly was — without a doubt.
A year full of challenges, character tests, and moments of “Do I really still have the strength?”
And then came 2025.
It arrived with impact and hit the system reset button hard. An injury — the diagnosis: a torn hamstring.
With it came completely new challenges and a radically different perspective on both my professional and personal life.
And even though this year brought experiences I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy, it also gave me something invaluable:
mental clarity, a fresh perspective, and a new approach to my work and to myself.
There were tears.
There were curses thrown at the wall.
There were sleepless nights.
There was stress and worry.
And yet… today I can see that what happened was actually a blessing in disguise.
It brutally pulled me out of my comfort zone and forced me into a different kind of work — the work on myself.
On my patterns, ambitions, achievements, and expectations.
Paradoxically, this “mini-tragedy” made me realize that I am happy.
I needed that kick to move forward — higher, wiser, and more consciously.
The takeaways:
➡️ Even when things go wrong, it’s often for a reason — to push you forward.
➡️ The comfort zone doesn’t bring happiness. It brings stagnation.
➡️ You have the right — and even the responsibility — to change and grow. Always.
➡️ You can gain more from the worst situations than from a comfortable life.
➡️ It’s worth appreciating the basics — what you have and what you’ve already achieved.
➡️ Don’t stop — life won’t wait.
To close, I wish myself — and all of you —
a year full of small and big challenges,
the kind that lead to change, growth, and new successes.
Because sometimes the greatest progress begins exactly where comfort ends.
