The New Year Goals That Inspired Me

Since November of last year, we have seen people take the opportunity to talk about their new year goals and resolutions because we were all preparing to enter into a new year and no one wanted to be left behind. There was even a trend when people started doing the cake thing where they buy a cake and make a video about their achievements for the year. The trend was done by individuals, families and even friend groups and more and more groups of people.

But then, there was a bit of a twist when someone took the opportunity to rather talk about their setbacks in the year instead of their resolutions. And as usual, people hopped on the idea also. This made me see different versions of New Year’s resolution from different points of views. But among the many, there’s one that really stood out for me.

I chanced upon a video of this lady who spoke about how bad her year had been. She went from having 3 miscarriages, to going through a divorce with her husband who happened to be the father of her two kids. Due to the divorce going on, she could not celebrate her two kids birthdays for them in 2025 and that made her cry her eyes out. But the bad luck didn’t stop there. She had issues with her car , her car got towed away and she also fell very sick leading her to lose two jobs. The story gets worse by every passing minute but this is what I can remember from the entire chain of happenings.

Her resolution for the new year, was to survive and stand back on her feet. This might seem like a normal thing for anyone to say but for someone who has been through what this lady has been through, it means more than just words. It means she hasn’t give up on herself and has hope alive that things would turn out well. Most people would not be able to stand such a test but she did and even in the midst of it all, she still looks forward to a great year ahead.

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