Feel Alive in 2025, Intentionally Happy and Blink
2025 has plonked itself down and is already gathering speed isn’t it?
For me, 2025 has a jaunty feel to it and huge potential for some smart taglines to go with it. I received an email just last week from a supplier and his sign-off was “May you feel alive in 2025.” What a great thought to start the year right?
For the past five years I have chosen a word of the year and a list of intentions that match the number of the year. Yes, this is going to get more and more challenging as the years go on! This yearly project was originally inspired by Gretchen Rubin from The Happiness Project and you can check out her website, books or the podcast for a summary on how this works. For example, this year I have 25 intentions (not goals) and they can cover any aspect of your life. Each intention could be finite and a task that can be ticked off quickly or it could be a something that will take you all year to achieve.
On average, I’ve been able to tick off around 60% of them at the end of each year. Without a doubt, I would have completed much less without that list of intentions. You can take a look at some of my thoughts a few years back on this here, they all still apply.
What’s in store for you this year? Would love to hear your plans and thoughts -whatever they may be.
Very much looking forward to sharing recipes, quotes and nutrition tips with you all, my tribe in 2025 (see what I mean!).
Something to Think About
“Rome wasn’t built in a day but they were laying bricks every hour. You don’t have to do it all today. Just lay a brick.” – James Clear
Something to Make
Deluxe Fruit Cake
What foods would you rather not live without in 2025? Two of my top picks would be cheese and Christmas fruit cake. Specifically my mum’s fruit cake, that she makes months in advance and then ‘allows’ myself, brother and sisters to have a little piece now and then. It’s like dealing in little rectangles of gold. Hi Mum 🙂
This recipe is actually just so easy and you can cut into pieces and freeze too.
Ingredients
1kg dried mixed fruit
2 cups self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
600ml choc milk
Method
- Place fruit into a container and pour the choc milk over the top. Give it a stir and refrigerate overnight.
- Transfer to a mixing bowl and add the flour and baking powder, mix thoroughly.
- Grease and line two small round or loaf tins with baking paper.
- Pour mixture into the tins and bake in a moderate oven for 1 hour or until a skewer can be removed without any mixture attached.
Something to Do
If you are yet to see the National Geographic documentary, Blink, you must check it out on Disney.
This film follows the Canadian Pelletier family and their journey, when three of their children are diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare and incurable disease that leads to severe visual impairment. Following this life altering news, parents Edith and Sebastien decide to set off around the world, for a year to experience all they can while their children can still see and bank visual memories.
Such a moving story of love, connection and resilience and one that will have you reflecting on your own life experiences.
