Happy New Year?

Let's Hope So.

Chapter One: Introduction

2025 has been like every other year: there has been ups and downs. For some, it might have been the worst year yet; for others, the best year yet.

For me, 2025 has been the most testing. I found peace in moments that would have unsettled me. I felt joy I wanted to hold onto, and sadness so deep I didn’t want to exist. But I lived, baby. Despite it all, I'm alive, I survived and in the end, that's what matters most. That's what I'm most grateful for. Even if you think you haven't gained much this year, I hope you hold your life close and express gratitude for it.

Chapter Two: A New Year?

Some people don’t get the hype around New Years. To them, it’s just time doing what it always does. Same days, same hours, nothing really changes. I’ve always thought that was a bleak way to see life.

But this coming year feels like that for me. Not a fresh start, but a continuation of the old.

I answered the clarion call this year, and I won’t be done until almost the end of the next. National service has a way of shrinking personal desire and that's what's happening with me. Your life goals take a pause and everything becomes “after this is over.” Undoubtedly, there is dignity in service, but there's also quiet loss. The time that could have been mine, for the pursuit of my goals, now has to be given away. It's one reason I detested service initially. But I am in this now, I will show up regardless. What this season demands is obedience and I'll give it.

While I'm beginning to feel much of the jitters and excitement of the incoming year, I know that most of my time will be dedicated to national service and I won't have enough for personal pursuits.

I’m not sure how much I’ll be able to achieve, but I’ll try my best.

Chapter Three: 2026

While there won't be a lot of time for personal dealings, there are still plans for 2026. People to serve, money to make and lives to impact.

I won’t pretend I know how consistent I’ll be here next year, so I’m skipping the grand promises. I kept the promises I made for writing to you this year and for that I'm glad. I might do the same next year or I might go quiet.

What I do know is that I’ll be working more on MindSpace: the community I founded for young people, rooted in mental health and healing. You can follow the work as it unfolds in 2026, here on X and over on Instagram.

Chapter Four: God

“Thank God because He fulfilled all the promises He made you this year,” he said and I was grateful. I was. But God told me something this year and I thought I hadn't yet seen it happen. I trusted that it either had to happen before the year ended (although there was only a couple days left) or it meant God hadn't kept His Word. grunted. “He hasn't done all He said He would do,” I muttered.

This is where I thank God that God isn't man and that He is compassionate towards us (me especially) and by His great mercy I have not been consumed.

It was over a week later that the Holy Spirit revealed to me during Bible Study that God had done exactly what He promised. I had been thinking A, but He had done B which honestly was what He said. I became repentant, and full of apologies and thanksgiving.

Many of us are currently at this stage. It has been 364 days and somehow, that's not enough. All that matters is what you were unable to achieve, the obstructions that came your way, and for you, it boils down to God being unfaithful.

How can He be untrustworthy when He knows your name, is mindful of you and knows the number of hair on your head? What more proof do you need about His love for you? That He greatly cares? Whether 2025 was great for you or not, let this be your reminder that God can always be trusted. In 2026, hold on, trust Him even more.

Chapter Five: Love

God put me in a relationship. I found love, and this time, I want so much that it stays.

Chapter Six: The Thief of Joy

Apostle Paul was on to something when he said, “those who compare themselves with themselves are not wise.”

Comparison is nothing, but a thief of joy. You know it. I know it. Why then do we let it in? Why do you let it consume you and steal your happiness? The year is ending and the only reason some of you will feel you haven't done enough is because you'll look into someone else's life and think, “I should have done as much as they did.” Can we cut that crap? It's not only unnecessary, it's unhealthy and while it cannot always be helped, we should do better in 2026.

Live your life giving your best and not giving a damn about whose life is better. I know the internet is full of people doing the same thing as you, but that's none of your business. You are your only competition; don't worry about the million others sharing the net with you.

I really hope that you make a beautiful 2026 for yourself, no matter what. That you stay happy and don't let the thief in. Be happy, baby.

Chapter Seven: Endings and Beginnings.

The end of a chapter; the beginning of another. Happy new year, baby! More than anything, I wish you a 2026 of enjoyment!