#2026 hello

[rey-radium-salt]

happy new year, I suppose

[itsunpublic]

2025-2026 Liminal Space

It's the week between Christmas and New Years and this is the first time I've felt the liminal space between two years. Even if the date is a manmade creation, I feel the changes and shifts this year.

It's been a big year, a really big year for me. One I didn't realize how much was shifting until now I'm sitting here reviewing the changes of my life since January of 2025.

Who I am, who I've become, who I've left behind, where I've moved to, what situations in my life have changed, which people by my side have changed. This wasn't just an ordinary year's change, it was the deep excavation and the culmination of shedding of who I've been the last 9 years.

Since I moved to Austin in 2017, that version of me has dissolved. The feeling of dissolution of the years has been turbulent to say the least. One major traumatic event after another, leading me to embrace, learn, and change. Building me stronger, forcing me to let go, adjusting the way I think, it was all the years in the making of who I am today.

Now, sitting here on the couch in my Maryland house, my safe haven, on the week between Christmas and New Year, I look back and realize how much I've grown. How much I've lost and how much I've gained. The person I am today isn't a product of ease, it is a product of resilience, deep introspection and courage. I am proud of who I am today, and I am ready to start the new year anew. Refreshed. Recharged and Reimagined.

2026 won't be another sad year. It'll be my Bloom year. May all the great things, the joyful things, the best and luckiest things happen to me. May it be a year full of abundance, love, joy and peace. May my life flow effortlessly, and when it doesn't, I'll bend. May this be when my soul and human self collide. May they work in unison instead of against each other. May there be softness and peace in my heart by the time 2026-2027's liminal space comes.

This is my prayer. For 2026. This is my manifesto.