That pretty much sums up my hopes for 2025. The election (or as I like to call it, the Dejection) was, however painful, a psychological and spiritual wake-up call for me. I don't regret a single action I took to promote the candidates I was rooting for — but I got way too attached to the results and suffered accordingly. With long experience with anxiety unto panic, I thought I knew better than to invest so much into things over which I have no control. The ego is a tricky little critter. It's a big challenge but a great exercise these days to let go of the past and the future, and stay rooted in the present — which, aches and pains notwithstanding, is pretty much always okay.