2025 Windows & Doors

Well, hello everyone!  It has been a hot minute getting through Q4 of 2024 and trying to lay out some sort of plan for 2025.  Nestled Feathers has been going through some changes for sure!  I really wanted to title this blog post with something uplifting like 'Goals & Aspirations' but I am trying my best to keep it real.  Then, breaking it down in my head and trying to fit a ton of emotion into one short title, it came to me.  2025 is going to be a year of closing doors and opening windows at such a pace that has already left me exhausted.

Already, I have closed so many doors by adhering to a new personal policy of reciprocation or replacement.  If you do not reciprocate, you will be replaced.  Seems harsh, I know.  My past benevolence, regardless of lacking reciprocation, has been depleted once and most likely for all time.  2024 taught me many things about myself and the people that I have chosen to surround myself with and it has not been pretty.  It has been heartbreakingly sad because I have been brutally honest with myself, pushing my ego aside and having to make decisions based on my own mental health and survival.

So, what about the windows?  Where are my next opportunities?  What do I feel compelled to do next?  So many questions!!!  That is where I find my peace and joy now.  In finding my particular answers, the ones that will work for me and my goals and aspirations.  Isn't that pretty much what we all do this time of year anyway?  Set new goals.  Out with the old and in with the new.  We are, by nature, wired for self discovery and introspection.  Some of us just get more practice than others.

Honestly, I cannot say that any of this is possible on my own, because it absolutely isn't!  We all need each other way more than we are usually ever ready to admit.  It is my faith that keeps me keeping it together and moving forward, even if it is with extreme caution.  I am simply adjusting to the current climate and trying to stay on path.  Closing doors that led nowhere behind me and opening windows for fresh air and newfound inspiration to keep myself moving forward will keep me plenty occupied in the coming years.

As always, I would love to hear from you!  What is going on in your life, family and work environments?  I do care, that is why I share.  Please feel comfortable here in expressing your thoughts and concerns.  You are always welcome at Nestled Feathers!

Love and blessings to each and all in 2025 and beyond.