Welcome to 2025. Over the past year I've noticed a lot of ups and downs. The first months of first quarter seem idealistic and optimistic, the second months of the second quarter have challenges, but have otherwise been positive. The third Quarter becomes more challenging and the last quarter is where often things go to Hell one way or another. This has literally happened with pin point accuracy to me, my entire life. At first I thought I was simply unlucky, but then I realized. I'm caught in what is known as a time loop. For context, unlike what you see in Doctor Strange:

It's not literally reliving the same moment forever, but rather the spirit of the moment. That no matter what, no matter how it happens, bad shit will always happen to me before the end of the new year. It's a fixed point in time that I will eventually face around next winter. Or so I thought. It wasn't until I started doing things differently. Even in the most minor sense, that I realized it wasn't a fixed point, but a loop I needed to break in order to move forward.

To break it, is surprisingly easy. Imagine every routine you've done daily in the past 365 days. Even something as big or small as whom you spend the holidays, affects the future in ways you can't imagine. However there are things out there that try to keep you in the loop. Things that invoke temptations and the appeal to your comfort zone. The hardest part about breaking this loop, is that we are so used to these routines as the norm that we fear consequences breaking them. Hell I'm autistic, changing my routine is a literal death sentence to me even if change is supposed to be good. Yet even I try to break my usual routines to make life interesting. Little did I know, the more I broke them, the more things seemed to improve in my life rather than make me sink lower or keep me in a dull boring setting.

So my new year's advice to you is, break the loop. Do things you normally wouldn't do outside your comfort zone and break out of toxic cycles. It could not only save your life, but change your world for the better.

Until then, good luck, stay safe, stay tuned for more and have a happy and healthy New Year.