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My 1 Goal + 3 Affirmations For 2025

When the Start of the Year Feels Like Another Great Marathon To Run

Natalie Yap
The Startup
4 min readJan 22, 2025

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Maybe the first line gives away how much I feel (reminder to self: “feel” not “am”) part of the rat race.

Hello 2025, I’m here with you and I see you.

January’s a hard time, it’s the in-betweenness of celebrating all of 2024 (one of my biggest years professionally and personally) but also feeling the urge to start 👏 the 👏 year👏 strong! Damn, I sure hustle hard.

My 2024 summarised was — GO,GO,GO!!!! And I am/ was tired. I am still tired.

I want to share my goals for this year and some affirmations for myself as a reminder that 2025 can be soft and fulfilling instead of hectic and harsh.

My Goal For 2025

Front and center of my 2025 vision board is a quote from Justin Welsh -

Credits: IG @thejustinwelsh

In his caption:

“The greatest luxury isn’t a fancy watch or a beach house anymore.

It’s having the freedom to:
1. Think without interruption
2. Sleep without an alarm
3. Move at your own pace
4. Live without the noise”

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Natalie Yap
Natalie Yap

Written by Natalie Yap

I write about how we can optimize our lives, start our self-improvement journey and be better entrepreneurs. Email: wordsbynat[at]gmail[dot]com

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