10 Thoughts to Bear in Mind for 2022

Jan 1

The year 2022 is going to be the beginning of countless new chapters. My husband and I will be living together again after 3 years of living in different states. I am beyond blessed to have him as one of my biggest supporters and I am forever in debt for his patience while I earn my degree. I will resume my service in the U.S. Army, but as a Military Intelligence Officer. I’m leaving, but forever cherishing, the Military Police Corps. God knows I thought 2022 would never come, but Ladies and gentlemen, She has arrived.

2021 went by so fast! All I can remember was being happy to be at what looked like the end of the pandemic; 2021 said “Sike! Gotcha!”. We had the insurrection at the start of the year, which was nothing short of embarrassing and disgusting. I wake up and it’s Christmas, then a bunch of days in between that nobody can really remember! Now, I am looking at my final semester of college in the eye. Literally, where did the year go? I may not remember the days, some I don’t mind forgetting, but I absolutely remember the lessons I learned and the moments that made me sit back and reflect; a few complicated ones at that.

Traditions are great, but they don’t have to be completed in the socially normal order; nonetheless be completed at all. You’re allowed to pick and choose what traditions you want to follow, or not.
If it brings you happiness, who the hell cares!?
You never know the impact you are making on the people around you. Though each and everyone of them may not tell you, I can bet they are thinking it. Someone is inspired by you.
Self-development and personal evolution is a never ending journey. Learn to accept and enjoy it. Change makes us better people.
Race, gender, sexual-orientation, color, religion, and many other social categorizations, affect how some people treat us. Will this always be the case?
The desires of our hearts should not be ignored. And, you can be a both a broadcast journalist as well as a nurse practitioner if you want to!
“What you want, is when you’re doing it, you don’t think you should be doing something else.” -Gloria Steinem
Save your energy and focus for places and spaces it will be respected, as well as honored. Make your energy expensive; Make it unaffordable to everyone.
People have revealed to you who they are, trust them. And if it’s time to move on, do so.
Perfect is boring. Weird is in.
Bonus: Constantly seek your life’s purpose. Worry not about the validation from others who don’t know their own.