2024 has been a year of profound letting go—a year where I’ve come to realize the sheer weight of holding on. Hanging on, I’ve discovered, is not a sign of strength but of resistance. There is such stress in clinging, such control, such torture. Holding on often stems from a misguided belief that we can force things to stay the same or bend them to fit our expectations. But the truth is, some things aren’t meant to be held onto. They yearn to be set free, and in releasing them, we free ourselves.

Letting go is a liberation. As I’ve slowly loosened my grip on what no longer serves me—whether it’s people, habits, beliefs, or expectations—I’ve found a lightness in my soul. I’ve unburdened myself from the stress, the falsehoods, and the constant striving to make things work that were never meant to. And as 2024 comes to an end, I am letting go fully and intentionally. I’m releasing everything that does not align with my well-being and highest good.

But let’s be honest: letting go isn’t easy. It’s painful. It requires confronting the ego, which clings to the familiar, even when it’s toxic or stagnant. The older we get, the harder it becomes to let go. Familiarity feels like safety, and change feels like chaos. Letting go feels like loss, and the process of transformation feels like dying.

And in a way, it is a death.

2024 was a year of dying to my old self—a necessary surrender so that something new could be reborn. Transformation is excruciating because it demands that we shed what we’ve outgrown. It feels like stepping into an abyss, but in that emptiness lies the potential for rebirth. Just as seeds must fall to the ground and dissolve before they can sprout into new life, so too must we surrender before we can rise again.

So, here I am, standing at the threshold of 2025, saying goodbye to what no longer serves me. Goodbye to the expectations, the attachments, the fears, and the false identities. Letting go has been my greatest teacher this year. It taught me resilience, self-trust, and the beauty of surrender.

Cheers to letting go. Cheers to the pain of transformation and the joy of renewal. Cheers to the new life waiting in 2025—a life built not on control or clinging, but on freedom and authenticity.