2025 is starting! How are things going so far?

I like this image showing a blank notebook and a pencil, I think it's an excellent metaphor for this time of the year:

What are your plans for the next twelve months? In this article I put forward two alternatives to the usual new year´s resolutions (which, being realistic, sound great but are destined never to be achieved). Today, I´m adding one more suggestion, something I heard last year but haven´t put into practice until now.

It's choosing a word as the theme for the year, something we want to focus on. This way, we create a common thread for our goals, using the word as a reminder and a source of motivation.

I´ve already chosen mine for 2025; would you like to hear it?

Drum roll...

For me, 2025 is the year of...

DECLUTTERING*

(*Explanatory note for the English version: there´s no direct Spanish translation for decluttering, which is a word I love in English and that I was sure I had included it in the list of untranslatables; apparently not, so I have a future article pending on that topic.)

So this is it! The theme for this year at our house, and not only for me; I´ve also recruited the girls. During 2024, for various reasons, we accumulated loads of things at home and didn´t get a chance to do any proper decluttering. Now is the time to free up space, and let the old go so that the new can come in.

What about you? What word do you choose? It can be anything that resonates with you and that you want to take as a priority this year. Let me know in a comment, and I´ll be delighted to read it.