Day 45 Blog
- Dec 15, 2025
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 5
It has been an exhausting twenty four hours. One of those stretches where your body is tired, but your mind is even more worn out. I can honestly say I am ready for the new year. Ready to slow down. Ready to let my mind stop running nonstop. Ready to stop searching for answers, apologies, or closure. Ready to stop blaming myself for how others choose to treat me. I just want to be still and genuinely happy.
Today I drove to Austin for a meeting and to spend some time with a business partner. Being around people who are driven, focused, and aligned always feels good. Those conversations remind me why I do what I do. The drive, though, is a lot, especially during peak traffic. Long stretches of sitting with your thoughts can be draining on days like this.
Once I made it back to my side of town, I went straight to the gym. Moving my body helped clear my head, even if just a little. After that I came home, ate dinner, and settled into the couch. Now I am half relaxing, half working, just trying to close out the day.
Tomorrow is intentionally empty, and I am looking forward to that more than I can explain. Then Wednesday I head to Nashville until Sunday. Another busy stretch, but one step at a time.
Today was not flashy or exciting. It was real. And sometimes getting through the day is enough.
Signed, Paulina.
I share that sentiment Paulina; I too am looking forward to the New Year and what it will bring! I’m ready to continue to grow as a person and keep pushing forward; accept what this year has brought me both good and bad and take what I can learn from it and move forward into the New Year.
Glad you seem to have had a productive time in Austin but sorry you had to deal with the traffic. As you are from California, traffic I know is all too familiar to you as it is to me especially when you have to go a long way. Hope you had some good tunes to pass the time. Once you got…