It's the beginning of a new year — 2025 has just opened its doors, and I'm already thinking about what it will be like for each of us. A new year is a special time when you can start anew. Some people already have rituals: plans, lists of goals, promises to themselves. I have something simpler.

I believe that changes begin to happen when we ourselves take the first step — even a small one. And the beginning of the year is the best time for such steps.

2025 is special for me. I don't know if you feel something similar, but the air is now filled with a desire for change. Maybe it's because I'm tired of being locked in familiar boundaries? Maybe because the heart requires something more than just stability? This year will be a year of decisions — conscious, bold, necessary. One of these steps is the decision to get rid of loneliness. It doesn't just go away on its own. We cope with it only when we give ourselves a chance to meet someone new, to open our lives and hearts.

You might be wondering how I came to this idea. There were moments when loneliness enveloped me in warmth - freedom, time for myself, no external pressure. But the truth is that even the warmest blankets of loneliness eventually become too heavy. Every time you return home, you realize that all this “freedom” is missing an important component - life together, conversations, looks, touches. I would like to share not only morning coffee and sunsets, but also, what is much more difficult, difficult moments that become easier together.

It took me a while to realize: there is nothing shameful in loneliness, but it is not a state that should become a habit. It is like a pause, a moment to breathe and understand what you really want. And you want... you really want to be happy. To share this world with someone. It may not be perfect, but together, problems become easier.

2025 will be a year of change for me. This is the year when I say “yes” to new encounters, dialogues, maybe even chances for love. Do you feel like it’s time for you too?

I’m sure that many of us put off the moment to take the first step — to write a message, to just say hello to a person in real life. You always find a thousand reasons: no time, “what if”, “not the right moment”. But I realized that the perfect time simply doesn’t exist. You have to go and try.

I was once told a story: a man climbed to the top of a hill to watch the sunset. A beautiful view, silence, peace. But he spent the entire sunset thinking about how it would be twice as beautiful if there was someone nearby who could see the same thing. Understanding this doesn’t mean becoming weak. It means becoming alive. We all want to be understood. We want to talk and be heard, live and be with someone who values ​​your every day as much as you value theirs.

I’m writing this and thinking, what about you? What will you decide to do in 2025? Change can be scary. The usual life scenario is always more convenient - no risk, no pain. But in one moment you can leave your comfort zone and find yourself in a place where life is filled with emotions and people. You can be happy not “someday”, but now. It all starts with one simple decision.

Maybe we will never meet, and this letter will become just words on the screen. Or maybe this text will push you to action - write a message, make an appointment, tell someone what interests you. Let this year be the beginning of something that will fill your days with joy and meaning. Let this be the year when you say to yourself - “I will try. I am ready.”

Happy New Year.

Lana Banana