2024 Reflections

2024 Reflections January 1, 2025

2024 was certainly a year. Not the best, and not the worst I’ve had so far. Even if it wasn’t big in terms of writing as Bader Saab, it was good for writing. It was a year for big changes, a year for a lot, and I hope that 2025 is much better. However, you know I haven’t been the best at fulfilling promises and keeping my word, so how to make it better for next year?

“I haven’t been the best at fulfilling promises and keeping my word, so how to make it better for next year?” Image by Loyloy Thal from Pixabay

How, indeed?

Short answer, just keep writing. I once heard that a little progress is better than no progress at all. A win is a win, as they say, but I fell into mediocrity when it came to writing as Bader. 2024 wasn’t that significant or remarkable for that face of mine, so there are things that need to change.

I bit more than I could chew, so I’d be adjusting the amount of things I do in a single day. Turns out there is only so much you can do in 24 hours. This happened in a lot of my projects until it affected all the things I do. I decided to try the Pomodoro Technique, and for whatever reason (being disorganized,) I stopped using it, but it helped so much I am going back to it.

I read something a few years ago where the author/s said, words more or less, that life indeed can happen, and it will happen, but there is should always be a commitment to do the things we’re supposed to do. This made me think about when I lost my dad during college. My professors were understanding of my situation, bless them, and were okay with me missing some days of class before going back, but they still held me accountable for my responsibilities. I needed to meet some expectations even if those were bent a little bit before going back to normal.

“I read something a few years ago where the author/s said, words more or less, that life indeed can happen, and it will happen, but there is should always be a commitment to do the things we’re supposed to do.” Image by Iyad Al Ghafari from Pixabay

Thinking about 2025

This year the goal is to slowly go back to that mindset. And when it comes to plans, I’m going to shamelessly recycle the ones I proposed to 2024. It is frustrating that I wanted to do so much and did close to nothing, so I’m going to keep an eye on the habits, and productivity, what works, what doesn’t and share as I see fit.

What does this have to do with being a Modern Day Sha’ir? Everything, because even if a Sha’ir’s writing focuses on poetry, it also entails discipline, it also entails accountability and responsibility. As one of my friends described it, the purpose is to become a cultural touchstone. You can’t become one if “life happens” all the time.

This also comes hand in hand with being active in some communities I’ve joined and that I want to share more about during this year. There have been so many changes in myself, so many benefits in such a short time, that I want to help others find the same support they might need.

My goal is not to make 2025 perfect. We all know perfection doesn’t exist. My goal is to make it better, as cliché as it sounds, but that still expresses what I envision. The first step was this entry, which I drafted using the Pomodoro technique.


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