aggressively sips first coffee of 2025 while organising chaos manifestos in the murder shed
We’re about to turn this year into something that makes 2024 look like a practice run at life.
First off, let’s talk about what we’re leaving behind in 2024:
– Self-doubt (that toxic ex who keeps drunk-texting your creativity)
– Imposter syndrome (that roommate who never pays rent but eats all your food)
– Creative blocks (they can go live with your high school English teacher)
– Whatever the hell Twitter/X is doing (seriously, what IS that?)
– People who say “just write” (straight to jail)
Now, let’s talk about what we’re bringing into 2025:
CONSISTENCY:
Not the boring kind where you eat the same sad lunch every day, but the kind where you:
– Show up for your art like it’s a caffeine addiction
– Write even when your brain is throwing a tantrum
– Create with the regularity
– Build habits that make the chaos productive
COMMUNITY:
We’re building something here, A tribe of:
– Creative lunatics
– Word-wielding warriors
– Art-making anarchists
– Coffee-powered revolutionaries
– Pants-optional professionals
PEACE:
Not the boring kind where everything’s quiet and still (gross), but the chaotic peace of:
– Knowing your weird is your superpower
– Understanding that your path doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s
– Accepting that sometimes your best writing happens at 3 AM while arguing with squirrels
– Finding calm in the creative storm
This is the year we:
– Write the weird stuff
– Make the art that scares us
– Build the things that make normal people uncomfortable
2025 isn’t just going to be a year. It’s your personal renaissance, your creative revolution, your artistic uprising. And you’ve got an army of equally unhinged creators right here with you.
Here’s to:
– More words
– Better art
– Stronger coffee
– Fewer pants
– Zero fucks given about “proper” creative processes
Stephen Walker
https://stphnwlkr.com/
P.S. Yes, I wrote this while pantsless. New year, same chaos.
P.P.S. The squirrels watching through my window have new notebooks. They’re obviously planning something for 2025.