A new year. More clarity and more courage

Entering a new year wasn't, for me, about resolutions written on the fly or promises made on the spur of the moment. It was about peace. About clarity. About that rare feeling where you know you have a lot of work to do, but it doesn't scare you anymore.

I feel like this year is a settled year. A year in which I no longer run around chaotically, but build consciously. Both for myself and for Vanilla Days.

It won't be an easy year. And I don't want it to be. It will be a year of hard work, of decisions taken, of responsibility. But it will also be a year of real successes. Of those that are not only seen on Instagram, but are felt in the structure, in the results.

One of the most important things I did before the year started was to set my main goals.

Moreover, I created a system for myself. A system where I can track relevant data, see where I'm going wrong, where I can improve, and, perhaps most importantly, where I'm doing well.

Because I realized something essential: If you don't allow yourself to see what works, you will never allow yourself to truly see your evolution.

I spent years obsessively focusing on what wasn't working. What needed to be fixed. What was missing. Any deviation from the plan I automatically perceived as a failure. I considered growth to be normality, not achievement.

This year I want to change that perspective. I want to look at what's working, not just what needs fixing. To recognize the good parts when they happen, not much later, when I've already overlooked or minimized them.

I believe that true professional maturity means seeing what you still have to improve, but also managing to see progress without constantly undoing it. Correcting based on data and figures, but also accepting evolution exactly as it happens.

A year more mature for Vanilla Days

Vanilla Days is also entering a different stage. More mature. More structured.

It's no longer about proving we can. We already know that. It's about how we grow, without losing what defines us.

This year I want Vanilla Days to be clearer in positioning, more efficient in processes and more attentive to details. More meaning and less rush.

And yes, it will be a year in which we will work hard. But it will be a work with direction, not out of inertia.

I look at this year with enthusiasm, but also with realism. I know it won't be perfect. I know there will be adjustments, changes, maybe even occasional setbacks. But I also know that I have a much clearer direction, a system, and a vision than before.

Perhaps most importantly, I know that I no longer build from fear. I build from conviction.

This is the year I allow myself to grow up sitting down.

For me. For Vanilla Days.

And for everything to become stable, coherent and real.

If you haven't noticed by now, I can't wait for 2026